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Genesis 21:17

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17 ειςακουω-VAI-AAI3S δε-X ο- A--NSM θεος-N2--NSM ο- A--GSF φωνη-N1--GSF ο- A--GSN παιδιον-N2N-GSN εκ-P ο- A--GSM τοπος-N2--GSM ου-D ειμι-V9--IAI3S και-C καλεω-VAI-AAI3S αγγελος-N2--NSM ο- A--GSM θεος-N2--GSM ο- A--ASF *αγαρ-N---ASF εκ-P ο- A--GSM ουρανος-N2--GSM και-C ειπον-VBI-AAI3S αυτος- D--DSF τις- I--NSN ειμι-V9--PAI3S *αγαρ-N---VSF μη-D φοβεω-V2--PMD2S επιακουω-VX--XAI3S γαρ-X ο- A--NSM θεος-N2--NSM ο- A--GSF φωνη-N1--GSF ο- A--GSN παιδιον-N2N-GSN συ- P--GS εκ-P ο- A--GSM τοπος-N2--GSM ου-D ειμι-V9--PAI3S

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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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