2233. That a “house” denotes those who are in goods, is evident from the signification of a “house,” as being good (see n. 710, 1708, 2048). By a “house,” or those born in the house, in the abstract sense goods are in like manner signified, but as applied to man they denote all who are in good.

7569. And there shall be hail in all the land of Egypt. That this signifies destroying falsity in the natural mind, is evident from the signification of “hail,” as being falsity from evils destroying, namely, every good and truth of the church (see n. 7553); and from the signification of “the land of Egypt,” as being the natural mind (n. 5276, 5278, 5280, 5288, 5301).