5020. 'And fled, and went out of doors' means that it nevertheless separated itself. This is clear from the meaning of 'fleeing, and going out of doors' as separating itself, as above in 5009. These then are the falsities told by Potiphar's wife to the men of the house regarding Joseph, meaning in the internal sense the falsities which unspiritual natural truth tells regarding spiritual natural truth or which the unspiritual natural man tells regarding the spiritual natural man, see 4988, 4992, 5008.

5009. 'And fled, and went out of doors' means that this being so it did not have that truth with which to protect itself. This is clear from the meaning of 'fleeing and going out of doors' after he had left his garment behind, as a separation that had taken place, or the fact that the two no longer had anything in common. Consequently, since 'a garment' means outermost truth, the meaning is that it had no truth with which to protect itself, regarding which see what has been shown immediately above, towards the end of 5008.