6540. And he made a mourning for his father seven days. That this signifies the end of the grief, is evident from the signification of “mourning,” as being grief before the knowledges of good and truth have been implanted (see n. 6539); and from the signification of “seven days,” as being an entire period from beginning to end (n. 728, 2044, 3845, 6508); here therefore the end, because when those days were finished, they passed over the Jordan.