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Genesis 11

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1 καὶ ἦν πᾶσα ἡ γῆ χεῖλος ἕν καὶ φωνὴ μία πᾶσιν

2 καὶ ἐγένετο ἐν τῷ κινῆσαι αὐτοὺς ἀπὸ ἀνατολῶν εὗρον πεδίον ἐν γῇ σεννααρ καὶ κατῴκησαν ἐκεῖ

3 καὶ εἶπεν ἄνθρωπος τῷ πλησίον δεῦτε πλινθεύσωμεν πλίνθους καὶ ὀπτήσωμεν αὐτὰς πυρί καὶ ἐγένετο αὐτοῖς ἡ πλίνθος εἰς λίθον καὶ ἄσφαλτος ἦν αὐτοῖς ὁ πηλός

4 καὶ εἶπαν δεῦτε οἰκοδομήσωμεν ἑαυτοῖς πόλιν καὶ πύργον οὗ ἡ κεφαλὴ ἔσται ἕως τοῦ οὐρανοῦ καὶ ποιήσωμεν ἑαυτοῖς ὄνομα πρὸ τοῦ διασπαρῆναι ἐπὶ προσώπου πάσης τῆς γῆς

5 καὶ κατέβη κύριος ἰδεῖν τὴν πόλιν καὶ τὸν πύργον ὃν ᾠκοδόμησαν οἱ υἱοὶ τῶν ἀνθρώπων

6 καὶ εἶπεν κύριος ἰδοὺ γένος ἓν καὶ χεῖλος ἓν πάντων καὶ τοῦτο ἤρξαντο ποιῆσαι καὶ νῦν οὐκ ἐκλείψει ἐξ αὐτῶν πάντα ὅσα ἂν ἐπιθῶνται ποιεῖν

7 δεῦτε καὶ καταβάντες συγχέωμεν ἐκεῖ αὐτῶν τὴν γλῶσσαν ἵνα μὴ ἀκούσωσιν ἕκαστος τὴν φωνὴν τοῦ πλησίον

8 καὶ διέσπειρεν αὐτοὺς κύριος ἐκεῖθεν ἐπὶ πρόσωπον πάσης τῆς γῆς καὶ ἐπαύσαντο οἰκοδομοῦντες τὴν πόλιν καὶ τὸν πύργον

9 διὰ τοῦτο ἐκλήθη τὸ ὄνομα αὐτῆς σύγχυσις ὅτι ἐκεῖ συνέχεεν κύριος τὰ χείλη πάσης τῆς γῆς καὶ ἐκεῖθεν διέσπειρεν αὐτοὺς κύριος ὁ θεὸς ἐπὶ πρόσωπον πάσης τῆς γῆς

10 καὶ αὗται αἱ γενέσεις σημ σημ υἱὸς ἑκατὸν ἐτῶν ὅτε ἐγέννησεν τὸν αρφαξαδ δευτέρου ἔτους μετὰ τὸν κατακλυσμόν

11 καὶ ἔζησεν σημ μετὰ τὸ γεννῆσαι αὐτὸν τὸν αρφαξαδ πεντακόσια ἔτη καὶ ἐγέννησεν υἱοὺς καὶ θυγατέρας καὶ ἀπέθανεν

12 καὶ ἔζησεν αρφαξαδ ἑκατὸν τριάκοντα πέντε ἔτη καὶ ἐγέννησεν τὸν καιναν

13 καὶ ἔζησεν αρφαξαδ μετὰ τὸ γεννῆσαι αὐτὸν τὸν καιναν ἔτη τετρακόσια τριάκοντα καὶ ἐγέννησεν υἱοὺς καὶ θυγατέρας καὶ ἀπέθανεν καὶ ἔζησεν καιναν ἑκατὸν τριάκοντα ἔτη καὶ ἐγέννησεν τὸν σαλα καὶ ἔζησεν καιναν μετὰ τὸ γεννῆσαι αὐτὸν τὸν σαλα ἔτη τριακόσια τριάκοντα καὶ ἐγέννησεν υἱοὺς καὶ θυγατέρας καὶ ἀπέθανεν

