6897. 'And I say, I will cause you to come up out of the affliction of Egypt' means raising up and delivering from molestation by false factual knowledge. This is clear from the meaning of 'causing to come up' as raising towards more interior things, dealt with in 3084, 4539, 5406, 5817, 6007 (raising people towards more interior things is raising them from molestation by falsities to the truths of faith and forms of the good of faith, and therefore 'causing to go up' also means deliverance); from the meaning of 'affliction' as molestation, dealt with in 6663, 6851; and from the meaning of 'Egypt' as false factual knowledge, dealt with in 6651, 6679, 6683.

6651. 'And a new king arose over Egypt' means separated factual knowledge, which is opposed to the Church's truths. This is clear from the representation of Pharaoh, to whom 'king' refers here, as factual knowledge in general, dealt with in 6015. The word 'king' is used because in the genuine sense 'king' means truth, 1672, 2015, 2069, 3670, 4581, 4966, 5044, 6148, and in the contrary sense falsity; and since 'king' refers here to Pharaoh, false factual knowledge is meant, that is, factual knowledge that is opposed to the Church's truths. This also explains why the expression 'new king' is used, for the one who lived in Joseph's time represented factual knowledge that accorded with the Church's truths. For the meaning of 'Egypt' as factual knowledge, here that knowledge in particular, see above in 6638.