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1 I Bog blagoslovi Noja i sinove njegove, i reče im; rađajte se i množite se i napunite zemlju;

2 I sve zveri zemaljske i sve ptice nebeske i sve što ide po zemlji i sve ribe morske neka vas se boje i straše; sve je predano u vaše ruke.

3 Šta se god miče i živi, neka vam bude za jelo, sve vam to dadoh kao zelenu travu.

4 Ali ne jedite mesa s dušom njegovom, a to mu je krv.

5 Jer ću i vašu krv, duše vaše, iskati; od svake ću je zveri iskati; iz ruke samog čoveka, iz ruke svakog brata njegovog iskaću dušu čovečiju.

6 Ko prolije krv čovečiju, njegovu će krv proliti čovek; jer je Bog po svom obličju stvorio čoveka.

7 Rađajte se dakle i množite se; narodite se veoma na zemlji i namnožite se na njoj.

8 I reče Bog Noju i sinovima njegovim s njim, govoreći:

9 A ja evo postavljam zavet svoj s vama i s vašim semenom nakon vas,

10 I sa svim životinjama, što su s vama od ptica, od stoke i od svih zveri zemaljskih što su s vama, sa svačim što je izašlo iz kovčega, i sa svim zverima zemaljskim.

11 Postavljam zavet svoj s vama, te odsele neće nijedno telo poginuti od potopa, niti će više biti potopa da zatre zemlju.

12 I reče Bog: Evo znak zaveta koji postavljam između sebe i vas i svake žive tvari, koja je s vama do veka:

13 Metnuo sam dugu svoju u oblake, da bude znak zaveta između mene i zemlje.

14 Pa kad oblake navučem na zemlju, videće se duga u oblacima,

15 I opomenuću se zaveta svog koji je između mene i vas i svake duše žive u svakom telu, i neće više biti od vode potopa da zatre svako telo.

16 Duga će biti u oblacima, pa ću je pogledati, i opomenuću se večnog zaveta između Boga i svake duše žive u svakom telu koje je na zemlji.

17 I reče Bog Noju: To je znak zaveta koji sam učinio između sebe i svakog tela na zemlji.

18 A behu sinovi Nojevi koji izađoše iz kovčega: Sim i Ham i Jafet; a Ham je otac Hanancima.

19 To su tri sina Nojeva, i od njih se naseli sva zemlja.

20 A Noje poče raditi zemlju, i posadi vinograd.

21 I napiv se vina opi se, i otkri se nasred šatora svog.

22 A Ham, otac Hanancima, vide golotinju oca svog, i kaza obojici braće svoje na polju.

23 A Sim i Jafet uzeše haljinu, i ogrnuše je obojica na ramena svoja, i idući natraške pokriše njom golotinju oca svog, licem natrag okrenuvši se da ne vide golotinje oca svog.

24 A kad se Noje probudi od vina, dozna šta mu je učinio mlađi sin,

25 I reče: Proklet da je Hanan, i da bude sluga slugama braće svoje!

26 I još reče: Blagosloven da je Gospod Bog Simov, i Hanan da mu bude sluga!

27 Bog da raširi Jafeta da živi u šatorima Simovim, a Hanan da im bude sluga!

28 I požive Noje posle potopa trista pedeset godina.

29 A svega požive Noje devet stotina pedeset godina; i umre.

   

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Arcana Coelestia #997

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997. Its being 'given all to you' means enjoyment on account of use, which is 'for food', for whatever is given for food is for use. As regards use, the situation is this: People who are governed by charity, that is, who dwell in love towards the neighbour - from which love the living delight contained in pleasures derives - have no regard for the enjoyment of pleasures except on account of the use that is served; for charity does not exist if there are no works of charity. It is in the exercise of it, that is, in use, that charity consists. Someone who loves the neighbour as himself never experiences the delight of charity except in the exercise of it, or in use. Consequently the life of charity is a life of uses. Such life pervades the whole of heaven, for the Lord's kingdom, being a kingdom of mutual love, is a kingdom of uses. Every pleasure therefore that springs from charity finds its delight in use, and the more pre-eminent the use the greater the delight. For this reason it is the very being and nature of a use which determines the happiness that angels have from the Lord.

[2] The situation with every pleasure is that the more pre-eminent its use is, the greater is its delight. Take one example, the delight of conjugial love: since the seed-bed of human society derives from it, and from that seed-bed the Lord's kingdom in heaven, which constitutes the greatest use of all, it therefore contains, as has been stated, so much delight within itself as to constitute heavenly happiness. The same applies to all other pleasures, their differences depending on the excellence of their respective uses. Those uses are so many and various that they can scarcely be divided into genera and species. One use will relate more closely and directly to the Lord's kingdom, or the Lord, another more remotely and indirectly. From these considerations it is also clear that all pleasures are available to man, yet only for the sake of the use they serve; and thus though they vary according to the use they serve, they share in and receive their life from heavenly happiness.

  
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