Arcana Coelestia # 6691
6691. Verse 22 And Pharaoh commanded all his people, saying, Every son who is born you shall throw into the river, and every daughter you shall keep alive.
'And Pharaoh commanded all his people' means a general influx into factual knowledge opposed to the Church's truths. 'Saying, Every son who is born you are to throw into the river' means that all truths that appeared should be drowned in falsities. 'And every daughter you shall keep alive' means that they should not attack good.
Arcana Coelestia # 6687
6687. 'And God dealt well with the midwives' means that the natural was blessed by the Divine. This is clear from the meaning of the words 'dealing well with', when used in reference to God, as blessing; and from the meaning of 'the midwives' as the natural where facts that hold truths within them are, dealt with above in 4588, 6673, 6675, 6678.