6555. 'After he had buried his father' means to restore the Church to life. This is clear from the meaning of 'burying' as the restoration of the Church to life, dealt with immediately above in 6554; and from the representation of 'Israel' as the spiritual Church, dealt with in 4286, 6426, 6514, 6517, 6522.

6517. 'And now let me go up, [I beg you,] and bury my father' means a restoration to life of the Church there by the internal. This is clear from the meaning of 'burying' as a restoration to life, dealt with immediately above in 6516; from the representation of Israel, to whom 'father' refers here, as the Church, also dealt with above, in 6514; and from the representation of Joseph, the one who says this of himself, as the internal, dealt with in 6499.