AC 4788 - Why Joseph Was Sold By the Midianites and Not the Ishmaelites

AC 4788 [2]

It was said above
that Joseph was drawn out of the pit by the Midianites,
but that he was sold to the Ishmaelites;
from which it might seem
that he could have been sold in Egypt
only by the Ishmaelites.
But the reason why he was not sold by the Ishmaelites
but by the Midianites,
is that the Ishmaelites represent
those who are in simple good,
and the Midianites
those who are in the truth of this good.
Joseph, or the Divine truth,
could not be sold by those who are in good,
but only by those who are in truth;
for those who are in good
know from good what Divine truth is,
but not so those who are in truth.