'And the days of weeping for him passed' means that the states of sorrow were completed. 'And Joseph spoke to Pharaoh's house' means an influx of the internal into the natural mind. 'Saying, If now I have found favour in your eyes' means so that it may be well received. 'Speak, I beg you, in Pharaoh's ears, saying' means an anxious plea that it should consent to it. 'My father made me swear on oath' means that he has the Church at heart. 'Saying, Behold, I am dying' means that it has come to an end. 'In my grave which I dug for myself in the land of Canaan, there you are to bury me' means that it was to be restored to life where the previous one had existed. 'And now let me go up, I beg you, and bury my father' means a restoration to life of the Church there by the internal. 'And I will return' means presence in the natural mind. 'And Pharaoh said, Go up and bury your father' means an affirmation that the Church is to be restored to life. 'As he made you swear on oath' means because he had it at heart.