6553. 'And Joseph returned to Egypt, he and his brothers' means the life of the internal celestial, and of the truths of faith present within factual knowledge. This is clear from the meaning of 'returning' as living, dealt with in 5614, 6518; from the representation of 'Joseph' as the internal celestial, dealt with in 5869, 5877, 6177; from the representation of the sons of Israel, to whom 'his brothers' refers here, as the truths of faith in their entirety, dealt with in 5414, 5879, 5951; and from the meaning of 'Egypt' as factual knowledge, dealt with in 1164, 1165, 1186, 1462, 4749, 4964, 4966. The life of the internal celestial, and of the truths of faith present within factual knowledge, was the subject in the chapters which describe Joseph's becoming lord of the land of Egypt and the one in charge of Pharaoh's house, and after that the journey of Jacob's sons to Joseph, and their arrival together with their father Jacob in Egypt, events that are dealt with in 6004, 6023, 6052, 6071, 6077.