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Genesis 21:29

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29 And Abimelech said to Abraham, What [mean] these seven ewe-lambs, these which thou hast set by themselves?

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Arcana Coelestia #2703

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2703. 'And filled the flask with water' means truths from that source. This is clear from the meaning of 'water' as truth, dealt with just above.

  
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