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耶和华对挪亚说：你和你的全家都要进入方舟；因为在这世代中，我见你在我面前是义人。
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凡洁净的畜类，你要带七公七母；不洁净的畜类，你要带一公一母；
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因为再过七天，我要降雨在地上四十昼夜，把我所造的各种活物都从地上除灭。
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都是一对一对的，有公有母，到挪亚那里进入方舟，正如神所吩咐挪亚的。
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当挪亚六百岁，二月十七日那一天，大渊的泉源都裂开了，天上的窗户也敞开了
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正当那日，挪亚和他三个儿子闪、含、雅弗，并挪亚的妻子和三个儿妇，都进入方舟。
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他们和百兽，各从其类，一切牲畜，各从其类，爬在地上的昆虫，各从其类，一切禽鸟，各从其类，都进入方舟。
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凡有血肉、有气息的活物，都一对一对地到挪亚那里，进入方舟。
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凡有血肉进入方舟的，都是有公有母，正如神所吩咐挪亚的。耶和华就把他关在方舟里头。
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凡在地上有血肉的动物，就是飞鸟、牲畜、走兽，和爬在地上的昆虫，以及所有的人，都死了。
Napsal(a) Joe David
In Genesis 7:1-24, the literal text is the heart of the "Noah and the Ark" story. Noah and his family go into the ark, and bring animals with them, two by two. A great flood comes, and the world is drowned, but the ark is safe, floating on the flood.
In the internal sense, the flood signifies the destruction of the "Most Ancient Church" - a stage in human development that was - at first - characterised by a simple monotheism, and an innocence, and a high degree of spiritual awareness.
Adam and Eve, in the Garden of Eden, symbolise that initial human spiritual state, before "the fall", when they eat the forbidden fruit of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. Then, the story of Cain and Abel, and listing the descendants of these people, trace - in the inner meaning - the gradual but pervasive corruption of the spirituality of that church.
In Genesis 7, a flood of water - representing a tide of evil and falsity - destroys that corrupted church. The people of that church effectively destroy their own spiritual lives.
In the Noah story, the Lord preserves the remnants of good and truth that still exist (represented by Noah, his family, and the selected animals), to provide for the beginning of a new church. That's what is meant by the ark and its preservation.
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