3129. 'And Rebekah had a brother' means the affection for good in the natural man. This is clear from the meaning of 'a brother' and of 'a sister' in the Word - 'a brother' being the affection for good, and 'a sister' the affection for truth, dealt with in 367, 2360, 2508, 2524. For in the natural man, as in the rational, all things there are interrelated like blood relatives and relatives by marriage, 2556, 2739. For that reason also the rational mind as well as the natural mind is called a house or family where parents, brothers, sisters, blood relatives, and relatives by marriage exist in order.

4789. 'To Potiphar, Pharaoh's bedchamber-servant' means facts of a more internal kind. This is clear from the meaning of 'a bedchamber-servant' as things that are more internal, dealt with below, and from the representation of 'Pharaoh' as facts - for 'Egypt' means knowledge in general, as shown in 1164, 1165, 1186, 1462, and so likewise does 'Pharaoh' because in the Word what is meant by a land or nation is also meant by its king since he is head of the nation. The reason facts of a more internal kind are meant by 'Pharaoh's bedchamber-servant' is that bedchamber-servants belonged among a king's more intimate assistants; for they were his more intimate courtiers and higher-ranking officials, as is also evident from the meaning of the word used in the original language.