860. From these considerations it also becomes clear that all regeneration advances from evening to morning, as is mentioned six times in Genesis 1 where the regeneration of man is the subject. Here the evening is described in verses 2-3, the morning in verses 4-5. The present verse describes the first ray of light or the morning of this state as 'the tops of the mountains appearing'.

6169. 'And Israel dwelt in the land of Egypt' means that spiritual good lived among the facts known to the Church. This is clear from the meaning of 'dwelling' as living, dealt with in 1293, 3384, 3617, 4451; from the representation of 'Israel' as spiritual good, dealt with in 5801, 5803, 5806, 5812, 5817, 5819, 5826, 5833; and from the meaning of 'the land of Egypt' as the natural mind, where factual knowledge resides, dealt with in 5276, 5278, 5280, 5288, 5301 - 'Egypt' meaning the facts known to the Church, see 4749, 4964, 4966, 6004.