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και εθεσε τας ραβδους, τας οποιας εξελεπισεν, εις τα αυλακια του υδατος, εις τας ποτιστρας, οπου τα ποιμνια ηρχοντο να πινωσι, δια να συλλαμβανωσι τα ποιμνια ενω ηρχοντο να πινωσι.
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και εθεσε τας ραβδους, τας οποιας εξελεπισεν, εις τα αυλακια του υδατος, εις τας ποτιστρας, οπου τα ποιμνια ηρχοντο να πινωσι, δια να συλλαμβανωσι τα ποιμνια ενω ηρχοντο να πινωσι.
3765. 'Behold, a well' means the Word. This is clear from the meaning of 'a well' as the Word and also as doctrine drawn from the Word, dealt with in 2702, 3096, 3424. The Word is called 'a well' here because the subject is the natural, which by itself can do no more than understand the literal sense of the Word. But the Word is called 'a spring' when the subject is the rational, by which one is able to see the internal sense of the Word.