'Make haste and go up to my father' means to spiritual good. 'And say to him, Thus said your son Joseph' means the perception this good had regarding the internal celestial. 'God has established me as lord for all Egypt' means that it sets in order every single thing in the natural. 'Come down to me, do not delay' means a sure joining together. 'And you shall dwell in the land of Goshen' means the middle of the natural. 'And you shall be near to me' means an everlasting joining together. 'You and your sons, and the sons of your sons' means spiritual good, and all derivatives from it, and further derivatives from these. 'And your flocks, and your herds' means natural good, interior and exterior. 'And everything that belongs to you' means whatever is dependent on that good. 'And I will sustain you there' means a constant influx of spiritual life from the internal celestial. 'For there are still five years of famine' means the duration of the lack of good. 'Lest perhaps you are wiped out' means lest it perishes. 'You and your household, and all that belongs to you' means spiritual good and everything belonging to it. 'And behold, your eyes see' means attesting as a result of perception. 'And the eyes of my brother Benjamin' means especially as a result of perception by the intermediary. 'That with my mouth I am speaking to you' means a revelation. 'And you must tell my father about all my glory in Egypt' means a communication of the spiritual heaven in the natural with spiritual good. 'And all that you see' means whatever is recognized and perceived there. 'And you must make haste, and cause my father to come down here' means a closer joining together.