14 καὶ ἔζησεν σαλα ἑκατὸν τριάκοντα ἔτη καὶ ἐγέννησεν τὸν εβερ

15 καὶ ἔζησεν σαλα μετὰ τὸ γεννῆσαι αὐτὸν τὸν εβερ τριακόσια τριάκοντα ἔτη καὶ ἐγέννησεν υἱοὺς καὶ θυγατέρας καὶ ἀπέθανεν

16 καὶ ἔζησεν εβερ ἑκατὸν τριάκοντα τέσσαρα ἔτη καὶ ἐγέννησεν τὸν φαλεκ

17 καὶ ἔζησεν εβερ μετὰ τὸ γεννῆσαι αὐτὸν τὸν φαλεκ ἔτη τριακόσια ἑβδομήκοντα καὶ ἐγέννησεν υἱοὺς καὶ θυγατέρας καὶ ἀπέθανεν

18 καὶ ἔζησεν φαλεκ ἑκατὸν τριάκοντα ἔτη καὶ ἐγέννησεν τὸν ραγαυ

19 καὶ ἔζησεν φαλεκ μετὰ τὸ γεννῆσαι αὐτὸν τὸν ραγαυ διακόσια ἐννέα ἔτη καὶ ἐγέννησεν υἱοὺς καὶ θυγατέρας καὶ ἀπέθανεν

20 καὶ ἔζησεν ραγαυ ἑκατὸν τριάκοντα δύο ἔτη καὶ ἐγέννησεν τὸν σερουχ

21 καὶ ἔζησεν ραγαυ μετὰ τὸ γεννῆσαι αὐτὸν τὸν σερουχ διακόσια ἑπτὰ ἔτη καὶ ἐγέννησεν υἱοὺς καὶ θυγατέρας καὶ ἀπέθανεν

22 καὶ ἔζησεν σερουχ ἑκατὸν τριάκοντα ἔτη καὶ ἐγέννησεν τὸν ναχωρ

23 καὶ ἔζησεν σερουχ μετὰ τὸ γεννῆσαι αὐτὸν τὸν ναχωρ ἔτη διακόσια καὶ ἐγέννησεν υἱοὺς καὶ θυγατέρας καὶ ἀπέθανεν

24 καὶ ἔζησεν ναχωρ ἔτη ἑβδομήκοντα ἐννέα καὶ ἐγέννησεν τὸν θαρα

25 καὶ ἔζησεν ναχωρ μετὰ τὸ γεννῆσαι αὐτὸν τὸν θαρα ἔτη ἑκατὸν εἴκοσι ἐννέα καὶ ἐγέννησεν υἱοὺς καὶ θυγατέρας καὶ ἀπέθανεν

26 καὶ ἔζησεν θαρα ἑβδομήκοντα ἔτη καὶ ἐγέννησεν τὸν αβραμ καὶ τὸν ναχωρ καὶ τὸν αρραν

27 αὗται δὲ αἱ γενέσεις θαρα θαρα ἐγέννησεν τὸν αβραμ καὶ τὸν ναχωρ καὶ τὸν αρραν καὶ αρραν ἐγέννησεν τὸν λωτ

28 καὶ ἀπέθανεν αρραν ἐνώπιον θαρα τοῦ πατρὸς αὐτοῦ ἐν τῇ γῇ ᾗ ἐγενήθη ἐν τῇ χώρᾳ τῶν χαλδαίων

29 καὶ ἔλαβον αβραμ καὶ ναχωρ ἑαυτοῖς γυναῖκας ὄνομα τῇ γυναικὶ αβραμ σαρα καὶ ὄνομα τῇ γυναικὶ ναχωρ μελχα θυγάτηρ αρραν πατὴρ μελχα καὶ πατὴρ ιεσχα

