1561. 'And there Abram called on the name of Jehovah' means internal worship in that state. This is clear from the meaning of 'calling on the name of Jehovah', dealt with already in 440 and 1455. The reason why here mention is also made of an altar and why, as likewise in verse 8 of the previous chapter, the phrase 'he called on the name of Jehovah' is used, is that they are similar states. They differ in that the latter compared with the former is a state of light. When cognitions are implanted in the former state, which has been described, they make it one of light. And when truth and good are joined by means of cognitions to the former celestial state, its activity is described by the words used here. Worship itself is nothing else than a particular activity that occurs because of the celestial within. The celestial itself can never exist without activity. Worship is the prime activity, for this is how the celestial expresses itself because it finds joy in it. All good springing from love and charity constitutes the essential activity itself.