Arcana Coelestia volume 7 - Swedenborg Foundation

ARCANA COELESTIA 3991“letting remain,” as being to be separated. How the case herein ishas been stated before.5521. And take for the famine of your houses. That this signifiesthat in the meantime they may provide for themselves in thatdesolation is evident from what was said above (n. 5462), wheresimilar words occur. That it signifies in that desolation is becausedesolation is signified by “famine.”5522. And go. That this signifies that so they may live is evidentfrom the signification of “going” as being to live (see n. 3335,3690, 4882, 5493).5523. And bring your youngest brother unto me. That this signifiesthat if there were an intermediate there would be conjunction isevident from the representation of Benjamin, who is here the“youngest brother” as being an intermediate (see n. 5411, 5413,5443); and from the signification of “bringing him unto me” asbeing that thereby there would be conjunction. For by theintermediate there is effected a conjunction of the internalrepresented by Joseph with the external things represented by thesons of Jacob (as shown above, n. 5411, 5413, 5427, 5428).5524. Then shall I know that ye are no spies. That this signifiesthat then truths would no longer be for the sake of gain is evidentfrom the signification of “spies” as being those who are in thetruths of the church for the sake of their own advantage, meaninghere that they would be so no longer if there were conjunctionthrough an intermediate.5525. But that ye are upright. That this signifies that thus therewould be correspondence is evident from the signification of “yeare upright” as being that they were in truths; for “uprightness” istruth (see n. 5434, 5437); and as they are then in truths not for thesake of their own advantage, when there is correspondence,therefore this also is signified by “ye are upright.”