5960. 'And food for his father for the way' means interior truth for spiritual good meanwhile. This is clear from the meaning of 'food' as interior truth, for this is provided from the truth of good and the good of truth, which are meant by 'grain and bread', as immediately above in 5959, and interior truth is the food to nourish spiritual good; from the representation of Israel, to whom 'father' refers here, as spiritual good, dealt with above in 5957; and from the meaning of 'for the way' as meanwhile, which is to say, before he arrived, that is, before a complete joining together was effected.