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And the men of the place asked about his wife. And he said, She is my sister; for he feared to say, my wife, [saying to himself,] Lest the men of the place slay me on account of Rebecca -- because she was fair in countenance.
3426. Saying, the waters are ours. That this signifies that they are in truth, or that they have truths, is evident from the signification of “waters,” as being knowledges, and also truths (n. 28, 680, 739, 2702, 3058).
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