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Arcana Coelestia #488
488. That “days” signify states in general, and “years” states in special, appears from the Word, as in Ezekiel:
Thou hast caused thy days to draw near, and art come even unto thy years (Ezekiel 22:4),
speaking of those who commit abominations, and fill up the measure of their sins, of whose state in general are predicated “days” and in special “years.”
So in David:
Thou shalt add days to the days of the king, and his years as of generation and generation (Psalms 61:6),
speaking of the Lord and of His kingdom, where also “days” and “years” signify the state of His kingdom. Again:
I have considered the days of old, the years of the ages (Psalms 77:5),
where “days of old” signify states of the Most Ancient Church, and “years of the ages” states of the Ancient Church.
In Isaiah:
The day of vengeance is in My heart, and the year of My redeemed is come (Isaiah 63:4),
speaking of the last times, where the “day of vengeance” signifies a state of damnation, and the “year of the redeemed” a state of blessedness. Again:
To proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord, and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all that mourn (Isaiah 61:2),
where both “days” and “years” signify states.
In Jeremiah: Renew our days as of old (Lamentations 5:21),
where state is plainly meant.
[2] In Joel:
The day of Jehovah cometh, for it is nigh at hand, a day of darkness and of thick darkness, a day of cloud and of obscurity; there hath not been ever the like, neither shall be after it, even to the years of generation and generation (Joel 2:1-2), where “day” signifies a state of darkness and of thick darkness, of cloud and of obscurity, with each one in particular, and with all in general.
In Zechariah: I will remove the iniquity of that land in one day; in that day shall ye cry a man to his companion under the vine, and under the fig tree (Zechariah 3:9-10).
And in another place:
It shall be one day which is known to Jehovah, not day nor night, and it shall come to pass that at evening time it shall be light (Zechariah 14:7),
where it is plain that state is meant, for it is said that there shall be a day that is “neither day nor night, at evening time it shall be light.” The same appears from expressions in the Decalogue:
Honor thy father and thy mother, that thy days may be prolonged, and that it may be well with thee upon the ground (Deuteronomy 5:16; 25:15),
where to have the “days prolonged” does not signify length of life, but a happy state.
[3] In the literal sense it must needs appear as if “day” signifies time, but in the internal sense it signifies state. The angels, who are in the internal sense, do not know what time is, for they have no sun and moon that distinguish times; consequently they do not know what days, and years are, but only what states are and the changes thereof; and therefore before the angels, who are in the internal sense, everything relating to matter, space, and time disappears, as in the literal sense of this passage in Ezekiel:
The day is near, even the day of Jehovah is near, a day of cloud; it shall be the time of the nations (Ezekiel 30:3),
and of this in Joel:
Alas for the day! for the day of Jehovah is at hand, and as vastation shall it come (Joel 1:15),
where a “day of cloud” signifies a cloud, or falsity; the “day of the nations” signifies the nations, or wickedness; the “day of Jehovah” signifies vastation. When the notion of time is removed, there remains the notion of the state of the things which existed at that time. The case is the same with regard to the “days” and “years” that are so often mentioned in this chapter.
Genesis 5
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This is the book of the generations of Adam. In the day that God created man, he made him in God's likeness.
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He created them male and female, and blessed them, and called their name "Adam," in the day when they were created.
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Adam lived one hundred thirty years, and became the father of a son in his own likeness, after his image, and named him Seth.
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The days of Adam after he became the father of Seth were eight hundred years, and he became the father of sons and daughters.
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All the days that Adam lived were nine hundred thirty years, then he died.
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Seth lived one hundred five years, and became the father of Enosh.
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Seth lived after he became the father of Enosh eight hundred seven years, and became the father of sons and daughters.
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All the days of Seth were nine hundred twelve years, then he died.
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Enosh lived ninety years, and became the father of Kenan.
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Enosh lived after he became the father of Kenan, eight hundred fifteen years, and became the father of sons and daughters.
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All the days of Enosh were nine hundred five years, then he died.
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Kenan lived seventy years, and became the father of Mahalalel.
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Kenan lived after he became the father of Mahalalel eight hundred forty years, and became the father of sons and daughters
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and all the days of Kenan were nine hundred ten years, then he died.
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Mahalalel lived sixty-five years, and became the father of Jared.
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Mahalalel lived after he became the father of Jared eight hundred thirty years, and became the father of sons and daughters.
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All the days of Mahalalel were eight hundred ninety-five years, then he died.
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Jared lived one hundred sixty-two years, and became the father of Enoch.
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Jared lived after he became the father of Enoch eight hundred years, and became the father of sons and daughters.
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All the days of Jared were nine hundred sixty-two years, then he died.
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Enoch lived sixty-five years, and became the father of Methuselah.
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Enoch walked with God after he became the father of Methuselah three hundred years, and became the father of sons and daughters.
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All the days of Enoch were three hundred sixty-five years.
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Enoch walked with God, and he was not, for God took him.
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Methuselah lived one hundred eighty-seven years, and became the father of Lamech.
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Methuselah lived after he became the father of Lamech seven hundred eighty-two years, and became the father of sons and daughters.
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All the days of Methuselah were nine hundred sixty-nine years, then he died.
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Lamech lived one hundred eighty-two years, and became the father of a son,
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and he named him Noah, saying, "This same will comfort us in our work and in the toil of our hands, because of the ground which Yahweh has cursed."
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Lamech lived after he became the father of Noah five hundred ninety-five years, and became the father of sons and daughters.
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All the days of Lamech were seven hundred seventy-seven years, then he died.
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Noah was five hundred years old, and Noah became the father of Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
