6153. 'Behold, I have bought you today, and your ground, for Pharaoh's house means that it had obtained those things for itself and had made them subject to the general whole within the natural, which was under the control of the internal. This is clear from the meaning of 'buying' as making one's own and acquiring, dealt with in 4797, 5374, 5397, 5406, 5410, 5426; and from the meaning of 'ground' as the receptacles of truth, dealt with in 6135-6137; and the subjection of those receptacles to the general whole in the natural is meant by 'his buying them for Pharaoh' who represents the natural in general, dealt with in 5160, 5799, 6015. The use of the expression 'under the control of the internal' is in keeping with the explanation above in 6145.

6145. 'And the land was Pharaoh's' means that all things were made subject to the natural, which was under the control of the internal. This is clear from the meaning of 'the land was his' as the making its own of all things, meant by 'the land', and the subjection of them to itself; and from the representation of 'Pharaoh' as the natural in general, dealt with in 5160, 5799, 6015, into which factual knowledge, meant by 'Egypt', was gathered, 6115. The reason this was under the control of the internal is that the entire natural, both in general and in every part, was under it. Being under the control of the internal is meant by Joseph's being lord over all the land of Egypt, and also by his having been placed in charge over Pharaoh's house, Genesis 41:40-43; also Chapter 45 where it says,

Joseph said to his brothers, God has established me as father to Pharaoh, and lord for all his house; and I have dominion in all the land of Egypt. Genesis 45:8.

This now explains why it is said of the natural that it was under the control of the internal.