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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 # 487

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487. 'Days means periods of time and states in general. This has been shown in Chapter 1, where the 'days of creation' have no other meaning. In the Word it is very common for a whole period of time to be called 'a day', as it clearly is in the present verse and in verses 5, 8, 11, 14, 17, 20, 23, 27, 31, below; and therefore the states that belong to periods of time in general are meant by 'days' as well. And when 'years' is attached, then periods of years mean the natures of those states, and so the states in particular.

[2] The most ancient people had their own particular numbers which they would use to mean different aspects of the Church - for instance, the numbers three, seven, ten, twelve, and many which they obtained from these and other numbers - and in so doing incorporated states of the Church. These numbers therefore contain arcana that would require considerable effort to unravel. Really a number was an evaluation of the states of the Church. The same feature occurs throughout the Word, especially in the prophetical. And the religious ceremonies of the Jewish Church also entail numbers specifying periods of time as well as quantities; for example, in connection with sacrifices, minchahs, oblations, and other practices, which in every case have special reference to holy things. Consequently eight hundred in this verse, nine hundred and thirty in the next, and the numbers of years mentioned in the verses that follow after that, embody in particular more matters than can possibly be retold; matters, that is to say, which have to do with changes in the state of their Church in relationship to their own general state. Later on, in the Lord's Divine mercy, the meaning of the simple numbers up to twelve will be given, for without knowing these first of all no one can grasp what compound numbers mean.

  
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