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1 Kaj la serpento estis pli ruza, ol cxiuj kampaj bestoj, kiujn kreis Dio la Eternulo. Kaj gxi diris al la virino: CXu Dio diris, ke vi ne mangxu de cxiuj arboj de la gxardeno?

2 Kaj la virino diris al la serpento: La fruktojn de la arboj de la gxardeno ni povas mangxi;

3 sed pri la fruktoj de la arbo, kiu estas en la mezo de la gxardeno, Dio diris: Ne mangxu ion de ili kaj ne tusxu ilin, por ke vi ne mortu.

4 Kaj la serpento diris al la virino: Ne, vi ne mortos;

5 sed Dio scias, ke en la tago, en kiu vi mangxos ion de ili, malfermigxos viaj okuloj kaj vi estos kiel Dio, vi scios bonon kaj malbonon.

6 Kaj la virino vidis, ke la arbo estas bona por mangxi kaj gxi estas cxarma por la okuloj, kaj la arbo estas dezirinda por sagxigxi; kaj sxi prenis de gxiaj fruktoj, kaj sxi mangxis, kaj sxi donis kune ankaux al sia edzo, kaj li mangxis.

7 Kaj malfermigxis la okuloj de ili ambaux, kaj ili sciigxis, ke ili estas nudaj; kaj ili kunkudris foliojn de figarbo kaj faris al si zonajxojn.

8 Kaj ili auxdis la vocxon de Dio la Eternulo, kiu marsxis en la gxardeno dum la malvarmeto de la tago; kaj Adam kaj lia edzino kasxigxis de Dio la Eternulo inter la arboj de la gxardeno.

9 Kaj Dio la Eternulo vokis Adamon, kaj diris al li: Kie vi estas?

10 Kaj tiu diris: Vian vocxon mi auxdis en la gxardeno, kaj mi ektimis, cxar mi estas nuda; kaj mi kasxis min.

11 Kaj Dio diris: Kiu diris al vi, ke vi estas nuda? cxu vi ne mangxis de la arbo, pri kiu Mi ordonis al vi, ke vi ne mangxu de gxi?

12 Kaj Adam diris: La edzino, kiun Vi donis al mi kiel kunulinon, sxi donis al mi de la arbo, kaj mi mangxis.

13 Kaj Dio la Eternulo diris al la virino: Kial vi tion faris? Kaj la virino diris: La serpento tromplogis min, kaj mi mangxis.

14 Kaj Dio la Eternulo diris al la serpento: CXar vi tion faris, tial estu malbenita inter cxiuj brutoj kaj inter cxiuj bestoj de la kampo; sur via ventro vi irados kaj teron vi mangxados dum via tuta vivo.

15 Kaj Mi metos malamikecon inter vi kaj la virino kaj inter via idaro kaj sxia idaro; gxi frapados vian kapon, kaj vi pikados gxian kalkanon.

16 Al la virino Li diris: Mi multigos viajn suferojn dum via gravedeco; en doloro vi naskados infanojn; kaj al via viro vi vin tiros, kaj li regos super vi.

17 Kaj al Adam Li diris: CXar vi obeis la vocxon de via edzino, kaj vi mangxis de la arbo, pri kiu Mi ordonis al vi, dirante, ke vi ne mangxu de gxi, tial malbenita estu la tero pro vi; kun suferoj vi mangxados de gxi dum via tuta vivo.

18 Kaj dornojn kaj pikajxojn gxi kreskigos por vi, kaj vi mangxados herbojn de la kampo.

19 En la sxvito de via vizagxo vi mangxados panon, gxis vi revenos en la teron, el kiu vi estas prenita; cxar vi estas polvo kaj refarigxos polvo.

20 Kaj Adam donis al sia edzino la nomon Eva, cxar sxi estis patrino de cxiuj vivantoj.

21 Kaj Dio la Eternulo faris por Adam kaj por lia edzino vestojn el felo, kaj Li vestis ilin.

22 Kaj Dio la Eternulo diris: Jen Adam farigxis kiel unu el Ni, sciante bonon kaj malbonon; nun eble li etendos sian manon kaj prenos ankaux de la arbo de vivo kaj mangxos kaj vivos eterne.

23 Kaj Dio la Eternulo eligis lin el la Edena gxardeno, por ke li prilaboradu la teron, el kiu li estis prenita.

24 Kaj Li elpelis Adamon, kaj lokis antaux la Edena gxardeno la kerubon kaj la turnigxantan flaman glavon, por gardi la vojon al la arbo de vivo.

