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Genesis 10

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1 Ja need on Noa poegade Seemi, Haami ja Jaafeti järeltulijad; pärast veeuputust sündisid neile pojad.

2 Jaafeti pojad olid Gomer, Maagoog, Maadai, Jaavan, Tubal, Mesek ja Tiiras.

3 Ja Gomeri pojad olid Askenas, Riifat ja Toogarma.

4 Ja Jaavani pojad olid Eliisa ja Tarsis, kittid ja rodanlased;

5 neist eraldusid saarte rahvad. Need olid Jaafeti järeltulijad nende maade järgi, igaühel oma keel, nende suguvõsade kaupa, vastavalt neile rahvastele.

6 Ja Haami pojad olid Kuus, Mitsraim, Puut ja Kaanan.

7 Ja Kuusi pojad olid Seba, Havila, Sabta, Raema ja Sabteka; ja Raema pojad olid Seeba ja Dedan.

8 Ja Kuusile sündis Nimrod, kes oli esimene vägev mees maa peal.

9 Tema oli vägev kütt Issanda ees, seepärast öeldakse: 'vägev kütt Issanda ees nagu Nimrod.'

10 Ja tema kuningriigi alguseks olid Paabel, Erek, Akad ja Kalne Sinearimaal.

11 Sellelt maalt läks ta Assurisse ja ehitas Niineve, Rehobot-Iiri ja Kelahi,

12 ja Reseni Niineve ja Kelahi vahele - see on see suur linn.

13 Ja Mitsraimile sündisid luudlased, anamlased, lehablased, naftuhlased,

14 patruuslased ja kasluhlased, kellest vilistid on lähtunud, ja kaftoorlased.

15 Ja Kaananile sündisid Siidon, tema esmasündinu, ja Heet,

16 jebuuslased, emorlased, girgaaslased,

17 hiivlased, arklased, siinlased,

18 arvadlased, semarlased ja hamatlased; hiljem harunesid kaananlaste suguvõsad.

19 Ja kaananlaste maa-ala oli Siidonist Gerari suunas Assani, Soodoma, Gomorra, Adma ja Seboimi suunas Lesani.

20 Need olid Haami järeltulijad nende suguvõsade, keelte, maade ja rahvaste järgi.

21 Ja Seemile sündisid ka pojad; tema oli kõigi Eeberi poegade esiisa, Jaafeti vanem vend.

22 Seemi pojad olid Eelam, Assur, Arpaksad, Luud ja Aram.

23 Ja Arami pojad olid Uuts, Huul, Geter ja Maas.

24 Ja Arpaksadile sündis Selah, Selahile sündis Eeber.

25 Ja Eeberile sündis kaks poega: ühe nimi oli Peleg, sest tema päevil jagunes maa; ja tema venna nimi oli Joktan.

26 Ja Joktanile sündisid Almodad, Selef, Hasarmavet, Jerah,

27 Hadoram, Uusal, Dikla,

28 Oobal, Abimael, Seeba,

29 Oofir, Havila ja Joobab; need kõik olid Joktani pojad.

30 Nende elukohad olid Meesast Sefaara suunas idapoolses mäestikus.

31 Need olid Seemi järeltulijad nende suguvõsade, keelte, maade ja rahvaste järgi.

32 Need olid Noa poegade suguvõsad nende põlvnemiste ja rahvaste järgi; neist harunesid rahvad maa peal pärast veeuputust.

   

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Arcana Coelestia # 1195

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1195. That “Mizraim” or “Egypt” is memory-knowledge, was shown at verse 6 of this chapter. That “Ludim, Anamim, Lehabim, and Naphtuhim” are so many rituals which are merely memory-knowledges, is evident from what has just been stated. Those are said to have rituals which are merely memory-knowledges, who explore spiritual and celestial things by means of reasonings, and thereby devise a worship for themselves. The rituals of this worship, being from reasonings and memory-knowledges, are called rituals of memory-knowledge [ritualia scientifica], 1 wherein there was nothing spiritual and celestial, because they were from themselves. Hence came the idols of Egypt, and its magic. And because their rituals were from this origin, they totally rejected, nay, loathed and hated, the rites of the Ancient Church, as is evident from what is said in Genesis 43:32; 46:34; Exodus 8:22. Because these things are signified, they are said to be begotten of Mizraim, or of Egypt, that is, of memory-knowledges; and as their memory-knowledges were diverse, the derivative rituals also became different. These diversities, in general, are signified by so many nations. That such things are meant by the Ludim, or Lydians, appears in Jeremiah:

Egypt riseth up like the river, and like the rivers the waters are troubled; and he saith, I will rise up, I will cover the earth, I will destroy the city and the inhabitants thereof. Come up, ye horses, and rage, ye chariots, and let the mighty come forth, Cush and Put, that handle the shield, and the Lydians, that handle and bend the bow (Jeremiah 46:8-9).

The “rivers of Egypt” here are diverse memory-knowledges which are false; “to go up and cover the earth” is to enter into the things that pertain to the church or to faith by means of memory-knowledges; “to destroy the city” is to destroy truths; “Cush and Put” are knowledges; “the Lydians” are the rituals of memory-knowledge spoken of above; “to handle and bend the bow” is to reason.

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1. These Ritualia scientifica were evidently sacred rites that were so framed as to be the formal expressions of the learning of the nations in question, which learning consisted in a mere memory-knowledge of the correspondences and spiritual truths known in the Ancient Church. It is impossible to render the phrase into satisfactory English without a circumlocution. “Scientific rituals,” the usual rendering, is ludicrously misleading. [Reviser.]

  
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