6509. Verses 4-6. And the days of weeping for him passed away, and Joseph spake unto the house of Pharaoh, saying, If I pray I have found grace in your eyes, speak I pray in the ears of Pharaoh, saying, My father made me swear, saying, Lo, I die; in my sepulcher which I have digged for me in the land of Canaan, there shalt thou bury me; and now I pray let me go up, and bury my father, and I will return. And Pharaoh said, Go up, and bury thy father, according as he made thee swear. “And the days of weeping for him passed away,” signifies that the states of sorrow were accomplished; “and Joseph spake unto the house of Pharaoh,” signifies the influx of the internal into the natural mind; “saying, If I pray I have found grace in your eyes,” signifies that it may be well received; “speak I pray in the ears of Pharaoh, saying,” signifies entreaty for consent; “My father made me swear,” signifies that he has the church at heart; “saying, Lo, I die,” signifies that it had ceased to be; “in my sepulcher which I have digged for me in the land of Canaan, there shalt thou bury me,” signifies that it was to be resuscitated where the former church had been; “and now I pray let me go up, and bury my father,” signifies the resuscitation of the church there by the internal; “and I will return,” signifies presence in the natural mind; “and Pharaoh said, Go up, and bury thy father,” signifies affirmation that the church will be resuscitated; “according as he made thee swear,” signifies because this is at heart.