   

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566. 'The face 1 of the ground' means the whole of that area where the Church was. This is clear from the meaning of 'the ground', for in the Word a careful distinction is made between ground (humus) and land or earth (terra). Whenever 'ground' is used it means the Church or some aspect of the Church. This too is the derivation of the name Man or Adam, which means ground. But when 'land' or earth' occurs in the Word it frequently means where the Church or some aspect of the Church does not exist, as in Chapter 1 where the word 'land' alone is used, because the Church or regenerate person did not as yet exist. Not until Chapter 2 is the word 'ground' used because the Church has by now come into being. The same applies in the present verse and in verses 4, 23, of the next chapter, where it is said that every being was to be wiped off the face 1 of the ground, meaning within that area where the Church was; and in verse 7 of the next chapter, where the subject is the Church that is to be created, 'to keep their seed alive on the face 1 of the ground'. 2 The same applies elsewhere in the Word, as in Isaiah,

Jehovah will have compassion on Jacob, and will still choose Israel, and will set them on their own ground. And the peoples will take them and bring them to their place, and the house of Israel will inherit them on Jehovah's ground. Isaiah 14:1-2.

This refers to the Church once it has come into being; but when in the same chapter the Church does not exist it is called the land, verses 9, 12, 16, 20, 21, 25, 26.

[2] In the same prophet,

And the ground of Judah will be a terror to Egypt. On that day there will be five cities in the land of Egypt which speak the language 3 of Canaan. Isaiah 19:17-18.

Here 'the ground' means where the Church exists, and 'the land' where it does not. In the same prophet,

The land will surely stagger like a drunken man. Jehovah will visit the host of the height on high, and the kings of the ground on the ground. Isaiah 24:20-21.

Here the meaning is similar. In Jeremiah,

Because of the ground which was cracked since there was no rain on the land, the farmers were put to shame, and covered their heads. Even the hind in the field has calved. Jeremiah 14:4-5.

Here 'the land' stands for that which includes the ground, and 'the ground' for that which includes the field.

[3] In the same prophet,

He led the seed of the house of Israel out of the north land and out of all the lands to where I have driven them. And they will dwell on their own ground. Jeremiah 23:8.

Here 'land' and 'lands' mean where Churches do not exist, 'the ground' where the Church or true worship does exist. In the same prophet,

I will render the remnants of Jerusalem, those who are left in this land, and those who are dwelling in the land of Egypt, and I will render them as a horror for evil to all the kingdoms of the land. And I will send sword, famine, and pestilence upon them, until they are consumed from the ground which I gave to them and their fathers. Jeremiah 24:8-10.

'The ground' stands for doctrine and worship arising out of it. And something similar is found in 25:5 of the same book.

[4] In Ezekiel,

I will gather you out of the lands into which you have been scattered. And you will acknowledge that I am Jehovah when I bring you back to the ground of Israel, into the land which I lifted up My hand to give to your fathers. Ezekiel 20:41-42.

'The ground' stands for internal worship. It is called 'the land' when internal worship does not exist. In Malachi,

I will rebuke the devourer for you, and he will not ruin for you the fruit of the ground, nor will the vine in the field fail you. And all the nations will call you blessed, for you will be a land of that which is pleasing. Malachi 3:11-12.

Here 'land' stands for that which includes, and so plainly stands for man who is actually called 'the land', when 'ground' stands for the Church or doctrine.

[5] In Moses,

Sing, O Nations, His people. He will reconcile His ground, His people. Deuteronomy 32:43.

This clearly stands for the Church of the gentiles, which is called 'the ground'. In Isaiah,

Before the boy knows to refuse evil and to choose good, the ground will be deserted which you loathe in the presence of its two kings. Isaiah 7:16.

This refers to the Coming of the Lord. 'The ground will be deserted' stands for the Church or true doctrine of faith. The words 'ground 'and 'field' are clearly used in this way because they are places that are sown, as in Isaiah,

He will give rain for your seed with which you may sow the ground. Oxen and young asses tilling the ground . . . Isaiah 30:23-24.

And in Joel,

The field has been laid waste, and the ground has been mourning because the corn has been laid waste. Joel 1:10.

From these quotations it is now clear that 'man', who in Hebrew is called Adam from the word for ground, means the Church.

Poznámky pod čarou:

1. literally, faces

2. The Hebrew in Genesis 7:3 in fact means earth or land. cf 722 below.

3. literally, lip.

  
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Älteres Paar im Kücheninterieur, by Friedrich Friedländer (1825–1901)

In general, men are driven by intellect and women by affections, and because of this men in the Bible generally represent knowledge and truth and women generally represent love and the desire for good. This generally carries over into marriage, where the man's growing knowledge and understanding and the woman's desire to be good and useful are a powerful combination. In many cases in the Bible, then, "husband" refers to things of truth and understanding, much as "man" does. Magnificent things can happen in a true marriage, though, when both partners are looking to the Lord. If a husband opens his heart to his wife, it's as though she can implant her loves inside him, transforming his intellectual urges into a love of growing wise. She in turn can grow in her love of that blooming wisdom, and use it for joy in their married life and in their caring for children and others in their life. Many couples, even in heaven, stay in that state -- called "Spiritual" -- growing deeper and deeper to eternity. There is the potential, though, for the couple to be transformed: through the nurturing love of his wife the husband can pass from a love of growing wise to an actual love of wisdom itself, and the wife can be transformed from the love of her husband's wisdom into the wisdom of that love -- the actual expression of the love of the Lord they have built together. In that state -- called "Celestial" -- the husband represents love and the desire for good, and the wife represents truth and knowledge.