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Genesis 5

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1 This is the book of the births of Man*. In the day that God created Man, in the likeness of God He made him.

2 Male and female He created them, and blessed them, and called their name Man in the day of their being created.

3 And Man lived thirty and a hundred years, and begot into his likeness, according·​·to his image, and called his name Seth.

4 And the days of Man after he begot Seth were eight hundred years; and he begot sons and daughters.

5 And all the days that Man lived were nine hundred years and thirty years; and he died.

6 And Seth lived five years and a hundred years, and begot Enosh.

7 And Seth lived after he begot Enosh seven years and eight hundred years, and begot sons and daughters.

8 And all the days of Seth were twelve years and nine hundred years; and he died.

9 And Enosh lived ninety years, and begot Kenan.

10 And Enosh lived after he begot Kenan fifteen years and eight hundred years; and begot sons and daughters.

11 And all the days of Enosh were five years and nine hundred years; and he died.

12 And Kenan lived seventy years, and begot Mahalalel.

13 And Kenan lived after he begot Mahalalel forty years and eight hundred years, and begot sons and daughters.

14 And all the days of Kenan were ten years and nine hundred years; and he died.

15 And Mahalalel lived five years and sixty years, and begot Jared.

16 And Mahalalel lived after he begot Jared thirty years and eight hundred years, and begot sons and daughters.

17 And all the days of Mahalalel were five and ninety years and eight hundred years; and he died.

18 And Jared lived two and sixty years and a hundred years, and begot Enoch.

19 And Jared lived after he begot Enoch eight hundred years, and begot sons and daughters.

20 And all the days of Jared were two and sixty years and nine hundred years; and he died.

21 And Enoch lived five and sixty years, and begot Methuselah.

22 And Enoch walked with God after he begot Methuselah three hundred years, and begot sons and daughters.

23 And all the days of Enoch was* five and sixty years and three hundred years.

24 And Enoch walked with God, and he was no more*, for God took him.

25 And Methuselah lived seven and eighty years and a hundred years, and begot Lamech.

26 And Methuselah lived after he begot Lamech, two and eighty years and seven hundred years, and begot sons and daughters.

27 And all the days of Methuselah were nine and sixty years and nine hundred years; and he died.

28 And Lamech lived two and eighty years and a hundred years, and begot a son;

29 and he called his name Noaḥ*, saying, He shall comfort us from our deeds, and from the grief of our hands, from the ground which Jehovah has cursed.

30 And Lamech lived after he begot Noaḥ five and ninety years and five hundred years, and begot sons and daughters.

31 And all the days of Lamech was* seven and seventy years and seven hundred years; and he died.

32 And Noaḥ was a son of five hundred years; and Noaḥ begot Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

   


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Arcana Coelestia # 2897

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2897. The Word in the Ancient Church after the Flood however was derived from these people meant by 'Enoch'. The member of this Church, being spiritual and not celestial, knew but did not see with perception what was embodied in representatives and meaningful signs. And because these embodied Divine things they held out a use to members of that Church and were employed by them in their Divine worship, to the end that they might have a communication with heaven; for, as has been stated, all things in the world represent and mean such things as exist in heaven. Also the Word which they had was a written Word, consisting of Historical Sections and Prophetical Parts, like the Old Testament Word. But in course of time that Word came to be lost. The historical sections were called The Wars of Jehovah, and the prophetical parts The Utterances, as is clear in Moses, Numbers 21:14, 27, where they are quoted. The historical sections of their Word were written in the prophetical style and were for the most part made-up historical narratives, like those in Chapters 1-11 of Genesis, as is evident from the quotations of those historical narratives in Moses, where the following words occur,

Therefore it is said in The Book of The Wars of Jehovah, Waheb in Suphah, and the streams of Arnon, and the descent of the streams which runs down to the dwelling at Ar and leans to the border of Moab. Numbers 21:14-15.

The prophetical parts of their Word were written in a style similar to the prophetical parts of the Old Testament, as is also evident from the quotation of these in Moses, where the following words occur,

Therefore The Utterances (or The Utterers of Prophecies) say, Come to Heshbon the city of Sihon shall be built and established. For fire went out of Heshbon flame out of the city of Sihon. It consumed Ar of Moab, the lords of the high places of Arnon. Woe to you, O Moab! You have perished, O people of Chemosh! He gave his sons as fugitives, and his daughters into captivity, to Sihon, king of the Amorites. But we shot at them; Heshbon has perished even to Dibon; and we have laid waste even to Nophah, which reaches even to Medebah. Numbers 21:27-30.

These prophetical utterances embody heavenly arcana in the same way as the prophetical parts of the Old Testament. This is quite evident not only from the fact that Moses copied them and applied them to the state of affairs prevailing in his own day, but also from the fact that almost the same words occur in Jeremiah. Included there among his prophetical sayings, they hold - as becomes clear from what has been stated about the internal sense of the Word - as many heavenly arcana within them as they consist of words. Those sayings as they occur in Jeremiah are as follows,

A fire has gone out of Heshbon, and a flame from between Sihon, and has devoured the corner of Moab and the crown of the head of the sons of tumult. Woe to you, O Moab! The people of Chemosh have perished, for your sons have been taken away into captivity, and your daughters into captivity. Jeremiah 48:45-46.

From this also it is evident that that Word too possessed an internal sense. Regarding the Ancient Church after the Flood, see 640, 641, 765, 1238, 1327, 2385.

  
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