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Genesis 21:12

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12 ειπον-VBI-AAI3S δε-X ο- A--NSM θεος-N2--NSM ο- A--DSM *αβρααμ-N---DSM μη-D σκληρος-A1A-NSN ειμι-V9--PAD3S ο- A--NSN ρημα-N3M-NSN εναντιον-P συ- P--GS περι-P ο- A--GSN παιδιον-N2N-GSN και-C περι-P ο- A--GSF παιδισκη-N1--GSF πας-A3--APN οσος-A1--APN εαν-C ειπον-VBI-AAS3S συ- P--DS *σαρρα-N---NSF ακουω-V1--PAD2S ο- A--GSF φωνη-N1--GSF αυτος- D--GSF οτι-C εν-P *ισαακ-N---DSM καλεω-VC--FPI3S συ- P--DS σπερμα-N3M-NSN

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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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