5338. And passed over into all the land of Egypt. That this signifies when it made everything therein (namely in the natural) subordinate and submissive, is evident from the signification of “all the land of Egypt,” as being both naturals (see n. 5276, 5278, 5280, 5288, 5301). From this it follows that “to pass over into all that land” is to make everything in the natural subordinate and submissive.

5301. That shall be in the land of Egypt. That this signifies that shall be in the natural, is evident from the signification of the “land of Egypt,” as being the natural mind (see n. 5276, 5278, 5279, 5288). It is here and elsewhere said “the natural,” and thereby is meant the natural mind; for man has two minds, a rational mind and a natural mind; the rational mind is of the internal man, and the natural mind is of the external man. This mind or this man is what is meant by “the natural” simply so called. That the mind is the man himself, will be seen in what now follows.