5193. The Internal Sense.

Verses 1-4. And it came to pass from the end of two years of days and Pharaoh dreamed, and behold he stood by the river. And behold out of the river there came up seven kine, beautiful in look and fat in flesh; and they fed in the sedge. And behold seven other kine came up after them out of the river, evil in look and thin in flesh; and stood by the kine upon the bank of the river. And the kine evil in look and thin in flesh did eat up the seven kine beautiful in look and fat. And Pharaoh awoke. “And it came to pass from the end of two years of days,” signifies after a state of conjunction; “and Pharaoh dreamed,” signifies what was provided in regard to the natural; “and behold he stood by the river,” signifies from boundary to boundary; “and behold out of the river,” signifies that in the boundary; “there came up seven kine,” signifies were truths of the natural; “beautiful in look,” signifies that were of faith; “and fat in flesh,” signifies that were of charity; “and they fed in the sedge,” signifies instruction; “and behold seven other kine came up after them out of the river,” signifies falsities that were of the natural also in the boundary; “evil in look,” signifies that were not of faith; “and thin in flesh,” signifies nor of charity; “and stood by the kine upon the bank of the river,” signifies that they were in the boundaries where truths were; “and the kine evil in look and thin in flesh did eat up,” signifies that the falsities which were not of faith nor of charity banished; “the seven kine beautiful in look and fat,” signifies the truths of the natural that were of faith and of charity; “and Pharaoh awoke,” signifies a state of enlightenment.