4397. 'And he bought the portion of the field' means making the good that springs from that truth its own. This is clear from the meaning of 'buying' as making one's own, and from the meaning of 'the portion of the field' as good springing from that truth. For 'the field' means the Church as regards good and so means good itself, see 2971, 3196, 3317, 3500, 3508, 3766.

'The land of Rameses,' as in Genesis 47:11, signifies the inmost of the spiritual principle in the natural mind.

(Референци: Arcana Coelestia 6104)