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1 Tato jest kniha rodů Adamových. V ten den, v kterémž stvořil Bůh člověka, ku podobenství Božímu učinil ho.

2 Muže a ženu stvořil je a požehnal jim, a nazval jméno jejich Adam v ten den, když stvořeni jsou.

3 Byl pak Adam ve stu a třidcíti letech, když zplodil syna ku podobenství svému a k obrazu svému, a nazval jméno jeho Set.

4 I bylo dnů Adamových po zplození Seta osm set let, a plodil syny a dcery.

5 A tak bylo všech dnů Adamových, v kterýchž byl živ, devět set a třidceti let, i umřel.

6 Set pak byl ve stu a pěti letech, když zplodil Enosa.

7 A po zplození Enosa živ byl Set osm set a sedm let, a plodil syny a dcery.

8 I bylo všech dnů Setových devět set a dvanácte let, i umřel.

9 Byl pak Enos v devadesáti letech, když zplodil Kainana.

10 A po zplození Kainana živ byl Enos osm set a patnácte let, a plodil syny a dcery.

11 I bylo všech dnů Enosových devět set a pět let, i umřel.

12 Kainan pak byl v sedmdesáti letech, když zplodil Mahalaleele.

13 A po zplození Mahalaleele živ byl Kainan osm set a čtyřidceti let, a plodil syny a dcery.

14 I bylo všech dnů Kainanových devět set a deset let, i umřel.

15 Mahalaleel pak byl v šedesáti a pěti letech, když zplodil Járeda.

16 A po zplození Járeda živ byl Mahalaleel osm set a třidceti let, a plodil syny a dcery.

17 I bylo všech dnů Mahalaleelových osm set devadesáte a pět let, i umřel.

18 Járed pak byl ve stu šedesáti a dvou letech, když zplodil Enocha.

19 A po zplození Enocha živ byl Járed osm set let, a plodil syny a dcery.

20 I bylo všech dnů Járedových devět set šedesáte a dvě létě, i umřel.

21 Enoch pak byl v šedesáti a pěti letech, když zplodil Matuzaléma.

22 A chodil Enoch stále s Bohem po zplození Matuzaléma tři sta let, a plodil syny a dcery.

23 I bylo všech dnů Enochových tři sta šedesáte a pět let.

24 A chodil Enoch stále s Bohem a nebyl více vidín; nebo vzal ho Bůh.

25 Matuzalém pak byl ve stu osmdesáti sedmi letech, když zplodil Lámecha.

26 A po zplození Lámecha živ byl Matuzalém sedm set osmdesáte a dvě létě, a plodil syny a dcery.

27 I bylo všech dnů Matuzalémových devět set šedesáte a devět let, i umřel.

28 Lámech pak byl ve stu osmdesáti a dvou letech, když zplodil syna,

29 Jehož jméno nazval Noé, řka: Tento nám odpočinutí způsobí od díla našeho,od práce rukou našich, kterouž máme s zemí, jížto zlořečil Hospodin.

30 A živ byl Lámech potom, když zplodil Noé, pět set devadesáte a pět let, a plodil syny a dcery.

31 I bylo všech dnů Lámechových sedm set sedmdesáte a sedm let, i umřel.

32 A když byl Noé v pěti stech letech, zplodil Sema, Chama a Jáfeta.

   

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Arcana Coelestia # 488

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488. As has been stated, 'days' means states in general, and 'years' states in particular. This too becomes clear from the Word, as in Ezekiel,

You have brought your days near, and you have come even to your years. Ezekiel 22:4.

This refers to people who behave abominably and sin to the fullest extent, and so 'days' has reference in this case to such people's state in general, 'years' to that state in particular.

In David,

You will add days to the king's days; and his years as generation after generation! Psalms 61:6.

This refers to the Lord and His kingdom, where again 'days' and 'years' stand for the state of His kingdom.

In the same author,

I have considered the days of old, the years of long ago. Psalms 77:5.

Here 'days of old' is states of the Most Ancient Church, and 'years of long ago' states of the Ancient Church. In Isaiah,

The day of vengeance was in My heart, and the year of My redeemed has come. Isaiah 63:4.

This stands for the final times, where 'the day of vengeance' stands for a state of condemnation, and 'the year of the redeemed' for a state of blessedness.

Similarly, in the same prophet,

To proclaim the year of Jehovah's good pleasure, and the day of vengeance for our God; to comfort all who mourn. Isaiah 61:2.

Here again 'days' and also 'years' are mentioned and mean states.

In Jeremiah,

Renew our days as of old. Lamentations 5:21.

Here 'days' plainly stands for state.

[2] In Joel,

The day of Jehovah is coming, for it is near, a day of darkness and thick darkness, a tiny of cloud and gloom, as has never happened of old, nor will be again after it through the years of generation after generation. Joel 2:1-2, 11.

Here 'day' stands for a state of darkness, thick darkness, cloud and gloom - a state of individuals in particular and of all in general.

In Zechariah,

I will remove the iniquity of this land in a single day. On that day you will shout, each to his companion, under his vine and under his fig tree. Zechariah 3:9-10.

And elsewhere in Zechariah,

There will be one tiny, it is known to Jehovah, which is neither day nor night, and at evening time there will be light. Zechariah 14:7.

State is clearly meant here, for it is said that 'it will be a day, which is neither day nor night; at evening time there will be light'.

The same meaning is also clear from the following in the Decalogue,

Honour your father and your mother, that your days may be prolonged, and that it may be well with you in the land. Deuteronomy 5:16; 25:15.

Here 'a prolonging of days' does not mean living on into old age but a state that is happy.

[3] In the sense of the letter 'day' cannot be seen to mean anything other than a period of time, but in the internal sense it means a state. Angels, who abide in the internal sense of the Word, do not know what a period of time is, for the activity of the sun and moon with them does not produce divisions of time. As a consequence they do not know what a day or a year is, but only what states and changes of state are. This is why among angels, who abide in the internal sense of the Word, anything connected with matter, space, and time, goes unnoticed, as with the following usages in the sense of the letter in Ezekiel,

The day is near, even the day of Jehovah is near, a day of cloud; it will be a time of the nations. Ezekiel 30:3.

And in Joel,

Alas for the day! For the day of Jehovah is near, and as destruction. Joel 1:15.

Here 'a day of cloud' stands for cloud or falsity, 'a day of the nations' for the nations or wickedness, and 'the day of Jehovah' for vastation. When the concept of time is removed there remains the concept of the state of the things existing during that period of time. The same applies to the days and the years that are mentioned so many times in this chapter.

  
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