5905. Verses 9-13. Haste ye and go up to my father, and say unto him, Thus hath said thy son Joseph, God hath set me for lord to all Egypt; come down unto me, tarry not; and thou shalt dwell in the land of Goshen, and thou shalt be near unto me, thou, and thy sons, and thy sons’ sons, and thy flocks, and thy herds, and all that thou hast; and I will sustain thee there; for there are yet five years of famine: lest thou be rooted out, thou, and thy household, and all that thou hast. And behold your eyes see, and the eyes of my brother Benjamin, that with my mouth I am speaking unto you. And ye shall tell my father all my glory in Egypt, and all that ye have seen; and haste ye, and bring down my father hither. “Haste ye and go up to my father,” signifies to spiritual good; “and say unto him, Thus hath said thy son Joseph,” signifies the perception of this good about the internal celestial; “God hath set me for lord to all Egypt,” signifies that it arranges each and all things in the natural; “come down unto me, tarry not,” signifies sure conjunction; “and thou shalt dwell in the land of Goshen,” signifies the midst in the natural; “and thou shalt be near unto me,” signifies perpetual conjunction; “thou, and thy sons, and thy sons’ sons,” signifies spiritual good and all things that are from it and that are from these; “and thy flocks, and thy herds,” signifies natural good interior and exterior; “and all that thou hast,” signifies whatever is therefrom; “and I will sustain thee there,” signifies continuous influx of spiritual life from the internal celestial; “for there are yet five years of famine,” signifies the duration of the lack of good; “lest thou be rooted out,” signifies lest it perish; “thou, and thy household, and all that thou hast,” signifies spiritual good and all that belongs to it; “and behold your eyes see,” signifies a testifying from perception; “and the eyes of my brother Benjamin,” signifies from the perception of the intermediate; “that with my mouth I am speaking unto you,” signifies manifestation; “and ye shall tell my father all my glory in Egypt,” signifies the communication of the spiritual heaven in the natural with spiritual good; “and all that ye see,” signifies whatsoever was there noticed and perceived; “and haste ye, and bring down my father hither,” signifies close conjunction.