6518. 'And I will return' means presence in the natural mind. This is clear from the meaning of 'returning' as presence, for in the internal sense 'setting out and going' means leading a life, 3335, 4882, 5493, 5605, and therefore coming back or 'returning' means the presence of this life in the place where that journey begins; for the mind is always present there. The reason why the natural mind is the location of the presence is that the land of Egypt to which he would return means the natural mind, 5276, 5278, 5280, 5288, 5701.