'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.

(Referências: Apocalypse Explained 17; Apocalypse Revealed 50; Genesis 8)

1145. “以下这些是挪亚的儿子” 表古教会的教义和敬拜的衍生物, 古教会一般是 “挪亚”. 这从前面所论述的 “后代” 的含义清楚可知. 就外在意义或字义而言, 后代就是上一代所生育的下一代, 这是众所周知的; 而就内义而言, 所有事物都关系到属天和属灵之物, 即关系到仁与信之物. 因此, “后代” 在此表教会事物, 因而表教义, 这从下文看得更清楚.