6552. Verse 14 And Joseph returned to Egypt, he and his brothers, and all who went up with him to bury his father, after he had buried his father.

'And Joseph returned to Egypt, he and his brothers' means the life of the internal celestial, and of the truths of faith present within factual knowledge. 'And all who went up with him to bury his father' means all that contributes to regeneration. 'After he had buried his father' means to restore the Church to life.

4613. 'To Mamre, Kiriath Arba' means its state. This is clear from the meaning of 'Mamre' as the nature and extent of that to which it is allied, dealt with in 2970, and from the meaning of 'Kiriath Arba' as the Church as regards truth, dealt with in 2909, and so means truth. Hence 'Mamre, Kiriath Arba' means the state of the natural as regards truth, and 'Hebron' its state as regards good, dealt with immediately below.