6149. 'For the priests had a fixed portion from Pharaoh' means that this had therefore been decreed by the natural, which was under the control of the internal. This is clear from the meaning of a 'fixed portion' as that which has been decreed, and from the representation of 'Pharaoh" as the natural in general, dealt with in 5160, 5799, 6015. And since that decree made in the natural originated in the internal, the description 'under the control of the internal' is added, which control was also represented by Joseph's being lord over the whole of Egypt, and over Pharaoh's house too, see 6145.

1089. Verse 24 And Noah awoke from his wine, and realized what his younger son had done to him.

'Noah awoke from his wine' means when he was better informed. 'And realized what his younger son had done to him' means that external worship separated from internal is such as mocks.