Potts(1905-1910) 4962
4962. THE INTERNAL SENSE.
Verse 1. And Joseph was brought down to Egypt; and Potiphar bought him, Pharaoh's chamberlain, prince of the guards, an Egyptian man, of the hand of the Ishmaelites, who had brought him down thither. "And Joseph," signifies the celestial of the spiritual from the rational; "was brought down to Egypt," signifies to the memory-knowledges [scientifica]* of the church; "and Potiphar bought him, Pharaoh's chamberlain," signifies that it was among the interior things of memory-knowledges; "prince of the guards," signifies those which are primary for interpretation; "an Egyptian man," signifies natural truth; "of the hand of the Ishmaelites," signifies from simple good; "who had brought him down thither," signifies the descent from that good to these memory-knowledges. * What Swedenborg calls scientifica are defined in this volume (n. 5212) as being "the lowest truths," which he says "are called scientifica because they are in man's natural of external memory." [Reviser]
Elliott(1983-1999) 4962
4962. THE INTERNAL SENSE
Verse 1 And Joseph was made to go down to Egypt, and Potiphar bought him - Pharaoh's bedchamber servant, the chief of the attendants, an Egyptian man - from the hand of the Ishmaelites who made him go down there.
'And Joseph' means the celestial of the spiritual from the rational. 'Was made to go down to Egypt' means to factual knowledge which the Church possessed. 'And Potiphar bought him - Pharaoh's bedchamber servant' means among facts of a more internal kind. 'The chief of the attendants' means which facts come first and foremost in explanations. 'An Egyptian man' means natural truth. 'From the hand of the Ishmaelites' means from simple good. 'Who made him go down there' means a descent from this simple good to that factual knowledge.
Latin(1748-1756) 4962
4962. SENSUS INTERNUSVers. I. Et Joseph descendere factus Aegyptum, et emit eum Potiphar cubicularius Pharaonis, princeps satellitum, vir Aegyptius, e manu Jishmaelitarum, qui descendere fecerunt eum illuc. `Et Joseph' significat caeleste spiritualis ex rationali:
`descendere factus Aegyptum' significat ad scientifica quae Ecclesiae: `et emit eum Potiphar cubicularius Pharaonis' significat quod apud interiora scientificorum: `princeps satellitum' significat quae primaria interpretationi: `vir Aegyptius' significat verum naturale: `e manu Jishmaelitarum' significat a simplici bono: `qui descendere fecerunt eum illuc' significat quod ab illo bono ad illa scientifica.