7167. 'And since I came to Pharaoh to speak in Your name' means when the command based on matters contained in the law of God presented itself to those steeped in falsities. This is clear from the meaning of 'coming to speak' as delivering a command, in this instance a command presenting itself (for a command from God is not delivered openly to those in hell; rather, they receive a warning through spirits, which therefore appears to them as if it were a command from God); from the representation of 'Pharaoh' as those who are steeped in falsities and engage in molestation, dealt with in 6651, 6679, 6683, 7107, 7110, 7126, 7142; and from the meaning of 'Jehovah's name' as every aspect of faith and charity with which the Lord is worshipped, dealt with in 2724, 3006, 6674, thus the law of God in its entirety, for the law of God consists of nothing else than aspects of charity and faith. Indeed the law of God is God's truth going forth from the Lord, and what goes forth from the Lord is Divine Goodness and Truth, Divine Goodness residing in love and charity, and Divine Truth in faith.

6680. 'And they kept the boys alive' means that the truths, being the truths of good, were preserved. This is clear from the meaning of 'keeping alive' as preserving; and from the meaning of the sons, who are called 'the boys' here, as truths, dealt with above in 6676. The sons are called 'the boys' here because the good of innocence is meant by 'boys', 430, 2782, 5236, and therefore 'the boys' here are truths which are the truths of good.