5778. "And they fell before him to the earth "—that it signifies humiliation, appears without explication.

5779. "And Joseph said to them"-that it signifies their perception then, appears from the signification of saying, as denoting perception. That it denotes their perception, is because Joseph says, and by Joseph is represented the internal, and from the internal, that is, through the internal from the Lord, comes all perception, there being no other source of perception, nor even of sensation. It appears that sensation, and also apperception, come by influx from the external, but it is a fallacy; for it is the internal which has sensation through the external, the senses placed in the body being nothing but organs or instruments subservient to the internal man, that he may be sensible of the things which are in the world; wherefore the internal flows in into the external, that it may have sensation, to the end that it may thence apperceive and be perfected; but not the reverse.

5780. "What deed is this which ye have done?"—that it signifies that to claim to themselves what is not their own is an enormous evil, appears from the signification of the theft with which they were charged, as denoting the claiming to themselves the truth and good which is the Lord's: this is the deed which is understood in the internal sense; what the quality of that evil is, may be seen above, n. 5749, 5758.

5781. "Knew ye not that a man who is as I, divining divineth?"—that it signifies that it cannot be hid from him who sees future and hidden things, appears from the signification of divining, as being to know hidden things from his own Divine, see n. 5748, and also things future, because it is predicated of the Lord, who is Joseph in the supreme sense; that it cannot be hidden, is evident from the words themselves.

5782. "And Judah said "—that it signifies perception given to the good of the church in the natural, appears from the signification of saying in the historicals of the Word, as being perception, concerning which frequently above; that it is said to be given, is because all perception comes from the internal, that is, flows in through the internal from the Lord, n. 5779: and from the representation of Judah, as denoting the good of the church, n. 5583, 5603, 5775. As to what concerns the representation of Judah, it is to be known, that he in the supreme sense represents the Lord as to the divine love, and in the internal sense his celestial kingdom, see n. 3654, 3881,

thus the celestial of love in that kingdom; here therefore the good of love of the church in the natural, because now he is among those who represent the things which are in the natural which are to be conjoined to the internal.

5783. "What shall we say to my lord, what shall we speak ?" -that it signifies fluctuation, appears from the affection in these words, as being fluctuation.

5784. "And how shall we be justified?"-that it signifies that we are guilty, appears from the signification of how shall we be justified, that is, that they cannot be justified, as denoting that they are guilty, for he who cannot be justified, is guilty; that they made themselves guilty is evident from this, that they offered themselves servants to Joseph.

5785. "God hath found the iniquity of thy servants"—that it signifies confession, namely, that they had done iniquitously, in the present instance because they had sold Joseph, in the internal sense because they had alienated themselves from truth and good, and thereby had separated themselves from the internal, appears without explication.

5786. "Behold we are servants to my lord "-that it signifies that they should be deprived of their own proper freedom for ever, appears from the signification of servants, as denoting to be without freedom derived from the proprium, n. 5760, 5763. What it is to be deprived of freedom derived from the proprium, has also been told in the passages now cited, but whereas it is a point of the greatest moment, it is again to be told. There is an external man, and there is an internal man; the external man is that whereby the internal acts, for the external is only an organ or instrument of the internal man and because this is so, the external man should be altogether subordinate and subject to the internal: when it is subject, then heaven through the internal man acts into the external, and disposes it to such things as are of heaven. The contrary comes to pass when the external man is not subject, but has dominion; and the external then has dominion, when man has for an end the pleasures of the body and of the senses, especially when he has for an end those things which are of self-love and the love of the world, but not those things which are of heaven. To have for an end is to love the one and not the other: for when he has such things for an end, he then neither believes any longer that any internal man is given, nor that in himself there is anything which is to live when the body dies; for his internal, inasmuch

as it is without dominion, only serves the external in enabling it to think and reason against good and truth, for then no other influx is open through the internal: hence also it is that such persons altogether despise, yea, are averse from those things which are of heaven. From these things it is plain, that the external man, which is the same with the natural man, ought to be altogether subject to the internal man, which is spiritual, consequently to be without freedom derived from the proprium. Freedom derived from the proprium is to indulge in all kinds of pleasures, to despise others in comparison with oneself, to subject them to himself as servants; or if he cannot subject them, to persecute and hate them, to delight in the evils which befall them, and especially which he himself by contrivance or deceit brings upon them, and to desire their death; such things are from freedom derived from the proprium: hence it is evident what is man's quality when he is in that freedom, namely, that he is a devil under a human form. But when he loses this freedom he then receives from the Lord heavenly freedom, which is a thing altogether unknown to those who are in the freedom derived from the proprium: these latter suppose, that if this freedom was to be taken away from them, there would nothing of life remain; when nevertheless real life then commences; and real delight, blessedness, and happiness, with wisdom, then comes, because this freedom is from the Lord.

