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Genesi 5

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1 Questo è il libro della posterità d’Adamo. Nel giorno che Dio creò l’uomo, lo fece a somiglianza di Dio;

2 li creò maschio e femmina, li benedisse e dette loro il nome di "uomo", nel giorno che furon creati.

3 Adamo visse centotrent’anni, generò un figliuolo, a sua somiglianza, conforme alla sua immagine, e gli pose nome Seth;

4 e il tempo che Adamo visse, dopo ch’ebbe generato Seth, fu ottocento anni, e generò figliuoli e figliuole;

5 e tutto il tempo che Adamo visse fu novecentotrenta anni; poi morì.

6 E Seth visse centocinque anni, e generò Enosh.

7 E Seth, dopo ch’ebbe generato Enosh, visse ottocentosette anni, e generò figliuoli e figliuole;

8 e tutto il tempo che Seth visse fu novecentododici anni; poi morì.

9 Ed Enosh visse novant’anni, e generò Kenan.

10 Ed Enosh, dopo ch’ebbe generato Kenan, visse ottocentoquindici anni, e generò figliuoli e figliuole;

11 e tutto il tempo che Enosh visse fu novecentocinque anni; poi morì.

12 E Kenan visse settant’anni, e generò Mahalaleel.

13 E Kenan, dopo ch’ebbe generato Mahalaleel, visse ottocentoquaranta anni, e generò figliuoli e figliuole;

14 e tutto il tempo che Kenan visse fu novecentodieci anni; poi morì.

15 E Mahalaleel visse sessantacinque anni, e generò Jared.

16 E Mahalaleel, dopo ch’ebbe generato Jared, visse ottocentotrenta anni, e generò figliuoli e figliuole;

17 e tutto il tempo che Mahalaleel visse fu ottocento novantacinque anni; poi morì.

18 E Jared visse cento sessantadue anni, e generò Enoc.

19 E Jared, dopo ch’ebbe generato Enoc, visse ottocento anni, e generò figliuoli e figliuole;

20 e tutto il tempo che Jared visse fu novecento sessantadue anni; poi morì.

21 Ed Enoc visse sessantacinque anni, e generò Methushelah.

22 Ed Enoc, dopo ch’ebbe generato Methushelah, camminò con Dio trecento anni, e generò figliuoli e figliuole;

23 e tutto il tempo che Enoc visse fu trecento sessantacinque anni.

24 Ed Enoc camminò con Dio; poi disparve, perché Iddio lo prese.

25 E Methushelah visse cento ottantasette anni e generò Lamec.

26 E Methushelah, dopo ch’ebbe generato Lamec, visse settecento ottantadue anni, e generò figliuoli e figliuole;

27 e tutto il tempo che Methushelah visse fu novecento sessantanove anni; poi morì.

28 E Lamec visse cento ottantadue anni, e generò un figliuolo;

29 e gli pose nome Noè, dicendo: "Questo ci consolerà della nostra opera e della fatica delle nostre mani cagionata dal suolo che l’Eterno ha maledetto".

30 E Lamec, dopo ch’ebbe generato Noè, visse cinquecento novantacinque anni, e generò figliuoli e figliuole;

31 e tutto il tempo che Lamec visse fu settecento settantasette anni; poi morì.

32 E Noè, all’età di cinquecento anni, generò Sem, Cam e Jafet.

   

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In Revelation 10:9, "And I went unto the angel, saying, give me the little book," signifies the faculty of perceiving the quality of the Word from the Lord.

In Psalm 40:7, this signifies the Word. (Apocalypse Explained 299, Coronis 60)

(Odkazy: Apocalypse Explained 616)

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299. A book written within and on the back, signifies the state of life of all in heaven and on the earth, in general and in particular. This is evident from the signification of "book," here the "book of life," as being what the Lord inscribes or implants in the spirit of man, that is, in the heart and soul, or what is the same, in his love and faith (of which see above, n. 199; therefore "the book" here signifies the states of life of all in heaven and on the earth, and "written" signifies what is implanted by the Lord (that to "write" signifies to implant, see also above, n. 222. Also from the signification of "within and on the back," as being what is in the heart and soul, or in the love and faith; for with man and spirit love is within, because it makes his life; but faith, unless it is in his love, is not within him, but behind or "at the back;" for faith that is faith makes altogether one with the love, since what a man loves is of his faith, but what he does not love is not of his faith. That which one thinks from memory and teaches from doctrine, appears, indeed, to be faith; but if this be loved only from a natural, not from a spiritual love, it is merely the sight of the thought of the external man, which sight counterfeits faith; but such faith, since it is destitute of life, until it is implanted in the internal man and its love, is not in man but behind him, or at his back. Faith implanted in the internal man and its love is believing and loving the truth because it is truth, and not loving it chiefly for the sake of a reputation for learning, and honor or gain therefrom. From this it can be seen what is signified by "written within and on the back."

[2] What is treated of in this chapter is, that the Lord only, and no one but the Lord, knows the states of life of all in general and of each one in particular. This is representatively depicted by "a book written which no one was able to open and read, neither to look thereon, except the Lamb," that is, the Lord. No one knows this but the Lord alone, because He is the only God, and because He formed the angelic heaven after His own image, and man after the image of heaven; for this reason He knows all things of heaven in general, and He who knows all things of heaven in general knows also every one in particular; for a man who is in truths from good, as well as an angel, is an image of heaven, since he is a form of heaven. From this it also follows that no one but he who knows the general state of all knows the state of anyone in particular, for the one is inseparably connected with the other. (But as these things cannot be described in a few words, see what is shown in the work on Heaven and Hell, where they are more distinctly and clearly described, in the following articles: The Divine of the Lord makes Heaven, n. 7-12; Every Angel is a Heaven in the Least Form, n. 51-58; The whole Heaven in the Complex has reference to one Man, n 59-67; likewise each Society there, n. 68-72; Every Angel, therefore, is in a perfect Human Form, n 73-77; From the Divine Human of the Lord it is that Heaven in the Whole and in Part has reference to Man, n 78-86; There is a Correspondence of all Things of Heaven with all Things of Man, n. 87-102; On the Conjunction of Heaven with Mankind, n. 291-302)

[3] It is to be observed that here and elsewhere in the Word a "book" is mentioned, meaning thereby a roll [volumen]; for in ancient times they wrote upon parchments, which were rolled up, and the parchment was called a "book" and the "roll of a book," as can also be seen in the Word; thus in Ezekiel:

I looked, when behold, a hand was put forth unto me; and lo, the roll of a book was therein, written in front and behind (Ezekiel 2:9-10).

And in David:

Then said I, Lo, I am come; in the roll of the book it is written of Me (Psalms 40:7).

For this reason it is said in Isaiah:

All the host of the heavens shall waste away, and the heavens shall be rolled up as a scroll (Isaiah 34:4).

Likewise in Revelation:

Heaven was removed, as a book that is rolled up (Revelation 6:14).

From this it can be known how the book that John saw was "written within and on the back."

  
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