(Bamidbar 12:2) "And they said: Is it only with Moses that the L-rd has spoken?" Did He not also speak with our forefathers? And they did not separate from their wives! "Has He not spoken also with us?": And we have not separated from our spouses! "And the L-rd heard": We are hereby apprised that no one else was there, but they spoke thus between themselves. R. Nathan says: They also spoke thus to Moses' face, it being written "And the L-rd heard and the man Moses" — but Moses suppressed it.