6560. 'And they gave a command to Joseph, saying' means influx from the internal and the consequent perception. This is clear from the meaning of 'giving a command' as influx, dealt with in 5486, 5772; from the representation of 'Joseph' as the internal, dealt with in 6177, 6224; and from the meaning of 'saying' as perception, dealt with often. Consequently 'they gave a command to Joseph, saying' means influx from the internal and the consequent perception. The reason why 'they gave command to Joseph' means an influx from the internal into the external, and not from the external into the internal, is that all influx comes from what is more internal; none ever comes from what is more external, see 6322.

6223. 'And [someone] told Jacob' means a discernment by the truth of the natural. This is clear from the meaning of 'telling' as discernment, dealt with in 3608, 5601; and from the representation of 'Jacob' as the truth of the natural, dealt with in 3305, 3509, 3525, 3546, 3599, 3775, 4009, 4234, 4520, 4538, 6001.