5787. "Also we "-that it signifies as well those associated, appears from the signification of the expression also we, as denoting those associated, as above, n. 5760.

5788. "Also [he] in whose hand the cup was found"—that it signifies as [he] with whom was interior truth from the celestial-spiritual, appears from the signification of in whose hand, as denoting with whom; and from the signification of the cup, as being interior truth, see n. 5736; and from the representation of Joseph, as being the celestial Divine.

5789. "And he said, be it far from me to do this "—that it signifies that it should not in any wise be so done, appears without explication.

5790. "The man in whose hand the cup was found". that it signifies he with whom interior truth was received from the Divine, appears from what was said just above, n. 5788.

5791. "He shall be my servant "-that it signifies that he shall be subject for ever, appears from the signification of a ser

vant, as denoting to be without freedom derived from the proprium for ever, of which just above, n. 5786, thus to be subject for ever.

5792. "And go ye up in peace to your father"—that it signifies that those associated, with whom that truth is not, should return to their former state, appears from the representation of the ten sons of Jacob, as being those associated with whom the cup was not found, that is, interior truth which is signified by the cup, n. 5736, 5788, 5790: and from the signification of going up in peace to your father, as being to return to a former state; for when they are not accepted by the internal, which is Joseph, then the former state awaits them.

And

5793. Verses 18 to 31. And Judah came to him, and said, by me, my lord, let thy servant I pray speak a word in the ears of my lord, and let not thine anger be kindled towards thy servant, because as thou art, so is Pharaoh. My lord asked thy servants, saying, have ye a father or brother? And we said to my lord, we have a father grown old, and the youngest son of his old age, and his brother is dead, and he alone is left to his mother, and his father loveth him. And thou saidst to thy servants, cause him to come down to me, and I will set mine eye upon him. And we said to my lord, the boy cannot leave his father, and let him leave his father, and he will die. thou saidst to thy servants, if your youngest brother doth not come down with you, ye shall not add to see my faces. And it came to pass, when we came up to thy servant my father, and we told him the words of my lord. And our father said, return ye, buy for us a little food. And we said, we cannot go down, if our youngest brother be with us, we will go down, because we cannot see the faces of the man, and our youngest brother he be not with us. And thy servant my father said to us, ye know that my wife bare me two. And one went forth from me, and I said, surely in tearing to pieces he was torn to pieces, and I have not seen him hitherto. And ye also take this from with my faces, and hurt may happen to him, and ye will cause my gray hair to go down in evil to the grave. And now when 1 shall come to thy servant my father, and the boy he is not with us, and his soul is bound in his soul. And it shall come to pass, when he shall see that the boy is not, he will die, and thy servants shall cause the gray hair of thy servant our father to go down in sorrow to the grave. And Judah came to him, signifies communication of the external man with the internal by

good and said, signifies perception: by me, my lord, signifies supplication let thy servant I pray speak a word in the ears of my lord, signifies concerning receiving and hearing and let not thine anger be kindled towards thy servant signifies that he may not avert himself: because as thou art so is Pharaoh, signifies that he has dominion over the natural: my lord asked his servants, saying, signifies the perception of their thought: have ye a father or brother, signifies that it is good from which, and truth by which and we said to my lord, signifies reciprocal perception we have a father grown old, signifies that they have spiritual good from which: and the youngest son of his old age, signifies truth thence which is new and his brother is dead, signifies that internal good is not: and he alone is left to his mother, signifies that that truth is the only truth of the church: and his father loveth him, signifies that it has conjunction with spiritual good from the natural: and thou saidst to thy servants, signifies perception given: cause him to come down to me, signifies that that truth, which is new, must be subjected to internal good and I will set mine eye upon him, signifies the influx then of truth from good: and we said to my lord, signifies reciprocal perception: the boy cannot leave his father, signifies that that truth cannot be separated from spiritual good: and let him leave his father, and he will die, signifies that if it should be separated, the church would perish: and thou saidst to thy servants, signifies perception respecting that thing: if your youngest brother doth not come down with you, signifies if it be not subjected to internal good: ye shall not add to see my faces, signifies that so there would be no mercy and conjunction with truths in the natural and it came to pass, when we came up to thy servant my father, signifies elevation to spiritual good: we told him the words of my lord, signifies thought of that thing and our father said, signifies apperception from spiritual good return ye, buy for us a little food, signifies that the good of truth ought to be appropriated: and we said, we cannot go down, signifies objection: if our youngest brother be with us, we will go down, signifies unless there be together a conjoining medium because we cannot see the man's faces, signifies because no mercy and conjunction and our youngest brother he be not with us, signifies unless by a medium: and thy servant my father said to us, signifies perception from spiritual good: ye know that my wife bare me two, signifies if there be spiritual good which is of the church, that there must be internal good