5528. Verses 35-38.42:35. And it came to pass as they emptied their sacks, and behold everyone’s bundle of silver was in his sack; and they saw the bundles of their silver, they and their father, and they were afraid. And Jacob their father said unto them, Me have ye bereaved, Joseph is not, and Simeon is not, and ye will take Benjamin; all these things will be upon me. And Reuben spoke unto his father, saying, Slay my two sons if I bring him not to thee; give him upon my hand, and I will bring him unto thee again. And he said, My son shall not go down with you; for his brother is dead, and he only is left; and mischief will befall him in the way wherein ye shall go, and ye will make my gray hairs go down in sorrow to the grave. “And it came to pass as they emptied their sacks,” signifies use from the truths in the natural; “and behold everyone’s bundle of silver,” signifies settings in order of truths bestowed gratis; “was in his sack,” signifies in the receptacle of each; “and they saw the bundles of their silver,” signifies perception that it was so; “they and their father,” signifies from truths and the good of truth in the natural; “and they were afraid,” signifies what is holy; “and Jacob their father said unto them,” signifies perception in them from the good of truth; “Me have ye bereaved,” signifies that thus the church was no more; “Joseph is not,” signifies that there is no internal; “and Simeon is not,” signifies that neither is there faith in the will; “and ye will take Benjamin,” signifies if the intermediate also is taken away; “all these things will be upon me,” signifies that thus what is of the church will be destroyed; “and Reuben spoke unto his father,” signifies the things of faith in the understanding perceived from the good of truth; “saying, Slay my two sons,” signifies that neither kind of faith will live; “if I bring him not to thee,” signifies unless an intermediate be adjoined; “give him upon my hand,” signifies so far as was in its power; “and I will bring him unto thee again,” signifies that it shall be restored; “and he said, My son shall not go down with you,” signifies that it will not let itself down toward lower things; “for his brother is dead,” signifies because the internal is not present; “and he only is left,” signifies that it is now in place of the internal; “and mischief will befall him in the way wherein ye shall go,” signifies that with truths alone in the natural, separated from the internal, it would perish; “and ye will make my gray hairs go down,” signifies that this will be the last of the church; “in sorrow to the grave,” signifies without hope of resuscitation.