1165. In the Word 'Mizraim' or Egypt means knowledge, that is, various facts, by which people wish to probe into the arcana of faith and so confirm the false assumptions acquired in that way. 'Mizraim' also means simply knowledge, and so knowledge that is useful. This is clear not only from the places just quoted but also from very many others which would fill up page after page if they were all included. See Isaiah 19:1-end; Isaiah 30:1-3; 31:1-3; Jeremiah 2:18, 36; Jeremiah 42:14-end; Jeremiah 46:1-end; Ezekiel 16:26; 23:3; Ezekiel 29:1-end; Ezekiel 30:1-end; Hosea 7:11; 9:3, 6; 11:1, 5, 11; Micah 7:12 [NCBS: 7:15]; Zechariah 10:10-11; Psalms 80:8 and following verses.

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.