5868. The Internal Sense.

Verses 1-2. And Joseph could not restrain himself before all that were standing by him; and he cried, Cause every man to go out from with me. And there stood not anyone with him, while Joseph made himself known unto his brethren. And he gave forth his voice in weeping; and the Egyptians heard, and the house of Pharaoh heard. “And Joseph could not restrain himself before all that were standing by him,” signifies that all things were now made ready by the internal celestial for conjunction; “and he cried,” signifies the effect near at hand; “Cause every man to go out from with me,” signifies that memory-knowledges not in agreement and adverse should be cast out from the midst; “and there stood not anyone with him, while Joseph made himself known unto his brethren,” signifies that there were not any such knowledges present when the internal celestial through the intermediate conjoined itself with truths in the natural; “and he gave forth his voice in weeping,” signifies mercy and joy; “and the Egyptians heard,” signifies even to ultimates; “and the house of Pharaoh heard,” signifies through the whole natural.