3137. „Beim Quell“, 1 Mose 24:30, daß dies bedeutet dessen Erleuchtung vom göttlich Wahren, erhellt aus der Bedeutung des Quells, sofern er ist das Wahre, wovon Nr. 2702, 3096, hier das göttlich Wahre, wie oben Nr. 3131. Weil das Wort ist das göttlich Wahre, darum wird es Quell genannt.

Daß stehen beim Quell im inneren Sinn andeutet die Erleuchtung dessen, was im natürlichen Menschen ist, folgt aus dem Zusammenhang, denn wo das göttlich Wahre, da ist Erleuchtung.

'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)