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Genesis 11

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1 Hele Menneskeheden havde eet Tungemål og samme Sprog.

2 Da de nu drog østerpå, traf de på en Dal i Sinear, og der slog de sig ned.

3 Da sagde de til hverandre: "Kom, lad os stryge Teglsten og brænde dem godt!" De brugte nemlig Tegl som Sten og Jordbeg som Kalk.

4 Derpå sagde de: "Kom, lad os bygge os en By og et Tårn, hvis Top når til Himmelen, og skabe os et Navn, for at vi ikke skal spredes ud over hele Jorden!"

5 Men HE EN steg ned for at se Byen og Tårnet, som Menneskebørnene byggede,

6 og han sagde: "Se, de er eet Folk og har alle eet Tungemål; og når de nu først er begyndt således, er intet, som de sætter sig for, umuligt for dem;

7 lad os derfor stige ned og forvirre deres Tungemål der, så de ikke forstår hverandres Tungemål!"

8 Da spredte HE EN dem fra det Sted ud over hele Jorden, og de opgav at bygge Byen.

9 Derfor kaldte man den Babel, thi der forvirrede HE EN al Jordens Tungemål, og derfra spredte HE EN dem ud over hele Jorden.

10 Dette er Sems Slægtebog. Da Sem var 100 År gammel, avlede han Arpaksjad, to År efter Vandfloden;

11 og efter at Sem havde avlet Arpaksjad, levede han 500 År og avlede Sønner og Døtre.

12 Da Atpaksjad havde levet 35 År, avlede han Sjela;

13 og efter at Arpaksjad havde avlet Sjela, levede han 403 År og avlede Sønner og Døtre.

14 Da Sjela havde levet 30 År, avlede han Eber;

15 og efter at Sjela havde avlet Eber, levede han 403 År og avlede Sønner og Døtre.

16 Da Eber havde levet 34 År, avlede han Peleg;

17 og efter at Eber havde avlet Peleg, levede han 430 År og avlede Sønner og Døtre.

18 Da Peleg havde levet 30 År, avlede han e'u;

19 og efter at Peleg havde avlet e'u, levede han 209 År og avlede Sønner og Døtre.

20 Da e'u havde levet 32 År, avlede han Serug;

21 og efter at e'u havde avlet Serug, levede han 207 År og avlede Sønner og Døtre.

22 Da Serug havde levet 30 År, avlede han Nakor;

23 og efter at Serug havde avlet Nakor, levede han 200 År og avlede Sønner og Døtre.

24 Da Nakor havde levet 29 År, avlede han Tara;

25 og efter at Nakor havde avlet Tara, levede han 119 År og avlede Sønner og Døtre.

26 Da Tara havde levet 70 År, avlede han Abram, Nakor og Haran.

27 Dette er Taras Slægtebog. Tara avlede Abram, Nako og Haran. Haran avlede Lot.

28 Haran døde i sin Fader Taras Levetid i sin Hjemstavn i Ur Kasdim.

29 Abram og Nakor tog sig Hustruer; Abrams Hustru hed Saraj, Nakors Milka, en Datter af Haran, Milkas og Jiskas Fader.

30 Men Saraj var ufrugtbar og havde ingen Børn.

31 Tara tog sin Søn Abram, sin Sønnesøn Lot, Harans Søn, og sin Sønnekone Saraj, hans Søn Abrams Hustru, og førte dem fra Ur Kasdim for at begive sig til Kana'ans Land; men da de kom til Karan, slog de sig ned der.

32 Taras Levetid var 205 År; og Tara døde i Karan.

   


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1799. 'Behold, a son of my house is my heir' means that in the Lord's kingdom there would be only that which is external. This is clear from the meaning in the internal sense of 'an heir' and of 'inheriting'. 'Becoming an heir' or inheriting means eternal life in the Lord's kingdom. All who are in the Lord's kingdom are heirs, for the source of the life in them is the Lord's life, which is the life of mutual love, and for that reason they are called 'sons'. The Lord's sons or heirs consist of all who have His life in them, for it is from Him that their life comes, and it is from Him that they have been born, that is, regenerated. Those born of another are that other's heirs; and so it is with all who are being regenerated by the Lord, for in that case they are receiving the life that is the Lord's.

[2] In the Lord's kingdom there are those who are external, those who are more interior, and those who are internal. Good spirits who dwell in the first heaven are external, angelic spirits who dwell in the second heaven are more interior, and angels who dwell in the third heaven are internal. Those who are external are not as close to or near the Lord as those who are more interior, and these in turn are not so close or near as those who are internal. Out of Divine love, or mercy, the Lord wills to have everyone near to Himself, so that they do not stand outside, that is, in the first heaven. His will is that they should dwell in the third heaven, and if possible not merely with Him but abiding in Him. Such is the nature of Divine or the Lord's love. But since at that time none but external things existed with the Church, He complained of this in the words that occur here - 'Behold, a son of my house is my heir' - by which is meant that in His kingdom there would thus be only that which is external. But comfort followed, and a promise of internal things, as described in the verses that follow next. What the external aspect of the Church is has been stated already in 1083, 1098, 1100, 1151, 1153.

[3] By itself doctrine does not constitute the external aspect of the Church, still less the internal, as stated above. Nor on the Lord's part is it its teachings that make one Church distinct and separate from another, but its life in accordance with those teachings, all of which, as long as they present what is true, regard charity as their basic principle. What else does doctrine do but teach men the kind of people they ought to be?

[4] In the Christian world it is their doctrines that cause Churches to be distinct and separate, and because of these they call themselves Roman Catholics, Lutherans, Calvinists or the Reformed, and Evangelicals, among other names. It is solely by reason of their doctrines that they are called by these names. This situation would never exist if they were to make love to the Lord and charity towards the neighbour the chief thing of faith. In this case their doctrinal differences would be no more than shades of opinion concerning the mysteries of faith which truly Christian people would leave to individual conscience, and in their hearts would say that a person is truly a Christian when he lives as a Christian, that is, as the Lord teaches. If this were so all the different Churches would become one, and all the disagreements which stem from doctrine alone would disappear. Indeed the hatred one man holds against another would be dispelled in an instant, and the Lord's kingdom on earth would come.

[5] The Ancient Church which existed immediately after the Flood, though scattered among many kingdoms, was of this nature. That is to say, people differed much from one another in matters of doctrine, but for all that, they made charity the chief thing. Also they regarded worship, not from the standpoint of doctrinal teachings which are matters of faith, but from that of charity which is a matter of life. This is what is meant by 'they all had one lip and their words were one', Genesis 11:1, regarding which see 1285.

  
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