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1 És elvégezteték az ég és a föld, és azoknak minden serege.

2 Mikor pedig elvégezé Isten hetednapon az õ munkáját, a melyet alkotott vala, megszûnék a hetedik napon minden munkájától, a melyet alkotott vala.

3 És megáldá Isten a hetedik napot, és megszentelé azt; mivelhogy azon szûnt vala meg minden munkájától, melyet teremtve szerzett vala Isten.

4 Ez az égnek és a földnek eredete, a mikor teremtettek. Mikor az Úr Isten a földet és az eget teremté,

5 Még semmiféle mezei növény sem vala a földön, s még semmiféle mezei fû sem hajtott ki, mert az Úr Isten [még] nem bocsátott vala esõt a földre; és ember sem vala, ki a földet mívelje;

6 Azonban pára szállott vala fel a földrõl, és megnedvesíté a föld egész színét.

7 És formálta vala az Úr Isten az embert a földnek porából, és lehellett vala az õ orrába életnek lehelletét. Így lõn az ember élõ lélekké.

8 És ültete az Úr Isten egy kertet Édenben, napkelet felõl, és abba helyezteté az embert, a kit formált vala.

9 És nevele az Úr Isten a földbõl mindenféle fát, tekintetre kedvest és eledelre jót, az élet fáját is, a kertnek közepette, és a és gonosz tudásának fáját.

10 Folyóvíz jõ vala pedig ki Édenbõl a kert megöntözésére; és onnét elágazik és négy fõágra szakad vala.

11 Az elsõnek neve Pison, ez az, a mely megkerüli Havilah egész földét, a hol az arany [terem.]

12 És annak a földnek aranya igen ; ott van a Bdelliom és az Onix-kõ.

13 A második folyóvíz neve pedig Gihon; ez az, a mely megkerüli az egész Khús földét.

14 És a harmadik folyóvíz neve Hiddekel; ez az, a mely Assiria hosszában foly. A negyedik folyóvíz pedig az Eufrátes.

15 És vevé az Úr Isten az embert, és helyezteté õt az Éden kertjébe, hogy mívelje és õrizze azt.

16 És parancsola az Úr Isten az embernek, mondván: A kert minden fájáról bátran egyél.

17 De a és gonosz tudásának fájáról, arról ne egyél; mert a mely napon ejéndel arról, bizony meghalsz.

18 És monda az Úr Isten: Nem az embernek egyedül lenni; szerzek néki segítõ társat, hozzá illõt.

19 És formált vala az Úr Isten a földbõl mindenféle mezei vadat, és mindenféle égi madarat, és elvivé az emberhez, hogy lássa, minek nevezze azokat; mert a mely nevet adott az ember az élõ állatnak, az annak neve.

20 És nevet ada az ember minden baromnak, az ég madarainak, és minden mezei vadnak; de az embernek hozzá illõ segítõ társat nem talált vala.

21 Bocsáta tehát az Úr Isten mély álmot az emberre, és ez elaluvék. Akkor kivõn egyet annak oldalbordái közûl, és hússal tölté be annak helyét.

22 És alkotá az Úr Isten azt az oldalbordát, a melyet kivett vala az emberbõl, asszonynyá, és vivé az emberhez.

23 És monda az ember: Ez már csontomból való csont, és testembõl való test: ez asszonyembernek neveztessék, mert emberbõl vétetett.

24 Annakokáért elhagyja a férfiú az õ atyját és az õ anyját, és ragaszkodik feleségéhez: és lesznek egy testté.

25 Valának pedig mindketten mezítelenek, az ember és az õ felesége, és nem szégyenlik vala.

   

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True Christian Religion #279

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279. The third experience.

Seven years ago, when I was collecting the passages which Moses wrote drawing on the two books called The Wars of Jehovah and The Utterances (Numbers 21), some angels were present who told me that those books were the ancient Word; its historical parts are called The Wars of Jehovah, the prophetical parts The Utterances. They said that this Word was still preserved in heaven and was used by the ancients there, whose Word it had been when they were in the world. The ancients, among whom this Word is still in use in heaven, were in part from the land of Canaan and the neighbouring countries, for instance, Syria, Mesopotamia, Arabia, Chaldaea, Assyria, Egypt, Sidon, Tyre and Niniveh. The inhabitants of all these kingdoms had a representative form of worship, and thus a knowledge of correspondences. The wisdom of those times came from that knowledge, which endowed them with inward perception and communication with the heavens. Those who knew the correspondences of that Word were called wise and intelligent, and in later times soothsayers and sorcerers.

[2] But because that Word was full of the sort of correspondences which conveyed celestial and spiritual ideas distantly, so that many people began to falsify it, therefore by the Lord's Divine providence in course of time it vanished, and another Word was given written by correspondences not so distant; this was done through the prophets among the Children of Israel. This Word retains many place names, not only in the land of Canaan, but also in the adjacent parts of Asia; all of these meant matters concerning the church and its states. But these meanings were taken over from the ancient Word. That was the reason why Abram was ordered to go into that land, and his descendants through Jacob were brought into it.

[3] I am allowed to report this new piece of information about the ancient Word, which was in Asia before the Israelite Word existed. It is still preserved there among the peoples who live in Great Tartary. I have spoken with spirits and angels in the spiritual world who came from there. They said that they possess the Word, and have done so from ancient times; and they conduct their Divine worship in accordance with that Word. It is composed purely of correspondences. They said that it also contains the book of Jashar mentioned in Joshua (Joshua 10:12-13), and in the Second Book of Samuel (2 Samuel 1:17-18); they also have the books called The Wars of Jehovah and The Utterances, which are mentioned by Moses (Numbers 21:14-15, 27-30). When I read in their presence the words which Moses took from this source, they looked to see whether they were there, and they found them. This made it clear to me that they still have the ancient Word. During our conversation they mentioned that they worship Jehovah, some of them as an invisible God, and some as visible.

[4] They went on to say that they do not allow foreigners to enter their territory, except the Chinese, with whom they have peaceful relations, because the Chinese Emperor comes from there. 1 They added that they are so populous that they do not believe any region in all the world is more so. This too is plausible when one considers the wall so many miles long, which the Chinese in former times constructed as a defence against invasion by them.

Moreover I was told by angels that the first chapters of Genesis, dealing with creation, Adam and Eve, the Garden of Eden, their sons and descendants down to the flood, as well as Noah and his sons, are also found in that Word, and were copied from it by Moses. Angels and spirits from Great Tartary are to be seen in the southern quarter towards the east. They are separated from others by living on a higher level. They do not allow anyone from Christian countries to visit them, and if any do go up, they put them under guard to prevent them leaving. The reason for this isolation is that they possess a different Word.

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1. This may refer to the Yuan dynasty (13th-14th centuries) who were of Mongol origin; but perhaps the reference is to the non-Chinese Manchu dynasty who ruled China from 1644.

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