'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)

3669. “成为多民” 表大量. 这是显而易见的, 无需解释. “多民” 尤其论及真理, 因为在圣言中, “人民” 表示那些处于真理的人 (1259, 1260, 2928, 3581节), 而 “民族” 表示那些处于良善的人 (1259, 1260, 1416, 1849节). 此处经上之所以用 “多民” 这个词, 是因为所论述的主题是雅各所代表的真理良善; 事实上, 由真理所产生的良善是一回事, 真理所源于的良善是另一回事. 由真理所产生的良善就是此处 “雅各” 所代表的, 而真理所源于的良善则是 “以扫” 所代表的. 由真理所产生的良善与真理所源于的良善是相反的. 那些正在重生的人在完成重生之前处于真理所产生的良善, 而在重生之后则处于真理所源于的良善. 他们的状态是相反的 (参看3539, 3548, 3556, 3563, 3570, 3576, 3603节).