6152. And Joseph said unto the people. That this signifies the influx of the internal into the truths of memory-knowledge, is evident from the signification of “saying,” as being perception (see n. 6063); and because it is predicated of the internal, which is “Joseph,” it denotes influx, for that which is perceived in the external flows in from the internal; and from the representation of Joseph, as being the internal (as may be seen frequently above); and from the signification of the “people,” as being the truths of memory-knowledge (n. 6146).