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1 I Bog blagoslovi Noja i sinove njegove, i reče im; rađajte se i množite se i napunite zemlju;

2 I sve zveri zemaljske i sve ptice nebeske i sve što ide po zemlji i sve ribe morske neka vas se boje i straše; sve je predano u vaše ruke.

3 Šta se god miče i živi, neka vam bude za jelo, sve vam to dadoh kao zelenu travu.

4 Ali ne jedite mesa s dušom njegovom, a to mu je krv.

5 Jer ću i vašu krv, duše vaše, iskati; od svake ću je zveri iskati; iz ruke samog čoveka, iz ruke svakog brata njegovog iskaću dušu čovečiju.

6 Ko prolije krv čovečiju, njegovu će krv proliti čovek; jer je Bog po svom obličju stvorio čoveka.

7 Rađajte se dakle i množite se; narodite se veoma na zemlji i namnožite se na njoj.

8 I reče Bog Noju i sinovima njegovim s njim, govoreći:

9 A ja evo postavljam zavet svoj s vama i s vašim semenom nakon vas,

10 I sa svim životinjama, što su s vama od ptica, od stoke i od svih zveri zemaljskih što su s vama, sa svačim što je izašlo iz kovčega, i sa svim zverima zemaljskim.

11 Postavljam zavet svoj s vama, te odsele neće nijedno telo poginuti od potopa, niti će više biti potopa da zatre zemlju.

12 I reče Bog: Evo znak zaveta koji postavljam između sebe i vas i svake žive tvari, koja je s vama do veka:

13 Metnuo sam dugu svoju u oblake, da bude znak zaveta između mene i zemlje.

14 Pa kad oblake navučem na zemlju, videće se duga u oblacima,

15 I opomenuću se zaveta svog koji je između mene i vas i svake duše žive u svakom telu, i neće više biti od vode potopa da zatre svako telo.

16 Duga će biti u oblacima, pa ću je pogledati, i opomenuću se večnog zaveta između Boga i svake duše žive u svakom telu koje je na zemlji.

17 I reče Bog Noju: To je znak zaveta koji sam učinio između sebe i svakog tela na zemlji.

18 A behu sinovi Nojevi koji izađoše iz kovčega: Sim i Ham i Jafet; a Ham je otac Hanancima.

19 To su tri sina Nojeva, i od njih se naseli sva zemlja.

20 A Noje poče raditi zemlju, i posadi vinograd.

21 I napiv se vina opi se, i otkri se nasred šatora svog.

22 A Ham, otac Hanancima, vide golotinju oca svog, i kaza obojici braće svoje na polju.

23 A Sim i Jafet uzeše haljinu, i ogrnuše je obojica na ramena svoja, i idući natraške pokriše njom golotinju oca svog, licem natrag okrenuvši se da ne vide golotinje oca svog.

24 A kad se Noje probudi od vina, dozna šta mu je učinio mlađi sin,

25 I reče: Proklet da je Hanan, i da bude sluga slugama braće svoje!

26 I još reče: Blagosloven da je Gospod Bog Simov, i Hanan da mu bude sluga!

27 Bog da raširi Jafeta da živi u šatorima Simovim, a Hanan da im bude sluga!

28 I požive Noje posle potopa trista pedeset godina.

29 A svega požive Noje devet stotina pedeset godina; i umre.

   

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Arcana Coelestia # 482

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482. Until now nobody has known what the years and the numbers of years occurring in this chapter mean in the internal sense. People who stay within the sense of the letter imagine that they are no more than chronological years. But none of the content from here down to Chapter 12 is history as it seems to be in the sense of the letter, for every single detail contains something of a different nature. What applies to names applies to numbers as well. In the Word the number three occurs frequently, and so does the number seven; and in every instance they mean something holy or inviolable as regards those states which the periods of time or whatever else that is mentioned embody or represent. This applies as much to the shortest as to the longest time-intervals; for just as parts makeup the whole, so do the shortest make up the longest. For a similarity must exist in order that a whole may emerge satisfactorily out of the parts, or that which is largest out of that which is smallest.

[2] As in Isaiah,

Jehovah has now spoken, saying, In three years, according to the years of a hireling, the glory of Moab will be rendered worthless. Isaiah 16:14.

In the same prophet,

The Lord said to me, Within yet a year, according to the years of a hireling, and all the glory of Kedar will be brought to an end. Isaiah 21:6.

Here both the shortest as well as the longest time-intervals are meant. In Habakkuk,

O Jehovah, I have heard Your fame; I was afraid. O Jehovah, revive Your work in the midst of the years, in the midst of the years do You make it known. Habakkuk 3:2.

Here 'the midst of the years' stands for the Lord's Coming. If the intervals are shorter this stands for every coming of the Lord, as when a person is being regenerated; but if longer it stands for the rising anew of the Lord's Church. It is also called in Isaiah 'the year of the redeemed', The day of vengeance was in My heart, and the year of My redeemed has come. Isaiah 63:4.

So too 'the thousand years' for which Satan is to be bound, Revelation 20:2-3, 7, and 'the thousand years' associated with the first resurrection, Revelation 20:4-6. These in no way mean a thousand years but the states associated with them. For just as 'days, as shown 'already, are interpreted as a state, so too are 'years', and the states are described by the number of the years. From this it becomes clear that periods of time in this chapter also embody states, for every Church experienced a different state of perception from the next, according to differences of disposition resulting from inherited and acquired characteristics.

  
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