6051. 'So that you may dwell in the land of Goshen' means your place will for that reason be in the middle of the natural where the Church's factual knowledge resides. This is clear from the meaning of 'dwelling' as life and so the place where it is situated, 1293, 3384, 4451; and from the meaning of 'Goshen' as the middle or inmost part of the natural, dealt with in 5910, 6028. The residence there of the Church's factual knowledge, which is meant by 'Egypt', is self-evident; for Goshen was the best land in Egypt.

5910. 'And you shall dwell in the land of Goshen' means the middle of the natural. This is clear from the meaning of 'dwelling' as living, dealt with in 1293, 3384, 3613, 4451; and from the meaning of 'the land of Goshen' as the middle or inmost part. Because that land was situated in Egypt and 'Egypt' means the factual knowledge present in the natural, 'Goshen' means the middle or inmost part of the natural. Goshen was the best region in the land of Egypt; and what is the best - the best in the natural where factual knowledge exists - is situated in the middle or centre. For the actual good there acts like a kind of sun, shedding light from itself on the truths to the sides of it.