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Genesis 21:10

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10 και-C ειπον-VBI-AAI3S ο- A--DSM *αβρααμ-N---DSM εκβαλλω-VB--AAD2S ο- A--ASF παιδισκη-N1--ASF ουτος- D--ASF και-C ο- A--ASM υιος-N2--ASM αυτος- D--GSF ου-D γαρ-X κληρονομεω-VF--FAI3S ο- A--NSM υιος-N2--NSM ο- A--GSF παιδισκη-N1--GSF ουτος- D--GSF μετα-P ο- A--GSM υιος-N2--GSM εγω- P--GS *ισαακ-N---GSM

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Arcana Coelestia #2681

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2681. 'The water from the flask was used up' means the desolation of truth. This is clear from the meaning of 'being used up' as being made desolate, and from the meaning of 'water' as truth, dealt with in 28, 680, 739.

  
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