'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)

3908. “不然我就死了” 表否则, (对内在真理的情感) 就不会复活得生命. 这从 “死” 的含义清楚可知, “死” 是指不复活得生命. 古时, 妻子若生不出一儿半女, 就自称死了; 她们还相信自己死了, 因为关于她们的记忆, 可以说生命没有留给后代. 她们如此自称和相信其实是由于世俗的原因. 但每个原因都是先于它自己的另一个原因的显现, 因而自然界所存在原因的方方面面就是灵界所存在原因的产物, 所提到这个原因也是如此. 灵界所存在的原因来源于良善与真理的天堂婚姻, 该婚姻除了信之真理和仁之良善的生产外, 没有别的生产. 这些真理与良善就是在灵界所生的众子和众女, 在圣言中也以众子和众女来表示. 凡没有这些生产, 也就是没有生出信之真理和仁之良善的人, 可以说都是死的, 因为他就属于没有复活, 也就是没有得生命或进入天堂的死人之列. 由此可见, 拉结所说的 “不然我就死了” 这句话是什么意思.