7033. 'And you are to say to Pharaoh' means admonition. This is clear from the meaning of 'saying', when done by Divine command, as admonition; and from the representation of 'Pharaoh' as falsity molesting the truths of the Church, thus those who are steeped in falsity and engage in molestation, dealt with in 6651, 6679, 6683, 6692.

6683. 'And the midwives said to Pharaoh' means a discernment regarding that true factual knowledge in the natural. This is clear from the meaning of 'saying' in the historical narratives of the Word as a discernment, dealt with often; from the meaning of 'the midwives' as true factual knowledge in the natural, dealt with just above in 6681; and from the representation of 'Pharaoh' as false factual knowledge in general, also dealt with above, in 6679, 6681.