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1 Da nu menneskene begynte å bli tallrike på jorden, og de fikk døtre,

2 Guds sønner at menneskenes døtre var vakre; og de tok sig hustruer, hvem de hadde lyst til.

3 Da sa Herren: Min Ånd skal ikke dømme blandt menneskene til evig tid; for sin villfarelses skyld er det* kjød, og dets dager skal være hundre og tyve år. / {* mennesket.}

4 I de dager var kjempene på jorden og likeså siden, da Guds sønner gikk inn til menneskenes døtre, og de fødte dem barn; det er de veldige fra fordums tid, de navnkundige.

5 Og Herren så at menneskets ondskap var stor på jorden, og at alle dets hjertes tanker og påfund bare var onde den hele dag.

6 Da angret Herren at han hadde skapt mennesket på jorden, og han var full av sorg i sitt hjerte.

7 Og Herren sa: Jeg vil utrydde menneskene som jeg har skapt, av jorden, både mennesker og fe og kryp og fuglene under himmelen; for jeg angrer at jeg har skapt dem.

8 Men Noah fant nåde for Herrens øine.

9 Dette er historien om Noah og hans ætt: Noah var en rettferdig og ulastelig mann blandt sine samtidige; Noah vandret med Gud.

10 Og Noah fikk tre sønner: Sem, Kam og Jafet.

11 Men jorden blev fordervet for Guds åsyn, og jorden blev full av urett.

12 Og Gud så på jorden, og se, den var fordervet; for alt kjød hadde fordervet sin ferd på jorden.

13 Da sa Gud til Noah: Jeg har satt mig fore å gjøre ende på alt kjød, for de har fylt jorden med urett; og nu vil jeg ødelegge både dem og jorden.

14 Gjør dig en ark av gofertre, gjør kammer i arken og stryk den innvendig og utvendig med bek!

15 Således skal du gjøre den: Arken skal være tre hundre alen lang, femti alen bred, og tretti alen høi.

16 Øverst på arken skal du gjøre en glugg som når en alen ned på veggen, og døren på arken skal du sette på den ene side; du skal bygge den i tre stokkverk, et nederste, et mellemste og et øverste, med kammer i hvert stokkverk.

17 Og se, jeg vil la en vannflom komme over jorden til å ødelegge alt kjød under himmelen som det er livsånde i; alt som er på jorden, skal omkomme.

18 Men jeg vil oprette min pakt med dig, og du skal gå inn i arken, du og dine sønner og din hustru og dine sønners hustruer med dig.

19 Og av alt som lever, av alt kjød, skal du ta et par av hvert slag med inn i arken for å holde dem i live med dig; han og hun skal det være.

20 Av alle slags fugler og av alle slags fe og av alle slags kryp på jorden skal par for par komme inn til dig for å holdes i live.

21 Og du skal ta til dig av allslags mat som etes, og samle det hos dig, sa det kan være til føde for dig og for dem.

22 Og Noah gjorde så; han gjorde i ett og alt som Gud hadde befalt ham.

   

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Arcana Coelestia # 566

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566. 'The face 1 of the ground' means the whole of that area where the Church was. This is clear from the meaning of 'the ground', for in the Word a careful distinction is made between ground (humus) and land or earth (terra). Whenever 'ground' is used it means the Church or some aspect of the Church. This too is the derivation of the name Man or Adam, which means ground. But when 'land' or earth' occurs in the Word it frequently means where the Church or some aspect of the Church does not exist, as in Chapter 1 where the word 'land' alone is used, because the Church or regenerate person did not as yet exist. Not until Chapter 2 is the word 'ground' used because the Church has by now come into being. The same applies in the present verse and in verses 4, 23, of the next chapter, where it is said that every being was to be wiped off the face 1 of the ground, meaning within that area where the Church was; and in verse 7 of the next chapter, where the subject is the Church that is to be created, 'to keep their seed alive on the face 1 of the ground'. 2 The same applies elsewhere in the Word, as in Isaiah,

Jehovah will have compassion on Jacob, and will still choose Israel, and will set them on their own ground. And the peoples will take them and bring them to their place, and the house of Israel will inherit them on Jehovah's ground. Isaiah 14:1-2.

This refers to the Church once it has come into being; but when in the same chapter the Church does not exist it is called the land, verses 9, 12, 16, 20, 21, 25, 26.

[2] In the same prophet,

And the ground of Judah will be a terror to Egypt. On that day there will be five cities in the land of Egypt which speak the language 3 of Canaan. Isaiah 19:17-18.

Here 'the ground' means where the Church exists, and 'the land' where it does not. In the same prophet,

The land will surely stagger like a drunken man. Jehovah will visit the host of the height on high, and the kings of the ground on the ground. Isaiah 24:20-21.

Here the meaning is similar. In Jeremiah,

Because of the ground which was cracked since there was no rain on the land, the farmers were put to shame, and covered their heads. Even the hind in the field has calved. Jeremiah 14:4-5.

Here 'the land' stands for that which includes the ground, and 'the ground' for that which includes the field.

[3] In the same prophet,

He led the seed of the house of Israel out of the north land and out of all the lands to where I have driven them. And they will dwell on their own ground. Jeremiah 23:8.

Here 'land' and 'lands' mean where Churches do not exist, 'the ground' where the Church or true worship does exist. In the same prophet,

I will render the remnants of Jerusalem, those who are left in this land, and those who are dwelling in the land of Egypt, and I will render them as a horror for evil to all the kingdoms of the land. And I will send sword, famine, and pestilence upon them, until they are consumed from the ground which I gave to them and their fathers. Jeremiah 24:8-10.

'The ground' stands for doctrine and worship arising out of it. And something similar is found in 25:5 of the same book.

[4] In Ezekiel,

I will gather you out of the lands into which you have been scattered. And you will acknowledge that I am Jehovah when I bring you back to the ground of Israel, into the land which I lifted up My hand to give to your fathers. Ezekiel 20:41-42.

'The ground' stands for internal worship. It is called 'the land' when internal worship does not exist. In Malachi,

I will rebuke the devourer for you, and he will not ruin for you the fruit of the ground, nor will the vine in the field fail you. And all the nations will call you blessed, for you will be a land of that which is pleasing. Malachi 3:11-12.

Here 'land' stands for that which includes, and so plainly stands for man who is actually called 'the land', when 'ground' stands for the Church or doctrine.

[5] In Moses,

Sing, O Nations, His people. He will reconcile His ground, His people. Deuteronomy 32:43.

This clearly stands for the Church of the gentiles, which is called 'the ground'. In Isaiah,

Before the boy knows to refuse evil and to choose good, the ground will be deserted which you loathe in the presence of its two kings. Isaiah 7:16.

This refers to the Coming of the Lord. 'The ground will be deserted' stands for the Church or true doctrine of faith. The words 'ground 'and 'field' are clearly used in this way because they are places that are sown, as in Isaiah,

He will give rain for your seed with which you may sow the ground. Oxen and young asses tilling the ground . . . Isaiah 30:23-24.

And in Joel,

The field has been laid waste, and the ground has been mourning because the corn has been laid waste. Joel 1:10.

From these quotations it is now clear that 'man', who in Hebrew is called Adam from the word for ground, means the Church.

Poznámky pod čarou:

1. literally, faces

2. The Hebrew in Genesis 7:3 in fact means earth or land. cf 722 below.

3. literally, lip.

  
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Genesis 6:3

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3 Yahweh said, "My Spirit will not strive with man forever, because he also is flesh; yet will his days be one hundred twenty years."