19. 'The Spirit of God' is used to mean the Lord's mercy, which is said 'to hover', like a hen over eggs, over what the Lord stores away in man and which in the Word are frequently called 'remnants'. These remnants are cognitions of truth and good which never come to light or into daylight until external things have been laid waste. These cognitions are here called 'the face ¹ of the waters'.

Imibhalo yaphansi:

3967. 'And opened her womb' means the ability to receive and acknowledge. This is clear from the meaning of 'opening the womb' as conferring the ability to conceive and bear, and so in the internal sense the ability to receive and acknowledge the goods of truth and the truths of good. For 'conceiving and bearing' means reception and acknowledgement, as shown in various places above.