5627. 'And rise up, return to the man' means the life received from spiritual truth. This is clear from the meaning of 'rising up' as a raising up to interior and therefore to spiritual things, dealt with in 2401, 2785, 2912, 2927, 3171, 4107, 4881; from the meaning of 'returning' as the life received from, dealt with above in 5614; and from the representation of Joseph, who is called 'the man', as spiritual truth, dealt with in 5584.

4881. 'And she rose up' means a raising up. This is clear from the meaning of 'rising up' as implying some kind of raising up, dealt with in 2401, 2785, 2912, 2927, 3171, 4103. The raising up meant by 'rising up' describes in the spiritual sense a raising up from an obscure state into a clearer one, such as from a state of being without knowledge into a state of intelligence; for when this happens a person is raised from a state of the light of the world into a state of the light of heaven.