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At nasabi sa hari sa Egipto, na ang bayan ay tumakas: at ang puso ni Faraon at ng kaniyang mga lingkod ay nagbago tungkol sa bayan, at kanilang sinabi, Ano itong ating ginawa, na ating pinayaon ang Israel, upang huwag na tayong mapaglingkuran?
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At nasabi sa hari sa Egipto, na ang bayan ay tumakas: at ang puso ni Faraon at ng kaniyang mga lingkod ay nagbago tungkol sa bayan, at kanilang sinabi, Ano itong ating ginawa, na ating pinayaon ang Israel, upang huwag na tayong mapaglingkuran?
8228. 'And Jehovah overturned the Egyptians into the middle of the sea' means that in so doing they cast themselves into the hell where the falsities arising from evil existed. This is clear from the meaning of 'overturning them into the sea' as casting them into falsities arising from evil; for these falsities are meant by the waters of that sea, 6346, 7307, 8137, 8138. For more about the bad things which in the literal sense of the Word are attributed to Jehovah or the Lord - that the origin of them lies with the people themselves who are ruled by evil, and not at all with the Lord, and that this is how one should understand the Word in its internal sense - see 2447, 6071, 6991, 6997, 7533, 7632, 7643, 7679, 7710, 7877, 7926, 8227.
6346. 'Light as water' means that faith alone does not possess such qualities, neither glory nor powerfulness. This is clear from the meaning of 'being light as water' as having no weight or worth. The fact that faith alone is meant, that is, faith separated from charity, is evident from the things mentioned in what follows that involve Reuben, and that involve Simeon and Levi. Those men - Reuben, Simeon, and Levi - are used here also to refer to faith alone or faith separated from charity.