7652. And Pharaoh’s servants said unto him. That this signifies a warning from those who are in fear, is evident from the signification of “saying,” when done by those who see their own destruction, to those in the society who are determined, as being a warning; and from the signification of “Pharaoh’s servants,” as being those who infest who are of a lower condition and are in fear; that they are in fear, is plain from their words, “how long shall this man be a snare to us? Send the men away, that they may serve Jehovah their God, knowest thou not yet that Egypt is perishing?” which words are clearly from fear; and also from the fact that by “Pharaoh’s servants” are meant the evil who infest, and the evil never advise what is good except from fear (see n. 7280).