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1 Mose 10

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1 Dies ist das Geschlecht der Kinder Noahs: Sem, Ham, Japheth. Und sie zeugeten Kinder nach der Sintflut.

2 Die Kinder Japheths sind diese: Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Thubal, Mesech und Thiras.

3 Aber die Kinder von Gomer sind diese: Askenas, Riphath und Thogarma.

4 Die Kinder von Javan sind diese: Elisa, Tharsis, Kittim und Dodanim.

5 Von diesen sind ausgebreitet die Inseln der Heiden in ihren Ländern, jegliche nach ihrer Sprache, Geschlecht und Leuten.

6 Die Kinder von Ham sind diese: Chus, Mizraim, Put und Kanaan.

7 Aber die Kinder von Chus sind diese. Seba, Hevila, Sabtha, Raema und Sabtecha. Aber die Kinder von Raema sind diese: Scheba und Dedan.

8 Chus aber zeugete den Nimrod. Der fing an ein gewaltiger HERR zu sein auf Erden,

9 und war ein gewaltiger Jäger vor dem HERRN. Daher spricht man: Das ist ein gewaltiger Jäger vor dem HERRN, wie Nimrod.

10 Und der Anfang seines Reichs war Babel, Erech, Ackad und Kalne im Lande Sinear.

11 Von dem Land ist danach kommen der Assur und bauete Ninive und Rehoboth-Ir und Kalah,

12 dazu Resen zwischen Ninive und Kalah. Dies ist eine große Stadt.

13 Mizraim zeugete Ludim, Anamim, Leabim, Naphthuhim,

14 Pathrusim und Kasluhim. Von dannen sind kommen die Philistim und Kaphthorim.

15 Kanaan aber zeugete Zidon, seinen ersten Sohn, und Heth,

16 Jebusi, Emori, Girgasi,

17 Hivi, Arki, Sini,

18 Arvadi, Zemari und Hamathi. Daher sind ausgebreitet die Geschlechter der Kanaaniter.

19 Und ihre Grenzen waren von Zidon an durch Gerar bis gen Gasa, bis man kommt gen Sodoma, Gomorrha, Adama, Zeboim und bis gen Lasa.

20 Das sind die Kinder Hams in ihren Geschlechtern, Sprachen, Ländern und Leuten.

21 Sem aber, Japheths, des größern, Bruder, zeugete auch Kinder, der ein Vater ist aller Kinder von Eber.

22 Und dies sind seine Kinder: Elam, Assur, Arphachsad, Lud und Aram.

23 Die Kinder aber von Aram sind diese: Uz, Hut, Gether und Mas.

24 Arphachsad aber zeugete Salah, Salah zeugete Eber.

25 Eber zeugete zween Söhne. Einer hieß Peleg, darum daß zu seiner Zeit die Welt zerteilet ward; des Bruder hieß Jaketan.

26 Und Jaketan zeugete Almodad, Saleph, Hazarmaveth, Jarah,

27 Hadoram, Usal, Dikela,

28 Obal, Abimael, Seba,

29 Ophir, Hevila und Jobab. Das sind alle Kinder von Jaketan.

30 Und ihre Wohnung war von Mesa an, bis man kommt gen Sephar, an den Berg gegen den Morgen.

31 Das sind die Kinder von Sem in ihren Geschlechtern, Sprachen, Ländern und Leuten.

32 Das sind nun die Nachkommen der Kinder Noahs in ihren Geschlechtern und Leuten. Von denen sind ausgebreitet die Leute auf Erden nach der Sintflut.

   

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1171. 'The sons of Raamah' similarly means those who had no internal worship but cognitions of faith, in the mere possession of which they made religion consist; and 'Sheba and Dedan' are nations with whom they existed and by these same nations cognitions themselves are meant in the internal sense. This is evident from the places in the Prophets given below, and from the following in David concerning Seba, Sheba, and Raamah,

The kings of Tarshish and of the islands will bring a gift, and the kings of Sheba and Seba will offer a present; and all kings will fall down before Him. Psalms 72:10-11.

This refers to the Lord, His kingdom, and the celestial Church. Anyone may see that here 'gift' and 'present' mean types of worship, though exactly which types of worship, and the nature of them, cannot be known unless it is known what 'Tarshish and the islands' and 'Sheba and Seba' are used to mean. The fact that 'Tarshish and the islands' is used to mean forms of external worship corresponding to internal has been shown already, from which it follows that 'Sheba and Seba' is used to mean forms of internal worship - 'Sheba' the celestial things of worship, and 'Seba' the spiritual.

[2] In Isaiah,

I gave Egypt as your expiation, Cush and Seba in place of you. Isaiah 43:3.

Here 'Cush and Seba' stands for the spiritual things of faith. In the same prophet,

The labour of Egypt, and the wares of Cush and of the Sabeans, men of stature, will come over to you. Isaiah 45:14.

'The labour of Egypt' stands for knowledge, 'the wares of Cush and the Sabeans' for cognitions of spiritual things which serve people who believe in the Lord.

[3] In the same prophet,

A drove of camels will cover you, dromedaries of Midian and Ephah; all those from Sheba will come. They will bring gold and frankincense and will proclaim the praises of Jehovah. The whole Rock of Arabia will be gathered to you. Isaiah 60:6-7.

Here 'Sheba' is used to mean celestial things and the spiritual things deriving from these, described as 'gold and frankincense', which, as now explained, are 'the praises of Jehovah', that is, internal worship.

[4] In Ezekiel,

The traders of Sheba and Raamah, they were your traders in the best of every spice, and in every precious stone, and they gave gold for your resources. Ezekiel 27:22-23.

This refers to Tyre. What 'Sheba and Raamah' means is clear from the commodities in which they are said to have traded - spices, precious stones, and gold. 'Spices' in the internal sense are charity, 'precious stones' are faith deriving from charity, and 'gold' is love to the Lord, all of which are the celestial things meant by 'Sheba'. Strictly, 'Sheba' means the cognitions of those things - and this is why they are here called 'merchandise' - with which those who become members of the Church are endowed, for without cognitions no one is able to become a member of the Church.

[5] Similar things were represented by the Queen of Sheba who came to Solomon and brought him spices, gold, and precious stones, 1 Kings 10:1-3, and also by the wise men from the east who came to Jesus at His birth, and who fell down and worshipped Him, and who opened their treasures, and offered Him gifts, gold, frankincense, and myrrh, Matthew 2:1, 11. These gifts meant celestial, spiritual, and natural good. In Jeremiah,

To what purpose does frankincense come to Me from Sheba, and best sweet cane from a distant land? Your burnt offerings are not acceptable. Jeremiah 6:20.

Here also it is evident that 'Sheba' stands for cognitions and adoration, meant by 'frankincense and sweet cane', though here they are those things devoid of charity, which are not pleasing.

  
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