30 καὶ ἦν σαρα στεῖρα καὶ οὐκ ἐτεκνοποίει

31 καὶ ἔλαβεν θαρα τὸν αβραμ υἱὸν αὐτοῦ καὶ τὸν λωτ υἱὸν αρραν υἱὸν τοῦ υἱοῦ αὐτοῦ καὶ τὴν σαραν τὴν νύμφην αὐτοῦ γυναῖκα αβραμ τοῦ υἱοῦ αὐτοῦ καὶ ἐξήγαγεν αὐτοὺς ἐκ τῆς χώρας τῶν χαλδαίων πορευθῆναι εἰς τὴν γῆν χανααν καὶ ἦλθεν ἕως χαρραν καὶ κατῴκησεν ἐκεῖ

32 καὶ ἐγένοντο αἱ ἡμέραι θαρα ἐν χαρραν διακόσια πέντε ἔτη καὶ ἀπέθανεν θαρα ἐν χαρραν

   

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Arcana Coelestia #1093

इस मार्ग का अध्ययन करें

  
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1093. That 'cursed be Canaan' means that external worship separated from internal turned itself away from the Lord is clear from the meaning of 'Canaan' and from the meaning of 'being cursed'. That 'Canaan' is external worship separated from internal is clear from what has been stated already about Canaan, also from his being called 'cursed'; and from what follows about his being 'a slave of slaves'. And being a slave both to Shem and to Japheth cannot mean anything other than something separated from the Church itself, such as worship that is wholly external. This is clear from the meaning of 'being cursed' as turning oneself away, for the Lord in no way curses anybody, or is even angry. Instead it is man who brings the curse upon himself by turning himself away from the Lord. On these points see what has been shown already in 223, 245, 592. The Lord is as far from cursing or being angry with anyone as the sky is from the earth. Who can believe that the Lord, who is all-knowing and all-powerful, who with wisdom rules the universe, and so who is infinitely superior to all [human] weaknesses, is angry with such pitifully worthless dust, that is, with human beings who scarcely know anything of what they do and who of themselves are incapable of anything other than evil? With the Lord therefore anger is never present, only mercy.

[2] That arcana are contained here can be seen merely from the consideration that even though it was Ham who saw his father's nakedness and pointed it out to his brothers, he was not cursed but his son Canaan, who was not his only son nor even the firstborn but the fourth in line, as is clear from Chapter 10, verse 6 later on, where the sons of Ham are mentioned as being Cush, Mizraim, Put, and Canaan. It can in addition be seen from the Divine Law that no son was to bear his father's iniquity, as is clear in Ezekiel,

The soul that has sinned will die. The son will not bear the iniquity of the father, nor will the father bear the iniquity of the son. Ezekiel 18:20; Deuteronomy 14:16; 2 Kings 14:6.

And the same can also be seen from the consideration that this iniquity of merely seeing his father's nakedness and pointing it out to his brothers seems too slight for all of his descendants ever to have been cursed on that account. From these considerations it is clear that arcana are contained here.

[3] The reason Ham is not mentioned here but Canaan is that Ham means faith separated from charity in the spiritual Church, which cannot be cursed because in that Church faith has holiness present within it because truth is present there. And although there is no faith when there is no charity, it is still possible - since it is by means of the cognitions of faith that a person is regenerated - for separated faith to be allied to charity, and in this way to be in some sense 'a brother' or may become one. This was why Canaan was cursed and not Ham. Furthermore the inhabitants of the land of Canaan were for the most part people such as made all worship consist in external things, the Jews there as much as the gentiles. These are the arcana contained here, but for which Canaan would never have been substituted for Ham. That external worship separated from internal turns itself away and so brings a curse on itself is quite clear from the fact that people whose worship is external have no regard for anything other than worldly, bodily, and earthly things. Thus they look downwards, and immerse their minds (animus) and life in those things; such will be dealt with a little further on.

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