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Genesis 21:26

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26 και-C ειπον-VBI-AAI3S αυτος- D--DSM *αβιμελεχ-N---NSM ου-D γιγνωσκω-VZI-AAI1S τις- I--NSM ποιεω-VAI-AAI3S ο- A--ASN πραγμα-N3M-ASN ουτος- D--ASN ουδε-C συ- P--NS εγω- P--DS αποαγγελλω-VAI-AAI2S ουδε-C εγω- P--NS ακουω-VAI-AAI1S αλλα-C η-C σημερον-D

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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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