5843. 'And let the boy go up with his brothers' means in order that interior truth may be joined to spiritual good. This is clear from the representation of 'Benjamin' as new truth, dealt with in 5804, 5806, 5809, 5822, and so interior truth; and from the meaning of 'going up with his brothers' as becoming joined once again to his father, that is, to spiritual good, which 'Israel' represents. Interior truth, which 'Benjamin' represents here, is new truth, because this is interior when considered in relation to the truths below it. For truth which goes forth from good is interior truth, this truth being meant because it springs from spiritual good, which is 'Israel'. When the good of charity springs from the will, and so from affection, it is internal good or the good of the internal Church; but when the good of charity springs not from affection but from obedience, not from the will but from religious teaching, it is external good or the good of the external Church. The same applies to the truths that spring from good.

5806. 'And he alone is left to his mother' means that this is the only truth the Church possesses. This is clear from the representation of Benjamin, to whom 'the only one left' refers here, as new truth, dealt with just above in 5804; and from the meaning of 'mother' as the Church, dealt with in 289, 2691, 2717, 5581. With regard to the fact that this truth - represented here by 'Benjamin', and described above in 5804 - is the only truth the Church possesses, the situation is this: Such truth is truth springing from spiritual good, which is 'Israel'; and it is what 'Benjamin' represents when he is with his father, whereas truth even more interior is represented by him when he is with Joseph. The truth which Benjamin represents when he is with his father and which is called new truth is the only truth that enables a person to be a Church, for this new truth or those truths [spoken of in 5804] hold life received from good within them. That is, the person with whom the truths of faith exist rooted in good is a Church, not so the person with whom the truths of faith but no good of charity exist. With the latter person the truths are dead, even though they may have been the same truths. From all this one may see what the situation is with regard to the fact that this truth is the only truth the Church possesses.