5372. 'And the famine was becoming great in the land of Egypt' means an increasing severity, that is to say, of the desolation. This is clear from the meaning of 'the famine' and 'the land of Egypt' as a desolation within the natural, the increasing severity of which is meant by its 'becoming great'.

1067. Verse 20 And Noah began to be a man (vir) of the ground, and planted a vineyard.

'Noah began to be a man of the ground' means in general a person who has been instructed from matters of doctrine concerning faith. 'And he planted a vineyard' means the Church resulting from this, 'vineyard' being the spiritual Church.