6863. 'And also I have seen the oppression with which the Egyptians oppress them' means because of the endeavour by those steeped in falsities to bring them into subjection. This is clear from the meaning of 'the oppression with which they oppress them' as the endeavour to bring into subjection (the reason why it is only an endeavour, not an actual bringing into subjection, is that those who belong to the Lord's spiritual Church cannot be brought into subjection by those steeped in falsities because the Lord takes care of them); and from the meaning of 'the Egyptians' as falsities, dealt with in 6692.