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Genesis 21:8

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8 και-C αυξανω-VCI-API3S ο- A--NSN παιδιον-N2N-NSN και-C απογαλακτιζω-VSI-API3S και-C ποιεω-VAI-AAI3S *αβρααμ-N---NSM δοχη-N1--ASF μεγας-A1--ASF ος- --DSF ημερα-N1A-DSF απογαλακτιζω-VSI-API3S *ισαακ-N---NSM ο- A--NSM υιος-N2--NSM αυτος- D--GSM

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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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