6142. And Joseph bought all the ground of Egypt for Pharaoh. That this signifies that the internal appropriated to itself the whole natural mind where memory-knowledges are, and placed it under general auspices, is evident from the representation of Joseph, as being the internal (of which often above); from the signification of "buying," as being to appropriate to oneself (see n. 4397, 5374, 5406, 5410, 5426); from the signification of the "ground of Egypt," as being the natural mind where memory-knowledges are (as just above, n. 6141); and from the representation of Pharaoh, as being the natural in general (n. 5160, 5799, 6015). Thus that it was "for Pharaoh" denotes to place under general auspices in the natural.
