6282. 'May he bless the boys' means, May he make it possible for them to have truth and goodness. This is clear from the meaning of 'blessing' as endowing with truth and goodness, for in the spiritual sense 'a blessing' does not imply anything else, 1420, 1422, 4981; and from the representation of Ephraim and Manasseh, to whom 'the boys' refers here, as the Church's understanding and the Church's will, to which truth and good were to be imparted, truth to its understanding and good to its will.

4607. 'The sons of Rachel: Joseph and Benjamin' means interior goods and truths. This is clear from the representation of 'Rachel' as the affection for interior truth, dealt with in 3758, 3782, 3793, 3819, and therefore 'the sons of Rachel' are interior goods and truths, the essential characteristics of which are represented by 'Joseph and Benjamin'. In the highest sense 'Joseph' means the Divine Spiritual, in the internal sense the spiritual kingdom, and in the external sense the good of that kingdom, dealt with in 3969, while 'Benjamin' means the Divine spiritual of the celestial, dealt with in 3969, 4592. These are the essential characteristics within interior goods and truths.