6033. 'And fell on his neck' means a joining together. This is clear from the meaning of 'falling on the neck' as a close and intimate joining together, dealt with in 5926. The reason 'falling on the neck' means a joining together is that the neck joins together the head and the body; and since 'the head' means interior things, and 'the body' exterior ones, 'the neck' means a joining together of interior and exterior things, see 3542, 5320, 5328. From this arises a communication of interior things with exterior ones, as well as of celestial things with spiritual ones, see those same paragraphs. A communication such as this resulting from a joining together is meant in addition by the same words, for 'Joseph' is the internal, and 'Israel' considered in relation to it is the external.

5925. Verses 14-15 And he fell on the neck ¹ of Benjamin his brother, and wept; and Benjamin wept on his neck. ¹ And he kissed all his brothers, and wept on them; and after that his brothers talked to him.

'And he fell on the neck of Benjamin' means an inmost joining to the intermediary. 'And wept' means an expression of mercy. 'And Benjamin wept on his neck' means an acceptance and reciprocal response. 'And he kissed all his brothers' means a linking together through grace. 'And wept on them' means an expression of affection. 'And after that his brothers talked to him' means a reciprocal communication because there was acceptance.

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