'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.

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

3983. “雅各对他说, 你知道我怎样服事你” 表它知道自己的心智和能力. 这从内义上的思路清楚可知. 显然, 知道某人的性质, 就知道他的心智. 知道某人在其服务中的性质, 或 “我怎样服事你” 就是知道他的能力; 这一点从此处 “服事” 的含义可以看出来, “服事” 是指人自己的能力 (3975, 3977节). 因为 “雅各” 代表主的神性属世层的真理之良善, 这真理的良善拥有能力. 由此可知 “你的牲畜在我这里怎样” 表示这也源于神性.