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Genesis 8

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1 And God remembered Noaḥ, and every wild·​·animal, and every beast that was with him in the ark; and God made a wind to pass over the earth, and the waters subsided.

2 And the fountains of the abyss, and the floodgates of the heavens were shut·​·up, and the shower from the heavens was held·​·back.

3 And the waters returned from on the earth, going and returning; and from the end of fifty and a hundred days the waters decreased.

4 And the ark rested* in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, on the mountains of Ararat.

5 And the waters were going and decreasing until the tenth month; in the tenth month, on the first day of the month, the heads of the mountains were seen.

6 And it was, at the end of forty days, that Noaḥ opened the window of the ark which he had made;

7 and he sent·​·out a raven, and it went·​·out, going·​·out and returning, until the waters were dried·​·up from on the earth.

8 And he sent·​·out the dove from him, to see if the waters were diminished* from upon the faces of the ground.

9 And the dove found not rest for the sole of her foot, and she returned to him to the ark, for the waters were on the faces of all the land; and he put·​·forth his hand and took her, and brought· her ·in to him into the ark.

10 And he waited* still another seven days; and again he sent out the dove from the ark;

11 and the dove came to him at evening time; and behold in her mouth was an olive leaf torn·​·off; and Noaḥ knew that the waters were diminished from on the earth.

12 And he waited·​·with·​·hope yet another seven days, and sent the dove, and she returned not again to to him any·​·more.

13 And it was, in the six hundred and first year, in the beginning, on the first of the month, that the waters were dried·​·up from on the earth; and Noaḥ removed the covering of the ark, and saw, and behold, the faces of the ground were·​·dry.

14 In the second month, on the seven and twentieth day of the month, was the earth dried·​·up.

15 And God spoke to Noaḥ, saying,

16 Go·​·out from the ark, thou and thy wife, and thy sons, and thy sons’ wives with thee.

17 Every wild·​·animal that is with thee of all flesh, as·​·to fowl, and as·​·to beast, and as·​·to every creeping thing that creeps on the land, bring·​·out with thee; and they will crawl forth into the land, and be·​·fruitful, and multiply on the land.

18 And Noaḥ went·​·out, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons’ wives with him.

19 Every wild·​·animal, every creeping thing, and every fowl, all that creeps upon the earth, according·​·to their families, went·​·out from the ark.

20 And Noaḥ built an altar to Jehovah; and took of every clean beast, and of every clean fowl, and offered·​·up burnt·​·offerings on the altar.

21 And Jehovah smelled a restful smell; and Jehovah said in His heart, I will not again curse the ground any·​·more on account of man; for what the heart of man forms is evil from his youth; and I will not add to smite any·​·more all that is living, as I have done.

22 As·​·long·​·as all the days of the earth, seed time and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night, shall not cease.

   


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Arcana Coelestia # 840

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840. That 'and God remembered' means the end of temptation and the start of renewal is clear from what comes before and after this. 'God remembered' in particular means His being merciful. His remembering is mercy, and this is attributed to Him especially when temptation is past because at that time new light is shining. As long as temptation lasts, a person assumes that the Lord is not present, for he is being harassed by evil genii, so harassed in fact that sometimes he has so great a feeling of hopelessness as scarcely to believe in the existence of any God at all. Yet at such times the Lord is more present than that person can possibly believe. But once temptation subsides he receives comfort, and for the first time believes that the Lord is present. Consequently, because He appears to do so, 'God's remembering' mentioned here means the end of temptation and the start of renewal. God, and not Jehovah, is said to have remembered because the person's state is still that which comes before regeneration. But once he has been regenerated the name Jehovah is used, as in verses 20-21, at the end of this chapter. The reason 'God' is used here is that faith has not yet been joined to charity. A person is for the first time said to be regenerate when he acts from charity. It is in charity that Jehovah is present, and not so much in faith before this has been joined to charity. In the next life charity constitutes a person's very being (esse) and life. Jehovah is Being (Esse) and Life itself, and this is why before a person has this being and life, not Jehovah but God is said to reside with him.

  
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Arcana Coelestia # 142

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142. Verses 19-20 And Jehovah God formed out of the ground every beast of the field, and every bird of the air, 1 and He brought it to the man to see what he would call it; and whatever the man called it, the living creature, 2 that was its name. And the man gave names to every beast, and to the birds of the air, 1 and to every wild animal of the field; but for man there was not found a help suitable for him.

'Beasts' means celestial affections, 'birds of the air' 3 spiritual ones; that is, 'beasts' means things that belong to the will, and 'birds' those that belong to the understanding. 'Bringing them to the man to see what he would call them' means enabling him to know their nature. 'He gave them names means that he did recognize their nature. But even though he knew the nature of the affections for good and the cognitions of truth which the Lord had granted him, he still set his heart on the proprium, which is expressed in the same way as before - 'there was not found a help suitable for him'.

Poznámky pod čarou:

1. literally, bird of the heavens (or the skies)

2. literally, the living soul

3. literally, birds of the heavens (or the skies)

  
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