Arcana Coelestia volume 7 - Swedenborg Foundation

ARCANA COELESTIA 401429. And he lifted up his eyes, and saw Benjamin his brother, hismother’s son, and said, Is this your youngest brother, of whom ye spokeunto me? And he said, God be gracious unto thee, my son.30. And Joseph made haste, for his compassions were moved towardhis brother; and he sought to weep, and he came to the bed chamber,and wept there.31. And he washed his faces, and went out, and he restrainedhimself, and said, Set on bread.32. And they set on for him alone, and for them alone, and for theEgyptians who did eat with him, alone; because the Egyptians cannoteat bread with the Hebrews; because this is an abomination to theEgyptians.33. And they sat before him, the firstborn according to his birthright,and the youngest according to his youth; and the men were amazed,everyone at his companion.34. And he brought out portions from his faces unto them; and hemultiplied Benjamin’s portion above the portions of them all, fivemeasures. And they drank and drank largely with him.THE CONTENTS5574. The subject is continued of the conjunction in the naturalof the truths of the church, which are the “ten sons of Jacob,” withthe celestial of the spiritual, or truth from the Divine, which is“Joseph,” through the intermediate which is “Benjamin”; but inthis chapter, in the internal sense, only the general influx whichprecedes conjunction is treated of.THE INTERNAL SENSE5575. Verses 1–5. And the famine became grievous in the land.And it came to pass when they had finished the eating of the producewhich they had brought from Egypt, and their father said unto them,Go back, buy us a little food. And Judah spoke unto him, saying,