'And from his brothers' party he took five men' means some of the truths of the Church. 'And placed them before Pharaoh' means an introduction into factual knowledge. 'And Pharaoh said to his brothers' means perception regarding the truths of the Church within the natural. 'What are your works?' means regarding duties and useful services. 'And they said to Pharaoh, Shepherds of the flock are your servants' means that they lead to good. 'Both we and our fathers' means that this was so since the time of the ancients. 'And they said to Pharaoh' means a continuation of the perception. 'We have come to sojourn in the land' means a seeking to live in factual knowledge. 'For there is no pasture for the flock which belongs to your servants' means that factual knowledge holding forms of the good of truth is wanting. 'For the famine is serious in the land of Canaan' means that there is a lack of such forms in the Church. 'And now let your servants, we beg you, dwell in the land of Goshen' means so that they may live in the middle of them. 'And Pharaoh said to Joseph - he said' means perception in the natural where factual knowledge resides. 'Your father and your brothers have come to you' means regarding the influx of the internal celestial into spiritual good from the natural and into the truths of the Church there. 'The land of Egypt is before you means that factual knowledge in the natural mind is subject to the guidance of the internal celestial. 'In the best of the land cause your father and your brothers to dwell' means that they may live in the inmost part of it. 'Let them dwell in the land of Goshen' means where the middle is. 'And if you know that there are among them men with energy' means the more outstanding contents of doctrine. 'Then set them as the chief men over the livestock belonging to me' means that they are the first and foremost among known facts.

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