5970. 'And they spoke to him all Joseph's words which he had spoken to them' means an influx from the celestial of the spiritual. This is clear from the meaning of 'speaking' as an influx, dealt with in 2951, 5481, 5797; and from the representation of 'Joseph' as the celestial of the spiritual, dealt with in 4286, 4592, 4963, 5307, 5331, 5332, 5417.

5797. 'Let your servant, I beg you, speak a word in my lord's ears means a pleading to be received and heard. This is clear from the meaning of 'speaking a word' as an influx, dealt with in 2951, 5481, and as it is an influx reception on the part of the other is meant, 5743; and from the meaning of 'ears' as obedience, dealt with in 4551, 4653, in this case a sympathetic listening or hearing, since an inferior is speaking to one superior to himself. From this it is evident that 'let your servant, I beg you, speak a word in my lord's ears' means a pleading to be received and heard.