6036. 'Now let me die' means new life. This is clear from the meaning of 'dying' as resurrection into life, thus new life, dealt with in 3326, 3498, 3505, 4618, 4621, 6008. The reason why 'dying' means a new phase of life has also been shown in those paragraphs, and it is this: Because a person instantly begins a new phase of his life when he dies, he is awakened into life as soon as he has cast aside the material body which had served him for use in the world. New life is meant here by 'dying' because that life comes through an inflowing from the internal, an inflowing that is meant by Joseph's going up to meet his father, 6030, and through the joining together meant by Joseph's falling on Israel's neck, 6033.

6030. 'And went up to meet Israel his father' means an inflowing - from the internal celestial into spiritual good from the natural. This is clear from the representation of Joseph, the one who 'went up', as the internal celestial, dealt with in 5869, 5877; and from the representation of 'Israel' as spiritual good, dealt with in 5801, 5803, 5806, 5812, 5817, 5819, 5826, 5833. From this it follows that an inflowing is meant by 'going up to meet him', for 'going up to meet' here implies setting out and coming towards him.