5031. And it came to pass. That this signifies a new state, is evident from the signification of “it came to pass,” or “it was,” as involving something new, or a new state (see n. 4979, 4987, 4999), here the state of spiritual natural good, which state is represented by Joseph, after the ultimate of truth had been taken away from him, and thus after there was no longer any conjunction with truth and good natural not spiritual.