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1 Mosebok 9

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1 Og Gud velsignet Noah og hans sønner, og sa til dem: Vær fruktbare og bli mange og opfyll jorden!

2 Og frykt og redsel for eder skal være over alle dyr på jorden og over alle fugler under himmelen, over alt det som rører sig på jorden, og over alle fiskene i havet; i eders hånd er de gitt.

3 Alt det som rører sig og lever, skal I ha til føde; likesom jeg gav eder de grønne urter, gir jeg eder alt dette.

4 Men kjøtt med dets sjel i, det er dets blod, skal I ikke ete.

5 Men for eders eget blod vil jeg kreve hevn; av hvert dyr vil jeg kreve hevn for det, og av mennesket, av enhvers bror, vil jeg kreve hevn for menneskets liv.

6 Den som utøser menneskets blod, ved mennesket skal hans blod utøses; for i Guds billede skapte han* mennesket. / {* Gud.}

7 Og vær I fruktbare og bli mange, vrimle på jorden og bli mange på den!

8 Og Gud sa til Noah og til hans sønner, som var med ham:

9 Nu vil jeg oprette min pakt med eder og med eders efterkommere,

10 og med alt levende som er hos eder, både fugler og fe og alle de ville dyr som er hos eder, alt som gikk ut av arken, alt som lever på jorden.

11 Jeg opretter min pakt med eder, og aldri mere skal alt kjød utryddes ved vannflom, og aldri mere skal der komme en vannflom som ødelegger jorden.

12 Og Gud sa: Dette er tegnet på den pakt som jeg gjør mellem mig og eder og alt levende som er hos eder, til evige tider:

13 Min bue setter jeg i skyen, og den skal være et tegn på pakten mellem mig og jorden.

14 Og når jeg fører skyer over jorden, og buen sees i skyen,

15 da vil jeg komme i hu den pakt som er mellem mig og eder og alt levende av alt kjød, og vannet skal aldri mere bli en flom som ødelegger alt kjød.

16 Og buen skal stå i skyen, og jeg vil se på den og komme i hu den evige pakt mellem Gud og alt levende av alt kjød som er på jorden.

17 Og Gud sa til Noah: Dette er tegnet på den pakt jeg har oprettet mellem mig og alt kjød som er på jorden.

18 Noahs sønner, som gikk ut av arken, var Sem, Kam og Jafet; og Kam var far til Kana'an.

19 Disse tre var Noahs sønner, og fra dem bredte menneskene sig ut over hele jorden.

20 Og Noah var jorddyrker, og han var den første som plantet en vingård.

21 Og han drakk av vinen og blev drukken, og han klædde sig naken inne i sitt telt.

22 Og da Kam, Kana'ans far, så sin far ligge naken, fortalte han det til begge sine brødre, som var utenfor.

23 Da tok Sem og Jafet et klæde og la det på sine skuldrer og gikk baklengs inn og dekket over sin fars blusel; og de vendte sine øine bort, så de ikke så sin fars blusel.

24 Da så Noah våknet av sitt rus, fikk han vite hvad hans yngste sønn hadde gjort imot ham.

25 Da sa han: Forbannet være Kana'an! trælers træl skal han være for sine brødre.

26 sa han: Lovet være Herren, Sems Gud, og Kana'an være deres træl!

27 Gud gjøre det vidt for Jafet, han skal bo i Sems telter, og Kana'an være deres træl!

28 Efter vannflommen levde Noah ennu tre hundre og femti år.

29 Og alle Noahs dager blev ni hundre og femti år; så døde han.

   

