In Genesis 42:35, 1 Samuel 25:29, and Matthew 13:30, this signifies the setting in order of truths for use or of falsities for destruction. (Arcana Coelestia 5530)
Arcana Coelestia #5547
5547. 'For his brother is dead' means because the internal is not present. This is clear from the representation of Joseph, to whom 'brother' refers here, as the celestial of the spiritual, or truth from the Divine, and therefore the internal aspect of the Church, dealt with in 5469; and from the meaning of 'being dead' here as not being present. For though not present there he was still among the living.
