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Genesis 5

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1 This is the book of the generations of Adam. In the day when God made man, he made him in the image of God;

2 Male and female he made them, naming them Man, and giving them his blessing on the day when they were made.

3 Adam had been living for a hundred and thirty years when he had a son like himself, after his image, and gave him the name of Seth:

4 And after the birth of Seth, Adam went on living for eight hundred years, and had sons and daughters:

5 And all the years of Adam's life were nine hundred and thirty: and he came to his end.

6 And Seth was a hundred and five years old when he became the father of Enosh:

7 And he went on living after the birth of Enosh for eight hundred and seven years, and had sons and daughters:

8 And all the years of Seth's life were nine hundred and twelve: and he came to his end.

9 And Enosh was ninety years old when he became the father of Kenan:

10 And after the birth of Kenan, Enosh went on living for eight hundred and fifteen years, and had sons and daughters:

11 And all the years of Enosh were nine hundred and five: and he came to his end.

12 And Kenan was seventy years old when he became the father of Mahalalel:

13 And after the birth of Mahalalel, Kenan went on living for eight hundred and forty years, and had sons and daughters:

14 And all the years of Kenan's life were nine hundred and ten; and he came to his end.

15 And Mahalalel was sixty-five years old when he became the father of Jared:

16 And after the birth of Jared, Mahalalel went on living for eight hundred and thirty years, and had sons and daughters:

17 And all the years of Mahalalel's life were eight hundred and ninety-five: and he came to his end.

18 And Jared was a hundred and sixty-two years old when he became the father of Enoch:

19 And Jared went on living after the birth of Enoch for eight hundred years, and had sons and daughters:

20 And all the years of Jared's life were nine hundred and sixty-two: and he came to his end.

21 And Enoch was sixty-five years old when he became the father of Methuselah:

22 And after the birth of Methuselah, Enoch went on in God's ways for three hundred years, and had sons and daughters:

23 And all the years of Enoch's life were three hundred and sixty-five:

24 And Enoch went on in God's ways: and he was not seen again, for God took him.

25 And Methuselah was a hundred and eighty-seven years old when he became the father of Lamech:

26 And after the birth of Lamech, Methuselah went on living for seven hundred and eighty-two years, and had sons and daughters:

27 And all the years of Methuselah's life were nine hundred and sixty-nine: and he came to his end.

28 And Lamech was a hundred and eighty-two years old when he had a son:

29 And he gave him the name of Noah, saying, Truly, he will give us rest from our trouble and the hard work of our hands, because of the earth which was cursed by God.

30 And after the birth of Noah, Lamech went on living for five hundred and ninety-five years, and had sons and daughters:

31 And all the years of Lamech's life were seven hundred and seventy-seven: and he came to his end.

32 And when Noah was five hundred years old, he became the father of Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

   

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Bettler

  
‘Brother Juniper and the Beggar,’ by Spanish Baroque painter Bartolomé Esteban Murillo. Juniper, one of the original followers of St. Francis of Assissi, was renowned for his generosity. When told he could no longer give away his clothes, he instead simply told the needy, like the beggar in the painting, that he couldn’t give them his clothes, but wouldn’t stop them from taking them.

"Das Wort spricht häufig davon, den Armen und Bedürftigen zu helfen. Menschen, die im Besitz äußerer Wahrheiten sind und noch nicht zu inneren Wahrheiten gebracht wurden, glauben, dass man jedem, der irgendeine Art von Hilfe benötigt, helfen sollte, besonders Bettlern, die sich selbst als die Ärmsten von allen bezeichnen. Diejenigen, die diese Hilfe im Geiste des Gehorsams leisten, weil sie dazu aufgefordert werden, tun gut daran; denn durch diese äußere Handlung werden sie zum inneren Aspekt der Nächstenliebe und Barmherzigkeit geführt. Der innere Aspekt der Nächstenliebe und der Barmherzigkeit besteht darin, klar zu erkennen, wer genau die Menschen sind, die Hilfe erhalten sollen, wie sie beschaffen sind und auf welche Weise jedem von ihnen geholfen werden soll. Wer schließlich zur inneren Seite der Nächstenliebe und Barmherzigkeit geführt wird, weiß, dass die innere Seite darin besteht, das Wohl des inneren Menschen zu wünschen und ihm zu helfen, also mit Gaben, die dem geistigen Leben förderlich sind, und dass die äußere Seite darin besteht, dem äußeren Menschen zu helfen, also mit Gaben, die dem leiblichen Leben förderlich sind. Es ist jedoch stets darauf zu achten, dass die Hilfe für den äußeren Menschen zugleich dem inneren Menschen zugute kommt; denn wer dem äußeren Menschen hilft, dem inneren aber schadet, übt keine Nächstenliebe. Wenn man also die eine Art von Hilfe leistet, muss man die andere im Auge behalten.

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