10626. 'And he said, If now I have found grace in Your eyes, O Lord' means because such an outward form was accepted. This is clear from the representation of 'Moses' as the outward form that is receptive of what is inward, dealt with in 10607, 10614; and from the meaning of 'finding grace in Jehovah's eyes', when this refers to Moses, as his having been accepted because his character was such, so that the question of whether that outward form was accepted is meant, dealt with in 10563.

Egyptians represent people who are in natural knowledge. In contrast, the Hebrews, people who are of the church, represent people in spiritual knowledge. The Egyptians also held the Hebrews to be so vile, as servants, that it was an abomination to them to eat with the Hebrews (Genesis 43:32), and also the sacrifices offered by the Hebrews were an abomination to them. (Exodus 8:26)

(Odkazy: Arcana Coelestia 5013)