5932. Verses 16-20 And a voice was heard in Pharaoh's house, saying, Joseph's brothers have come. And it was good in Pharaoh's eyes, and in the eyes of his servants. And Pharaoh said to Joseph, Say to your brothers, Do this: Load your animals, and go, get you to the land of Canaan. And take your father and your households, and come to me; and I will give you the good of the land of Egypt, and you will eat the fat of the land. And now carry out this command: Take for yourselves from the land of Egypt carts for your young children and your wives, and bring your father, and come. And do not let your eye be sparing over your household utensils, for the good of all the land of Egypt is yours.

'And a voice was heard in Pharaoh's house' means that it filled the entire natural. 'Saying, Joseph's brothers have come' means a perception that the truths of the Church within the natural were present. 'And it was good in Pharaoh's eyes' means joy everywhere there. 'And in the eyes of his servants' means including what occupied the lowest position there. 'And Pharaoh said to Joseph' means a perception received by the natural from the internal celestial. 'Say to your brothers' means regarding the truths of the Church within the natural. 'Do this: Load your animals' means that they were to fill every truth with good. 'And go, get you to the land of Canaan' means their dwelling-place. 'And take your father and your households, and come to me' means the drawing of spiritual good and of the truths of the Church nearer to factual knowledge in the natural. 'And I will give you the good of the land of Egypt' means the possession of factual knowledge. 'And you will eat the fat of the land' means making the good there their own. 'And now carry out this command' means an act of will. 'Take for yourselves from the land of Egypt carts' means matters of doctrine belonging to factual knowledge. 'For your young children and your wives' means for those who as yet have no knowledge. 'And bring your father, and come' means their service and their drawing nearer. 'And do not let your eye be sparing over your household utensils' means let no concern be shown for anything that serves instrumentally. 'For the good of all the land of Egypt is yours' means that which in the natural mind is of primary importance to them.