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 (Exod. xxviii. 11), they perceive that the good of love should inflow into the truth of faith. And so in many other instances.

. Verse 13. And the name of the second river is Gihon; the same is it that compasseth the whole land of Gush. The "second river," which is called "Gihon," signifies the knowledge (cognitio) of all things that belong to the good and the true, or to love and faith, and the "land of Gush" signifies the mind or faculty. The mind is constituted of the will and the understanding; and what is said of the first river has reference to the will, and what of this one to the understanding to which belong the knowledges (cognitiones) of good and of truth.

. The "land of Cush," or Ethiopia, moreover, abounded in gold, precious stones, and spices, which, as before said, signify good, truth, and the things thence derived which are grateful, such as are those of the knowledges of love and faith. This is evident from the passages above cited (n. 113) from Isa. lx. 6; Matt. ii. 1, 11; David, Ps. lxxii. 15. That similar things are meant in the Word by "Cush" or "Ethiopia," and also by "Sheba," is evident from the Prophets, as in Zephaniah, where also the "rivers of Cush" are mentioned:—

And in Daniel, speaking of the king of the north and of the south:—

where "Egypt" denotes memory-knowledges (scientifica), and the "Ethiopians" knowledges (cognitiones). [2] So in Ezekiel:—

by whom in like manner are signified knowledges (cognitiones) of faith. So in David, speaking of the Lord, consequently of the celestial man:—