4980. That Jehovah blessed the Egyptian's house for Joseph's sake' means that at this point the Divine imparted the celestial-natural to that truth. This is clear from the meaning of 'being blessed' as being enriched with celestial and spiritual good, so that an imparting by the Divine is meant by 'Jehovah blessed'; and from the meaning of 'the Egyptian's house' as the good dwelling in the natural mind, as above in 4973. From this it follows that the words 'Jehovah blessed the Egyptian's house' mean that at this point the Divine imparted the celestial-natural to it. The celestial-natural is good present in the natural which corresponds to the good belonging to the rational, that is, which corresponds to the celestial of the spiritual from the rational, meant by 'Joseph', 4963.
[2] The term celestial, like spiritual, is used in reference both to the rational and to the natural, that is, both to the internal man, which is the rational man, and to the external, which is the natural man. For essentially, the spiritual is Divine Truth which goes forth from the Lord, while the celestial is Divine Good present within that Divine Truth. When Divine Truth containing Divine Good is received by the rational, or by the internal man, it is called the spiritual within the rational, but when it is received by the natural, or by the external man, it is called the spiritual within the natural. The same is so with Divine Good present within Divine Truth. When this good is received by the rational, or by the internal man, it is referred to as the celestial within the rational, but when it is received by the natural, or by the external man, it is referred to as the celestial within the natural. In man's case these two flow in both directly from the Lord and indirectly from Him through angels and spirits; but in the Lord's case while He was in the world they flowed in from Himself because the Divine existed within Him.
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