'Waters' particularly signify the spiritual parts of a person, or the intellectual aspects of faith, and also their opposites.

'The waters above the firmament,' as in Genesis 1:7, signify the knowledges in the internal self, and 'the waters beneath the firmament' signify the knowledges of the external self.

'Waters,' as in Ezekiel 47:9, refer to the New Jerusalem, and they signify spiritual things from a celestial origin.

'Many waters,' as in Revelation 17:1, signify truths of the Word adulterated. 'Waters' or 'rivers' signify spiritual, rational, or scientific things pertaining to truth.

'Waters … that go softly,' as in Isaiah 8:6-7, signify spiritual things, and 'waters … strong and many,' signify falsities.

'Waters,' as in Psalms 104:3, signify divine truths.

'Waters' signify truths in the natural self, and in the opposite sense, falsities.

'The waters were dried up from off the earth,' as in Genesis 8:7, signifies the apparent dissipation of falsities.

(Odkazy: Apocalypse Explained 17; Apocalypse Revealed 50; Genesis 8)

2020. “世世代代” 表构成信的事物. 这从 “世世代代” 的含义清楚可知, “世世代代” 是指那些从仁爱孕育并生出的事物, 即构成信的一切事物, 或也可说, 被主重生的所有人, 因而是指那些拥有仁之信的人. 对此, 蒙主怜悯, 容后再述. “孕育” 和 “生出” 的内义就是指这类事物, 如第一卷所示 (613, 1041, 1145, 1330节).