5170. 'And forgot him' means removal. This is clear from the meaning of 'forgetting' - when 'not remembering' means the non-existence of any joining together - as removal; for insofar as no joining together exists, removal takes place. Anything that becomes forgotten is also removed; and the same is so with sensory impressions subject to the understanding part. Though they are retained they are not joined to the celestial of the natural, because they are not as yet wholly free from illusions. But as they come to be freed from these, so the joining together takes place. But these matters are dealt with in the next chapter, where the cupbearer remembers Joseph.