Arcana Coelestia
6024. Verses 8-27. And these are the names of the sons of Israel, who came into Egypt, of Jacob and of his sons: Reuben, Jacob’s firstborn. And the sons of Reuben: Hanoch, and Pallu, and Hezron, and Carmi. And the sons of Simeon: Jemuel, and Jamin, and Ohad, and Jachin, and Zohar, and Shaul the son of a Canaanitish woman. And the sons of Levi: Gershon, and Kohath, and Merari. And the sons of Judah: Er, and Onan, and Shelah, and Perez, and Zerah; but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan. And the sons of Perez were Hezron and Hamul. And the sons of Issachar: Tola, and Puvah, and Iob, and Shimron. And the sons of Zebulun: Sered, and Elon, and Jahleel. These are the sons of Leah, whom she bare unto Jacob in Paddan-aram, and his daughter Dinah: all the souls of his sons and of his daughters were thirty and three. And the sons of Gad: Ziphion, and Haggi, Shuni, and Ezbon, Eri, and Arodi, and Areli. And the sons of Asher: Imnah, and Ishvah, and Ishvi, and Beriah, and Serah their sister; and the sons of Beriah: Ber, and Malchiel. These are the sons of Zilpah, whom Laban gave to Leah his daughter, and these she bare to Jacob: sixteen souls. The sons of Rachel, Jacob’s wife: Joseph and Benjamin. And to Joseph were born in the land of Egypt, whom Asenath the daughter of Potiphera priest of On bare unto him, Manasseh and Ephraim. And the sons of Benjamin: Bela, and Becher, and Ashbel, Gera, and Naaman, Ehi, and Rosh, Muppim, and Huppim, and Ard. These are the sons of Rachel, who were born to Jacob: all the souls were fourteen. And the sons of Dan: Hushim. And the sons of Naphtali: Jahzeel, and Guni, and Jezer, and Shillem. These are the sons of Bilhah, whom Laban gave unto Rachel his daughter, and these she bare to Jacob: all the souls were seven. All the souls that came with Jacob into Egypt, that came out of his thigh, besides Jacob’s sons’ women, all the souls were sixty and six. And the sons of Joseph, who were born to him in Egypt, were two souls. All the souls of the house of Jacob, that came into Egypt, were seventy.
[2] “And these are the names of the sons of Israel, who came into Egypt,” signifies the quality of truths from the spiritual in order, which were brought into the memory-knowledges of the church; “of Jacob and his sons,” signifies the truth of the natural in general, and the truths of the natural in particular; “Reuben, Jacob’s firstborn,” signifies faith in the understanding, which is apparently in the first place. “And the sons of Reuben; Hanoch, and Pallu, and Hezron, and Carmi,” signifies the doctrinals of faith in general. “And the sons of Simeon; Jemuel, and Jamin, and Ohad, and Jachin, and Zohar,” signifies faith in the will and its doctrinals in general; “and Shaul the son of a Canaanitish woman,” signifies a doctrinal not from a genuine origin. “And the sons of Levi; Gershon, and Kohath, and Merari,” signifies spiritual love and its doctrinals in general.
[3] “And the sons of Judah; Er, and Onan, and Shelah, and Perez, and Zerah,” signifies celestial love and its doctrinals; “but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan,” signifies that falsity and evil were extirpated. “And the sons of Perez were Hezron and Hamul,” signifies the truths of that good, which are goods of charity. “And the sons of Issachar; Tola, and Puvah, and Iob, and Shimron,” signifies celestial conjugial love and its doctrinals. “And the sons of Zebulun; Sered, and Elon, and Jahleel,” signifies the heavenly marriage and its doctrinals. “These are the sons of Leah, whom she bare unto Jacob in Paddan-aram,” signifies that these doctrinals were from spiritual affection in the natural through the knowledges of good and truth; “and his daughter Dinah,” signifies the church; “all the souls of his sons and of his daughters were thirty and three,” signifies the state of spiritual life and its quality.
[4] “And the sons of Gad; Ziphion, and Haggi, Shuni, and Ezbon, Eri, and Arodi, and Areli,

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