6687. 'And God dealt well with the midwives' means that the natural was blessed by the Divine. This is clear from the meaning of the words 'dealing well with', when used in reference to God, as blessing; and from the meaning of 'the midwives' as the natural where facts that hold truths within them are, dealt with above in 4588, 6673, 6675, 6678.

2271. That 'he spoke to Him yet again' means thought is clear from the meaning in the internal sense of 'speaking'. Speaking or speech is nothing else than that which flows from thought; and because things that are internal are meant by those that are external - such as understanding by 'seeing', the understanding by 'the eye', obedience by 'the ear', and so on - so thinking is meant by 'speaking'.