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Genesis 5

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1 Ito ang aklat ng mga lahi ni Adam. Nang araw na lalangin ng Dios ang tao, sa wangis ng Dios siya nilalang;

2 Lalake at babae silang nilalang; at sila'y binasbasan, at tinawag na Adam ang kanilang pangalan, nang araw na sila'y lalangin.

3 At nabuhay si Adam ng isang daan at tatlong pung taon, at nagkaanak ng isang lalaking kaniyang wangis na hawig sa kaniyang larawan; at tinawag ang kaniyang pangalan na Set:

4 At ang mga naging araw ni Adam, pagkatapos na maipanganak si Set, ay walong daang taon: at nagkaanak ng mga lalake at mga babae.

5 At ang lahat na araw na ikinabuhay ni Adam ay siyam na raan at tatlong pung taon; at siya'y namatay.

6 At nabuhay si Set ng isang daan at limang taon at naging anak niya si Enos.

7 At nabuhay si Set pagkatapos na maipanganak si Enos ng walong daan at pitong taon; at nagkaanak ng mga lalake at mga babae:

8 At ang lahat na naging araw ni Set ay siyam na raan at labing dalawang taon: at siya'y namatay.

9 At nabuhay si Enos ng siyam na pung taon, at naging anak si Cainan:

10 At nabuhay si Enos, pagkatapos na maipanganak si Cainan, ng walong daan at labing limang taon; at nagkaanak ng mga lalake at mga babae:

11 At ang lahat na naging araw ni Enos ay siyam na raan at limang taon, at siya'y namatay.

12 At nabuhay si Cainan ng pitong pung taon, at naging anak si Mahalaleel:

13 At nabuhay si Cainan, pagkatapos na maipanganak si Mahalaleel, ng walong daan at apat na pung taon, at nagkaanak ng mga lalake at mga babae:

14 At ang lahat na naging araw ni Cainan, siyam na raan at sangpung taon, at namatay.

15 At nabuhay si Mahalaleel ng anim na pu't limang taon, at naging anak si Jared:

16 At nabuhay si Mahalaleel, pagkatapos na maipanganak si Jared, ng walong daan at tatlong pung taon, at nagkaanak ng mga lalake at mga babae:

17 At ang lahat na naging araw ni Mahalaleel ay walong daan at siyam na pu't limang taon: at namatay.

18 At nabuhay si Jared ng isang daan at anim na pu't dalawang taon, at naging anak si Enoc:

19 At nabuhay si Jared, pagkatapos na maipanganak si Enoc, ng walong daang taon, at nagkaanak ng mga lalake at mga babae:

20 At ang lahat na naging araw ni Jared ay siyam na raan at anim na pu't dalawang taon: at namatay.

21 At nabuhay si Enoc na anim na pu't limang taon, at naging anak si Matusalem:

22 At lumakad si Enoc na kasama ng Dios, pagkatapos na maipanganak si Matusalem na tatlong daang taon, at nagkaanak ng mga lalake at mga babae:

23 At ang lahat na naging araw ni Enoc ay tatlong daan at anim na pu't limang taon:

24 At lumakad si Enoc na kasama ng Dios: at di siya nasumpungan, sapagka't kinuha ng Dios.

25 At nabuhay si Matusalem ng isang daan at walong pu't pitong taon; at naging anak si Lamec:

26 At nabuhay si Matusalem pagkatapos na maipanganak si Lamec, ng pitong daan at walong pu't dalawang taon; at nagkaanak ng mga lalake at mga babae;

27 At ang lahat na naging araw ni Matusalem ay siyam na raan at anim na pu't siyam na taon: at siya'y namatay.

28 At nabuhay si Lamec ng isang daan at walong pu't dalawang taon, at nagkaanak ng isang lalake:

29 At tinawag ang kaniyang pangalan na Noe, na sinabi, Ito nga ang aaliw sa atin tungkol sa ating gawa at sa pinagpagalan ng ating mga kamay, dahil sa lupang sinumpa ng Panginoon.

30 At nabuhay si Lamec, pagkatapos na maipanganak si Noe, ng limang daan at siyam na pu't limang taon, at nagkaanak ng mga lalake at mga babae:

31 At ang lahat na naging araw ni Lamec ay pitong daan at pitong pu't pitong taon: at namatay.

32 At si Noe ay may limang daang taon: at naging anak ni Noe si Sem, si Cham, at si Japhet.

   

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Arcana Coelestia # 2643

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2643. 'Who would have said to Abraham, Sarah will suckle sons?' means that by His own power the Lord implanted the Human within the Divine. This is clear from the representation of 'Abraham' and also of 'Sarah', and from the meaning of 'suckling', and of 'sons'. It has been shown already that 'Abraham' represents Divine Good and 'Sarah' Divine Truth. 'Milk' means that which is spiritual from a celestial origin, that is, truth deriving from good, see 2184, so that 'suckling' means implanting that truth; And 'sons' means truths, here truths that exist in the Rational, as is clear from the meaning of 'sons', 489-491, 533. The reason why in the internal sense the words under consideration mean that the Lord by His own power implanted the Human within the Divine is that Divine Truth is one and the same as the Divine Human, and when in reference to this it is said 'to suckle sons for Abraham' the meaning is that He implanted the Human within the Divine; and as it was the Human He implanted, He did so by His own power. But scarcely any clearer and more intelligible explanation of these matters is possible. To say more would obscure still further what is meant; for these are Divine matters, which can be presented to angels alone by means of celestial and spiritual things. If presented to men in some more exalted manner those matters would fall into the material and bodily ideas which men possess.

[2] What is more, it should be recognized that it is the nature of the Lord's Divine Rational when it was first born that is being described by these words, 'God has made laughter for me; everyone that hears will laugh for me; and she said, Who would have said to Abraham, Sarah will suckle sons?' For this was in keeping with an ancient custom that when an infant was born it was given a name which served to mean the state; and at the same time a description of that state was added, as when Cain was born to Eve and Adam, Genesis 4:1, and when Seth was born to the same, Genesis 4:25; and as when Noah was born to Lamech, Genesis 5:29, Esau and Jacob to Isaac, Genesis 25:25-26, the twelve sons to Jacob, Genesis 29:32-35; 30:6, 8, 11, 13, 18, 20, 24; 35:18, Perez and Zerah to Tamar, Genesis 38:29-30, Manasseh and Ephraim to Joseph, Genesis 41:51-52, and Gershom and Eliezer to Moses, Exodus 2:22; 18:4. What all these represent, and what they mean in the internal sense, was embodied in the descriptions added to the names that were given. The same is the case here with what Isaac represents and means. What this name embodies is evident to some small extent from this brief explanation that has been given, but deeper arcana are nevertheless concealed there since they are Divine matters, which no sentences or phrases can be formed to express.

  
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Thanks to the Swedenborg Society for the permission to use this translation.