5744. 'Rise up, pursue the men' means that it ought now to link them to itself. This is clear from the meaning of 'pursuing the men and overtaking them' as a linking; for 'pursuing' describes an intention to become linked, and 'overtaking' the actual linking. The subject from here onwards in the present chapter is the return of the sons of Jacob, while the next chapter deals with Joseph's revelation of who he was, by which the joining of the celestial of the spiritual to the truths in the natural is meant. From this it is evident that 'pursuing the men' means that it ought now to link them to itself.