6579. Verses 22, 23. And Joseph dwelt in Egypt, he and his father's house; and Joseph lived a hundred and ten years. And Joseph saw Ephraim's sons of the third generation: the sons also of Machir the son of Manasseh were born upon Joseph's knees. "And Joseph dwelt in Egypt," signifies the life of the memory-knowledges of the church from the internal; "he and his father's house," signifies from the internal and its good; "and Joseph lived a hundred and ten years," signifies the state and quality; "and Joseph saw Ephraim's sons of the third generation," signifies the setting up again of the church in respect to the intellectual, and its derivatives; "the sons also of Machir the son of Manasseh," signifies, and in respect to the will and its derivatives; "were born upon Joseph's knees," signifies that they were from good conjoined with truth from the internal.
