AC 5670 - giving provender; AC 5682 - bending and bowing

AC 5670
And he gave their asses provender.
(Genesis 43:24)
That this signifies instruction concerning good,
is evident from the signification of "giving provender,"
as being to instruct in good;
for by "provender" is signified
the good of the truths of memory-knowledge
and by "giving provender," which is "feeding,"
is signified to instruct in this good.


AC 5682
And they bent themselves and bowed themselves down.
(Genesis 43:28)
That this signifies outward and inward humiliation,
is evident from the signification of "bending themselves,"
as being outward humiliation;
and from the signification of "bowing themselves down,"
as being inward humiliation;
for bending is a less degree of bowing down,
and therefore it denotes outward humiliation;
and bowing down is a greater degree,
and therefore it denotes inward humiliation.
Moreover, "bending" denotes the humiliation of truth,
that is, of those who are in truth,
thus of the spiritual;
and "bowing down" denotes the humiliation of good,
that is, of those who are in good,
thus of the celestial.
In this case also "bending" is outward humiliation,
and "bowing down" inward;
for they who are in good
are more interior men than those who are in truth.