AC 6497 - Genesis 50

AC 6497
After treating of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob,
by whom in the supreme sense is represented the Lord,
this last chapter of Genesis
in the internal sense treats of the church -
that after the celestial church had perished,
a spiritual church was instituted by the Lord.
The beginning and progress of this church
are described in the internal sense,
and at the close of the chapter, its end;
and that in its stead
the mere representative of a church
was instituted among the descendants of Jacob.