8208. 'And the Egyptians pursued' means the attempt by falsity arising from evil to do violence. This is clear from the meaning of 'pursuing', when done by the Egyptians, as the attempt to bring under their control, dealt with in 8136, 8152, 8154, thus to do violence; and from the representation of 'the Egyptians' as those steeped in falsities arising from evil, dealt with in 8132, 8135, 8146, 8148, and so also as falsities arising from evil.

8136. 'And he will pursue them' means that they would go on trying to bring them under their control. This is clear from the meaning of 'pursuing them' as trying to bring under their control, for their aim in pursuing them was to return them to the state of servitude, and 'serving', when the Egyptians are being referred to, means the aim to bring under their control, 6666, 6670, 6671.