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Genesis 21:18

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18 αναιστημι-VH--AAD2S λαμβανω-VB--AAD2S ο- A--ASN παιδιον-N2N-ASN και-C κρατεω-VA--AAD2S ο- A--DSF χειρ-N3--DSF συ- P--GS αυτος- D--ASN εις-P γαρ-X εθνος-N3E-ASN μεγας-A1P-ASN ποιεω-VF--FAI1S αυτος- D--ASM

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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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