Verse 1 And Joseph came and told Pharaoh, and said, My father and my brothers, and their flocks and their herds, and all that they have, have come from the land of Canaan, and behold, they are in the land of Goshen.

'And Joseph came and told Pharaoh, and said' means the presence of the internal celestial within the natural where factual knowledge resides, and the consequent influx and perception. 'My father and my brothers' means spiritual good within the natural and the truths of the Church there. 'Their flocks and their herds' means forms of the good of truth, interior and exterior ones. 'And all that they have' means whatever is dependent on them. 'Have come from the land of Canaan' means that they originate in the Church. 'And behold, they are in the land of Goshen' means that they are in the middle of the natural where factual knowledge resides.