Waters
'Waters' particularly signify the spiritual parts of a person, or the intellectual aspects of faith, and also their opposites.
'The waters above the firmament,' as in Genesis 1:7, signify the knowledges in the internal self, and 'the waters beneath the firmament' signify the knowledges of the external self.
'Waters,' as in Ezekiel 47:9, refer to the New Jerusalem, and they signify spiritual things from a celestial origin.
'Many waters,' as in Revelation 17:1, signify truths of the Word adulterated. 'Waters' or 'rivers' signify spiritual, rational, or scientific things pertaining to truth.
'Waters … that go softly,' as in Isaiah 8:6-7, signify spiritual things, and 'waters … strong and many,' signify falsities.
'Waters,' as in Psalms 104:3, signify divine truths.
'Waters' signify truths in the natural self, and in the opposite sense, falsities.
'The waters were dried up from off the earth,' as in Genesis 8:7, signifies the apparent dissipation of falsities.
(References: Apocalypse Explained 17; Apocalypse Revealed 50; Genesis 8)
John 14:7-11
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If you had known me, you would have known my Father also. From now on, you know him, and have seen him."
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Philip said to him, "Lord, show us the Father, and that will be enough for us."
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Jesus said to him, "Have I been with you such a long time, and do you not know me, Philip? He who has seen me has seen the Father. How do you say, 'Show us the Father?'
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Don't you believe that I am in the Father, and the Father in me? The words that I tell you, I speak not from myself; but the Father who lives in me does his works.
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Believe me that I am in the Father, and the Father in me; or else Believe me for the very works' sake.