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Arcana Coelestia #1043

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1043. 'The cloud' means the obscure light in which the spiritual man dwells in comparison with the celestial man. This becomes clear from what has just been stated concerning the bow; for the bow, or the colour of the bow, is never manifested except within the cloud. As has been stated, it is the obscurity itself through which the sun's rays shine that is converted into different colours, and so the actual colour that is produced is determined by the nature of the obscurity which the brightness of those rays encounters. Similarly with the spiritual man. The obscurity with him, which is called 'the cloud' here, is falsity, and is the same as the intellectual side of his proprium. When innocence, charity, and mercy from the Lord are instilled into this part of his proprium, the cloud is no longer seen as falsity but as an appearance of truth together with [real] truth from the Lord. Consequently there is the likeness of a coloured bow. The conversion of something spiritual that defies description is involved here, but how else the matter can be explained intelligibly except through the way a person perceives colours and how they are produced I do not know.

[2] The nature of this cloud with someone who is regenerate is clear from what his state was prior to regeneration. A person is regenerated by means of the things he supposes to be the truths of faith. Everyone supposes that his own accepted belief is the truth, and on this basis acquires a conscience. Consequently once he has acquired a conscience, acting contrary to the things that have been impressed on him as being the truths of faith is to him acting contrary to conscience. This applies to everyone who is regenerate. For many from whatever accepted belief are regenerated by the Lord; and once regenerated, they do not receive any direct revelation, but only those things which are implanted through the Word and preaching of it. But because they receive charity, the Lord operates by way of charity into the cloud that is theirs. From this, light is provided, as when the sun pierces a cloud which thereby becomes more illumined and made varicoloured. So also within the cloud [of falsity] the likeness of a bow is manifested. The thinner the cloud therefore, that is, the more it consists of many truths of faith blending together, the more beautiful is the bow; but the thicker this cloud, that is, the less it consists of truths of faith, the less beautiful the bow. Innocence adds considerably to its beauty, bringing so to speak a living brightness to the colours.

[3] All appearances of truth are 'clouds' which envelop a person when he is confined to the sense of the letter of the Word, for the Word speaks according to appearances. Yet, even though he remains in appearances, since he believes the Word in simplicity and has charity, that cloud is relatively thin - it being within this cloud that the Lord forms conscience in the case of one who is inside the Church. In addition, all forms of ignorance of truth are 'clouds', such as envelop a person who does not know what the truth of faith is, in general when he does not know what the Word is, and still more when he has not heard about the Lord. It is within this cloud that the Lord forms conscience in the case of one who is outside the Church; for in ignorance itself there can be innocence, and so charity. All falsities too are 'clouds', but these clouds are the darkness that exists either with people who have a false conscience, as described already, or with people who have none at all. These are in general the various types of clouds. As regards the number of them, the clouds with an individual are so numerous and so thick that if he knew he would be amazed that rays of light from the Lord could ever pierce them at all and that anyone could be regenerated. The person who imagines he has a very small amount of cloud sometimes has a vast quantity of it, while the one who believes he has a vast quantity of cloud has less.

[4] Such clouds reside with the spiritual man, but with the celestial man not so many do so since with him love to the Lord is present, which has been implanted in the will part of his mind. He does not therefore receive conscience from the Lord as the spiritual man does, but perception of good and from this of truth. When the will part of someone's mind is such that he is able to receive rays from a celestial flame, the understanding part is lit up by it, and he knows and perceives from love all things that are truths of faith. The will part is then like a little sun from which rays pass into the understanding part. Such was the nature of the member of the Most Ancient Church. But when the will part of his mind has become utterly corrupted and hellish, and a new will, which is conscience, is therefore formed in the understanding part, as happened to the member of the Ancient Church and happens now to every regenerate member of the spiritual Church, there is thick cloud; for, having no ability to perceive what good and truth are, he must gain a knowledge of this through learning about them. At the same time falsity, which is the obscurity of the cloud, is constantly flowing in from the black will part of his mind, that is, from hell by way of that will part. For this reason the understanding part with the spiritual man can never be enlightened in the way that it is with the celestial man. This is why 'cloud' here means the obscure light in which the spiritual man dwells in comparison with the celestial man.

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