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1 Ovo je povijest Adamova roda. Kad je Bog stvorio čovjeka, napravio ga je na priliku svoju;

2 stvorio je muško i žensko. A kad ih je stvorio, blagoslovi ih i nazva - čovjek.

3 Kad je Adamu bilo sto i trideset godina, rodi mu se sin njemu sličan, na njegovu sliku; nadjenu mu ime Šet.

4 Po rođenju Šetovu Adam je živio osam stotina godina te mu se rodilo još sinova i kćeri.

5 Adam poživje u svemu devet stotina i trideset godina. Potom umrije.

6 Kad je Šetu bilo sto i pet godina, rodi mu se Enoš.

7 Po rođenju Enoševu Šet je živio osam stotina i sedam godina te mu se rodilo još sinova i kćeri.

8 Šet poživje u svemu devet stotina i dvanaest godina. Potom umrije.

9 Kad je Enošu bilo devedeset godina, rodi mu se Kenan.

10 Po rođenju Kenanovu Enoš je živio osam stotina i petnaest godina te mu se rodilo još sinova i kćeri.

11 Enoš poživje u svemu devet stotina i pet godina. Potom umrije.

12 Kad je Kenanu bilo sedamdeset godina, rodi mu se Mahalalel.

13 Po rođenju Mahalalelovu Kenan je živio osam stotina i četrdeset godina te mu se rodilo još sinova i kćeri.

14 Kenan poživje u svemu devet stotina i deset godina. Potom umrije.

15 Kad je Mahalalelu bilo šezdeset i pet godina, rodi mu se Jered.

16 Po rođenju Jeredovu Mahalalel je živio osam stotina i trideset godina te mu se rodilo još sinova i kćeri.

17 Mahalalel poživje u svemu osam stotina devedeset i pet godina. Potom umrije.

18 Kad je Jeredu bilo sto šezdeset i dvije godine, rodi mu se Henok.

19 Po rođenju Henokovu Jered je živio osam stotina godina te mu se rodilo još sinova i kćeri.

20 Jered poživje u svemu devet stotina šezdeset i dvije godine. Potom umrije.

21 Kad je Henoku bilo šezdeset i pet godina, rodi mu se Metušalah.

22 Henok je hodio s Bogom. Po rođenju Metušalahovu Henok je živio trista godina te mu se rodilo još sinova i kćeri.

23 Henok poživje u svemu trista šezdeset i pet godina.

24 Henok je hodio s Bogom, potom iščeznu; Bog ga uze.

25 Kad je Metušalahu bilo sto osamdeset i sedam godina, rodi mu se Lamek.

26 Po rođenju Lamekovu Metušalah je živio sedam stotina osamdeset i dvije godine te mu se rodilo još sinova i kćeri.

27 Metušalah poživje u svemu devet stotina šezdeset i devet godina. Potom umrije.

28 Kad su Lameku bile sto osamdeset i dvije godine, rodi mu se sin.

29 Nadjene mu ime Noa, govoreći: "Ovaj će nam pribavljati, u trudu i naporu naših ruku, utjehu iz zemlje koju je Bog prokleo."

30 Po rođenju Noinu Lamek je živio pet stotina devedeset i pet godina te mu se rodilo još sinova i kćeri.

31 Lamek poživje u svemu sedam stotina sedamdeset i sedam godina. Potom umrije.

32 Pošto je Noa proživio pet stotina godina, rode mu se Šem, Ham i Jafet.

   

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'Nine' signifies conjunction.

(Odkazy: Arcana Coelestia 2075)

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2075. 'And will Sarah, a daughter of ninety years, give birth?' means that truth joined to good will achieve this. This is clear from the representation and meaning of 'Sarah' as truth joined to good, which is Divine truth, and from the meaning of the number 'ninety', or what amounts to the same, 'nine'. One is bound to be surprised that the number 'a hundred years', which was Abraham's age, means that the Rational belonging to the Lord's Human Essence was to be united to the Divine Essence, and that the number 'ninety years', which was Sarah's age, means that truth joined to good would achieve this. But as there is nothing in the Lord's Word that is not heavenly and Divine, the same must be true of the actual numbers which appear there. That all numbers used in the Word, as with all names used in it, mean real things has been shown in Volume One, in 482, 487, 488, 493, 575, 647, 648, 755, 813, 893, 1988.

[2] Now as regards the number nine meaning conjunction, more so the number ninety, which is the product of nine times ten, 'ten' meaning remnants by which conjunction is achieved - as shown by what has been said above at the end of 1988 - this is also made clear from the following representatives and meaningful signs. It was commanded that on the tenth day of the seventh month there was to be a day of atonement, and that this was to be a sabbath of rest; 1 and on the ninth day of the seventh month in the evening, from one evening to the next, they were to celebrate the sabbath, Leviticus 23:27, 32.

[3] In the internal sense these details mean conjunction through remnants, that is to say, 'nine' means conjunction and 'ten' remnants. The existence of a Divine arcanum lying concealed within these numbers is quite evident from the months and the days of the year which were to be held sacred, for example, every seventh day was to be a sabbath; every seventh month, as stated here, was to be a sabbath of rests; likewise every seventh year, and also every seven times seventh year, which was to mark the start of a jubilee year. The same applies to all other numbers in the Word, for example, to the number three which has almost the same meaning as seven; to the number twelve which means all things belonging to faith; and to the number ten which, the same as tenths, means remnants, 576; and so on. And in the verses from Leviticus quoted above, unless the numbers ten and nine embodied arcana it would by no means have been commanded that there should be this sabbath of rest 1 on the tenth day of the seventh month, and that they should celebrate it on the ninth day of the month. Such is the Word of the Lord in the internal sense, even though nothing of the sort is evident in the historical sense.

[4] The same applies to what is recorded about Jerusalem being besieged by Nebuchadnezzar in the ninth year of Zedekiah, and about its being breached on the ninth day of the month in the eleventh year, as follows in the Second Book of Kings,

In the ninth year of Zedekiah's reign, in the tenth month, on the tenth day of the month, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babel came against Jerusalem, and the city came under siege until the eleventh year of king Zedekiah. On the ninth day of the month the famine was severe in the city, and there was no bread for the people of the land; and the city was breached. 2 Kings 25:1, 3-4.

'The ninth year, the tenth month' and 'the eleventh year and ninth day of the month when there was a famine in the city and no bread for the people of the land' means in the internal sense that no conjunction by means of the things of faith and charity existed any longer. 'Famine in the city and no bread for the people of the land' means that no faith at all nor any charity at all was left. This is the internal sense of these words which is nowhere apparent in the letter. Matters like these shine out even less from the historical sections of the Word than from the prophetical because the historical incidents captivate the mind (animus), so much that belief in anything deeper there is scarcely possible. Yet all those incidents are representative and the words used to describe them in every case carry spiritual meanings. These matters are hard to believe but they are nevertheless true, see 1769 1772.

Poznámky pod čarou:

1. literally, a sabbath of a sabbath

  
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