3590. 'And he said to his father, Let my father arise, and eat from his son's venison' means so that it might make truth acquired from natural good its own. This is clear from the representation of Isaac, to whom 'father' refers here, as the good of the rational, often dealt with already, from the meaning of 'eating' as making one's own, dealt with in 2187, 2343, 3168, 3513 (end), and from the meaning of 'venison' as truth acquired from natural good, dealt with just above in 3588.