6896. 'And [seen] what has been done to you in Egypt' means the endeavour to bring them into subjection. This is clear from what has gone before regarding the affliction and oppression of the children of Israel, that is, of those who belong to the spiritual Church. These are the things meant by 'what has been done to you in Egypt'. For the fact that these afflictions and acts of oppression mean molestations and endeavours to bring into subjection, see 6663, 6666, 6668, 6670, 6671, 6851, 6852, 6863.

6863. 'And also I have seen the oppression with which the Egyptians oppress them' means because of the endeavour by those steeped in falsities to bring them into subjection. This is clear from the meaning of 'the oppression with which they oppress them' as the endeavour to bring into subjection (the reason why it is only an endeavour, not an actual bringing into subjection, is that those who belong to the Lord's spiritual Church cannot be brought into subjection by those steeped in falsities because the Lord takes care of them); and from the meaning of 'the Egyptians' as falsities, dealt with in 6692.