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Genesis 21:16

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16 αποερχομαι-VB--AAPNSF δε-X καθημαι-V1I-IMI3S απεναντι-P αυτος- D--GSM μακροθεν-D ωσει-D τοξον-N2N-GSN βολη-N1--ASF ειπον-VBI-AAI3S γαρ-X ου-D μη-D οραω-VB--AAS1S ο- A--ASM θανατος-N2--ASM ο- A--GSN παιδιον-N2N-GSN εγω- P--GS και-C καταιζω-VAI-AAI3S απεναντι-P αυτος- D--GSM αναβοαω-VA--AAPNSN δε-X ο- A--NSN παιδιον-N2N-NSN κλαιω-VAI-AAI3S

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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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