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創世記 5

¹ 亞當的後代記在下面。〈當神造人的日子，是照著自己的樣式造的，

² 並且造男造女。在他們被造的日子，神賜福給他們，稱他們為人。〉

³ 亞當活到一百三十歲，生了一個兒子，形像樣式和自己相似，就給他起名叫塞特。

⁴ 亞當生塞特之後，又在世八百年，並且生兒養女。

⁵ 亞當共活了九百三十歲就死了。

⁶ 塞特活到一百零五歲，生了以挪士。

⁷ 塞特生以挪士之後，又活了八百零七年，並且生兒養女。

⁸ 塞特共活了九百一十二歲就死了。

⁹ 以挪士活到九十歲，生了該南。

¹⁰ 以挪士生該南之後，又活了八百一十五年，並且生兒養女。

¹¹ 以挪士共活了九百零五歲就死了。

¹² 該南活到七十歲，生了瑪勒列。

¹³ 該南生瑪勒列之後，又活了八百四十年，並且生兒養女。

¹⁴ 該南共活了九百一十歲就死了。

¹⁵ 瑪勒列活到六十五歲，生了雅列。

¹⁶ 瑪勒列生雅列之後，又活了八百三十年，並且生兒養女。

¹⁷ 瑪勒列共活了八百九十五歲就死了。

¹⁸ 雅列活到一百六十二歲，生了以諾。

¹⁹ 雅列生以諾之後，又活了八百年，並且生兒養女。

²⁰ 雅列共活了九百六十二歲就死了.。

²¹ 以諾活到六十五歲，生了瑪土撒拉。

²² 以諾生瑪土撒拉之後，與神同行三百年，並且生兒養女。

²³ 以諾共活了三百六十五歲。

²⁴ 以諾與神同行，神將他取去，他就不在世了。

²⁵ 瑪土撒拉活到一百八十七歲，生了拉麥。

²⁶ 瑪土撒拉生拉麥之後，又活了七百八十二年，並且生兒養女。

²⁷ 瑪土撒拉共活了九百六十九歲就死了。

²⁸ 拉麥活到一百八十二歲，生了一個兒子，

²⁹ 給他起名叫挪亞，說：這個兒子必為我們的操作和手中的勞苦安慰我們；這操作勞苦是因為耶和華咒詛地。

³⁰ 拉麥生挪亞之後，又活了五百九十五年，並且生兒養女。

³¹ 拉麥共活了七百七十七歲就死了。

³² 挪亞五百歲生了閃、含、雅弗。

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Arcana Coelestia # 503

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503. The perceptivity of the Most Ancient Church lay not merely in their perceiving what good and truth were but also in the joy and delight of doing what was good. Without this joy and delight of doing what is good perceptivity is without life. They are the source of its life. The life of love and faith deriving from it, such as the Most Ancient Church possessed, is a life that comes with performing use, that is, with the good and truth that accompany use. It is from use, by way of use, and according to use, that life is imparted by the Lord. And that which is without use can have no life in it, for that which is without use is cast aside. In this respect those people were likenesses of the Lord, and in their perceptivity therefore became images too. Perceptivity is knowing what good and truth are, and so knowing what is the substance of faith. Anyone who has love within him is not content just with knowing, but with doing what is good and true, that is, with engaging in a use.

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