Arcana Coelestia volume 7 - Swedenborg Foundation

ARCANA COELESTIA 3857speaking of Babylon.5314. Verses 41–44. And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, See, I have setthee over all the land of Egypt. And Pharaoh took off his ring fromupon his hand, and put it upon Joseph’s hand, and clothed him ingarments of fine linen, and put a necklace of gold upon his neck; andhe made him ride in the second chariot that he had; and they criedbefore him, Abrech; and he set him over all the land of Egypt. AndPharaoh said unto Joseph, I am Pharaoh, and without thee shall noman lift up his hand or his foot in all the land of Egypt. “And Pharaohsaid unto Joseph” signifies the further perception of the naturalfrom the celestial of the spiritual; “See, I have set thee over all theland of Egypt” signifies dominion over both naturals. “AndPharaoh took off his ring from upon his hand” signifies aconfirming of the power the natural previously had; “and put itupon Joseph’s hand” signifies that the natural yielded all the powerto the celestial of the spiritual; “and clothed him in garments of finelinen” signifies an external significative of the celestial of thespiritual (“garments of fine linen” are truths from the Divine); “andput a necklace of gold upon his neck” signifies a significative of theconjunction of interior things with exterior, effected by good; “andhe made him ride in the second chariot” signifies a significative thatfrom this comes all the doctrine of good and truth; “that he had”signifies that comes by means of the natural; “and they cried beforehim, Abrech” signifies acknowledgment through faith, andadoration; “and he set him over all the land of Egypt” signifies thatsuch was its authority; “and Pharaoh said unto Joseph” signifies stillfurther perception; “I am Pharaoh” signifies that the natural isthence derived; “and without thee shall no man lift up his hand”signifies that from the celestial of the spiritual is everything ofpower in the spiritual; “or his foot” signifies and everything ofpower in the natural; “in all the land of Egypt” signifies in bothnaturals.5315. And Pharaoh said unto Joseph. That this signifies the furtherperception of the natural from the celestial of the spiritual isevident from the signification of “saying” in the historicals of theWord as being to perceive (as often shown above); and from the