7311. 'Jehovah, the God of the Hebrews, has sent me to you, saying' means coming from the Deity of the Church to those who were molesting. This is clear from the meaning of 'the Hebrews' as things that constitute the Church, dealt with in 5136, 6675, 6684, 6738, the Deity of the Church being 'Jehovah, the God of the Hebrews' ('Jehovah God' is the Lord, 'Jehovah' in respect of Divine Goodness, and 'God' in respect of Divine Truth); and from the meaning of 'has sent me to you' as to those who are molesting. The fact that 'Pharaoh' to whom Jehovah had sent him represents those who engage in molestation has been shown often.

'Pharaoh,' in Genesis 40, represents the new natural self. 'Pharaoh' and 'the Egyptians' in the Word, signify the sensory and scientific principles. 'Let Pharaoh live,' as in Genesis 42:16, is a phrase that is employed to say something emphatically, thus to state a certainty. 'Pharaoh and his army' signify people who are in falsities from evil. 'Pharaoh' signifies false ideas infesting the truth of the church. It also signifies scientific ideas, or the natural principle in general.

(Odkazy: Arcana Coelestia 1487, Arcana Coelestia 5192; Exodus 16)