Arcana Coelestia # 4764
4764. 'And he returned to his brothers' means those teaching [from faith]. This is clear from the representation of 'Joseph's brothers' as adherents to faith separated from charity, and also - because they were shepherds - as those teaching from faith, as above in 4705.
1 Kings 11:29-31
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It happened at that time, when Jeroboam went out of Jerusalem, that the prophet Ahijah the Shilonite found him in the way; now [Ahijah] had clad himself with a new garment; and they two were alone in the field.
30
Ahijah laid hold of the new garment that was on him, and tore it in twelve pieces.
31
He said to Jeroboam, "Take ten pieces; for thus says Yahweh, the God of Israel, 'Behold, I will tear the kingdom out of the hand of Solomon, and will give ten tribes to you
