8208. 'And the Egyptians pursued' means the attempt by falsity arising from evil to do violence. This is clear from the meaning of 'pursuing', when done by the Egyptians, as the attempt to bring under their control, dealt with in 8136, 8152, 8154, thus to do violence; and from the representation of 'the Egyptians' as those steeped in falsities arising from evil, dealt with in 8132, 8135, 8146, 8148, and so also as falsities arising from evil.

8154. 'And the Egyptians pursued them' means action resulting from the attempt of those steeped in falsities arising from evil to bring them under their control. This is clear from the meaning of 'pursuing' as the attempt to bring under their control, as above in 8152, at this point action resulting from the attempt, since the word is being used a second time; and from the meaning of 'the Egyptians' as those steeped in falsities arising from evil, often dealt with already.