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എന്റെ ജനത്തെ അയക്കാതിരിപ്പാന് തക്കവണ്ണം നീ ഇനിയും അവരെ തടഞ്ഞുനിര്ത്തുന്നു.
7706. 'And Jehovah made Pharaoh's heart unyielding' means that the molesting ones remained obstinate. This is clear from the meaning of 'making the heart unyielding' as remaining obstinate, dealt with in 7272, 7300, 7305. When it says that Jehovah made Pharaoh's heart unyielding the meaning in the internal sense is that he himself made his heart unyielding, see 7632; and the evil which in the Word is attributed to Jehovah has its origin in man, 2447, 6071, 6991, 6997, 7533.
In Genesis 38:14, this signifies truth obscured that pretends to be from good. (Arcana Coelestia 4859) The "high mountains being covered" (Genesis 7:19) signifies that all the good things of charity were extinguished.
(Odkazy: Arcana Coelestia 795)