'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.

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

6651. “有新王起来, 治理埃及” 表分离的记忆知识, 这些知识反对教会的真理. 这从法老的代表清楚可知, 法老, 就是此处的 “王”, 是指总体上的记忆知识 (参看6015节). 他之所以被称为一个 “王”, 是因为 “王” 在正面意义上表示真理 (1672, 2015, 2069, 3670, 4581, 4966, 5044, 6148节), 在反面意义上表示虚假; “王” 在此是指法老, 故所表示的是虚假的记忆知识, 也就是反对教会真理的记忆知识. 这也解释了为何用 “新王” 一词, 因为凡在约瑟时代为王的, 都代表与教会真理一致的记忆知识. “埃及” 表示记忆知识, 在此表示具体的记忆知识 (参看6638节).