7696. 'And he said, I have sinned against Jehovah your God, and against you' means an admission that he had disobeyed the Divine and the truth. This is clear from the meaning of 'sinning' as acting contrary to Divine order, dealt with in 5076, and turning away and separating oneself from it, thus from goodness and truth, 5229, 5474, 5841, 7589. As an extension of this, 'sinning' also means disobeying the Divine and the truth, for one who disobeys turns himself away. The Divine is what 'Jehovah your God' is used to mean, and the truth what Moses and Aaron are used to mean, 7695.

7695. 'And Pharaoh hastened to call Moses and Aaron' means fear at this time of the truth from God. This is clear from the meaning of 'hastening' as acting out of fear, for all haste is the result of some feeling that has been aroused, in this case a feeling of fear, as is evident from Pharaoh's words 'I have sinned against Jehovah your God, and against you; plead with Him to remove from me this death only'; from the representation of 'Pharaoh' as those who engage in molestation, dealt with rather often; and from the representation of 'Moses and Aaron' as the truth from God, 'Moses' being inward truth and 'Aaron' outward truth, dealt with in 7089, 7382.