'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)

4020. “(羊群) 就生下有纹的, 有点的, 有斑的来” 表属世良善由此通过 “拉班” 所表示的居间良善而拥有这类事物. 这从 “生下”, “纹”, “点” 和 “斑” 的含义清楚可知: “生下” 是指承认和结合 (3911, 3915节); “纹” 是指与邪恶混杂的真理 (4005节); “点” 是指与邪恶混杂的良善; “斑” 是指与虚假混杂的真理, 如前所述 (3993, 3995, 4005节). 这些就是此处所表示的事物, 这些事物从 “拉班” 所表示的良善出来, 流向 “雅各” 所代表的属世真理的良善.