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1 Ovo je pleme Adamovo. Kad Bog stvori čoveka po obličju svom stvori ga.

2 Muško i žensko stvori ih, i blagoslovi ih, i nazva ih čovek, kad biše stvoreni.

3 I požive Adam sto trideset godina, i rodi sina po obličju svom, kao što je on, i nadede mu ime Sit.

4 A rodiv Sita požive Adam osam stotina godina, rađajući sinove i kćeri;

5 Tako požive Adam svega devet stotina trideset godina; i umre.

6 A Sit požive sto pet godina, i rodi Enosa;

7 A rodiv Enosa požive Sit osam stotina sedam godina, rađajući sinove i kćeri;

8 Tako požive Sit svega devet stotina dvanaest godina; i umre.

9 A Enos požive devedeset godina, i rodi Kajinana;

10 A rodiv Kajinana požive Enos osam stotina petnaest godina, rađajući sinove i kćeri;

11 Tako požive Enos svega devet stotina pet godina; i umre.

12 A Kajinan požive sedamdeset godina, i rodi Maleleila;

13 A rodiv Maleleila požive Kajinan osam stotina i četrdeset godina, rađajući sinove i kćeri;

14 Tako požive Kajinan svega devet stotina deset godina; i umre.

15 A Maleleilo požive šezdeset pet godina, i rodi Jareda;

16 A rodiv Jareda požive Maleleilo osam stotina trideset godina, rađajući sinove i kćeri;

17 Tako požive Maleleilo svega osam stotina devedeset pet godina; i umre.

18 A Jared požive sto i šezdeset i dve godine, i rodi Enoha;

19 A rodiv Enoha požive Jared osam stotina godina, rađajući sinove i kćeri;

20 Tako požive Jared svega devet stotina šezdeset dve godine, i umre.

21 A Enoh požive šezdeset pet godina, i rodi Matusala;

22 A rodiv Matusala požive Enoh jednako po volji Božjoj trista godina, rađajući sinove i kćeri;

23 Tako požive Enoh svega trista šezdeset pet godina;

24 I živeći Enoh jednako po volji Božjoj, nestade ga jer ga uze Bog.

25 A Matusal požive sto osamdeset sedam godina, i rodi Lameha;

26 A rodiv Lameha požive Matusal sedam stotina osamdeset dve godine, rađajući sinove i kćeri;

27 Tako požive Matusal svega devet stotina i šezdeset i devet godina; i umre.

28 A Lameh požive sto osamdeset i dve godine, i rodi sina,

29 I nadede mu ime Noje govoreći: Ovaj će nas odmoriti od poslova naših i od truda ruku naših na zemlji, koju prokle Gospod.

30 A rodiv Noja požive Lameh pet stotina devedeset pet godina, rađajući sinove i kćeri;

31 Tako požive Lameh svega sedam stotina sedamdeset sedam godina; i umre.

32 A Noju kad bi pet stotina godina, rodi Noje Sima, Hama i Jafeta.

   

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Arcana Coelestia #482

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482. Until now nobody has known what the years and the numbers of years occurring in this chapter mean in the internal sense. People who stay within the sense of the letter imagine that they are no more than chronological years. But none of the content from here down to Chapter 12 is history as it seems to be in the sense of the letter, for every single detail contains something of a different nature. What applies to names applies to numbers as well. In the Word the number three occurs frequently, and so does the number seven; and in every instance they mean something holy or inviolable as regards those states which the periods of time or whatever else that is mentioned embody or represent. This applies as much to the shortest as to the longest time-intervals; for just as parts makeup the whole, so do the shortest make up the longest. For a similarity must exist in order that a whole may emerge satisfactorily out of the parts, or that which is largest out of that which is smallest.

[2] As in Isaiah,

Jehovah has now spoken, saying, In three years, according to the years of a hireling, the glory of Moab will be rendered worthless. Isaiah 16:14.

In the same prophet,

The Lord said to me, Within yet a year, according to the years of a hireling, and all the glory of Kedar will be brought to an end. Isaiah 21:6.

Here both the shortest as well as the longest time-intervals are meant. In Habakkuk,

O Jehovah, I have heard Your fame; I was afraid. O Jehovah, revive Your work in the midst of the years, in the midst of the years do You make it known. Habakkuk 3:2.

Here 'the midst of the years' stands for the Lord's Coming. If the intervals are shorter this stands for every coming of the Lord, as when a person is being regenerated; but if longer it stands for the rising anew of the Lord's Church. It is also called in Isaiah 'the year of the redeemed', The day of vengeance was in My heart, and the year of My redeemed has come. Isaiah 63:4.

So too 'the thousand years' for which Satan is to be bound, Revelation 20:2-3, 7, and 'the thousand years' associated with the first resurrection, Revelation 20:4-6. These in no way mean a thousand years but the states associated with them. For just as 'days, as shown 'already, are interpreted as a state, so too are 'years', and the states are described by the number of the years. From this it becomes clear that periods of time in this chapter also embody states, for every Church experienced a different state of perception from the next, according to differences of disposition resulting from inherited and acquired characteristics.

  
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