Joseph in his highest meaning represents the life of Jesus. He also represents the state of knowing truths and using them to do good. This is phrased in many of the attached references as the celestial of the spiritual, or the good of truth, which is the good that is done because we know truths that are our guides to life.

(Referenser: Arcana Coelestia 3969, 4607, 4669, 4682, 4741, 4988, 5036, 5094, 5249, 5316, 5876, 5890, 5974, 5975, 6275, Genesis 30, 30:24, 30:25)

3276. 'And he breathed his last and died' means the end of the representation portrayed by means of Ishmael. This also is clear from what has been stated above in 3253, where the same words occur and the internal sense is the same. And 'he was gathered to his peoples' means that these things involving Ishmael [were completed], as is likewise clear from what has been stated above, in 3255.