6082. 'Your father and your brothers have come to you' means regarding the influx of the internal celestial into spiritual good from the natural and into the truths of the Church there. This is clear from the representation of Israel, to whom 'father' refers here, as spiritual good from the natural, dealt with in 5801, 5807, 5806, 5812, 5817, 5819, 5826, 5833; and from the representation of his sons, to whom 'brothers' refers here, as the truths of the Church in the natural, dealt with in 5414, 5879, 5951. The reason it is an influx of the internal celestial is that the words were addressed to Joseph, who represents the internal celestial, 5869, 5877, and an influx into the natural or external comes from the internal.

5869. 'And Joseph could not contain himself before all those standing with him' means that now everything had been prepared by the internal celestial for the joining together. This is clear from the representation of 'Joseph' as internal good, dealt with in 5805, 5826, 5827, thus the internal celestial, for the expression 'the celestial' is used to mean good that emanates from the Lord; and from the meaning of 'not being able to contain himself' as the fact that everything had been prepared for the joining together. For when someone prepares himself most eagerly to achieve some end or effect, by seeking out and organizing the means to achieve it, he can no longer contain himself once all the preparations are complete. This is the meaning of the words under consideration here. For the chapter before this dealt with the initial steps that were taken to achieve the joining together, whereas the present chapter deals with the actual joining together, see 5867. 'All those standing with him' means the kinds of things which prevent the joining together and which were therefore cast away, as stated in what follows.