7998. 'And every man's slave' means the natural man up to now. This is clear from the meaning of 'slave' or 'servant' as the natural, dealt with in 3019, 3020, 3191, 3192, 3204, 3206, 3209, 5305, and so the natural man. The reason why the natural man is called 'a slave' is that it was made to minister to the spiritual, and also to obey it, as a slave obeys his master.

3204. 'And she said to the servant' means investigation from the Divine Natural. This is clear from the meaning of 'saying' here as investigating, for she asked, 'Who is that man there walking in the field?' and from the meaning of 'a servant' as the Divine Natural, dealt with above in 3191, 3192.