Arcana Coelestia (Potts) n. 3936

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3936. Vers. 12, 13. Et peperit Zilpah ancilla Leae filium secundum Jacobo. Et dixit Leah, In beatitudine mea, quia beatificabunt me filiae; et vocavit nomen ejus Asher. `Peperit Zilpah ancilla Leae filium secundum Jacobo' significat agnitionem alterius: `et dixit Leah, In beatitudine mea, quia beatificabunt me filiae' significat in supremo sensu aeternitatem, in interno felicitatem vitae aeternae, in externo jucundum affectionum{1}: `et vocavit nomen ejus Asher' significat quale. @1 A i (in Deo (esse contentus) et felix) esse contentus but better, felix, is a translation of Heb. Asher$


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