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创世记 11

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1 那时,天下人的口音、言语都是样。

2 他们往东边迁移的时候,在示拿遇见一片平原,就在那里。

3 他们彼此商量:来罢!我们要作砖,把砖烧透了。他们就拿砖当石头,又拿漆当灰泥。

4 他们:来罢!我们建造一座城和一座顶通,为要传扬我们的名,免得我们分散在全上。

5 耶和华降临,要世人所建造的城和

6 耶和华:看哪,他们成为样的人民,都是样的言语,如今既作起这事来,以後他们所要作的事就没有不成就的了。

7 我们去,在那里变乱他们的口音,使他们的言语彼此不通。

8 於是耶和华使他们从那里分散在全上;他们就停工,不造那城了。

9 因为耶和华在那里变乱天下人的言语,使众人分散在全上,所以那城名巴别(就是变乱的意思)。

10 代记在下面。洪水以二年,岁生了亚法撒。

11 生亚法撒之又活了五年,并且生儿养女。

12 亚法撒活到三十五岁,生了沙拉。

13 亚法撒生沙拉之又活了年,并且生儿养女。

14 沙拉活到三十岁,生了希伯。

15 沙拉生希伯之又活了年,并且生儿养女。

16 希伯活到三十岁,生了法勒。

17 希伯生法勒之又活了三十年,并且生儿养女。

18 法勒活到三十岁,生了拉吴。

19 法勒生拉吴之又活了二年,并且生儿养女。

20 拉吴活到三十岁,生了西鹿。

21 拉吴生西鹿之又活了二年,并且生儿养女。

22 西鹿活到三十岁,生了拿鹤。

23 西鹿生拿鹤之又活了二年,并且生儿养女。

24 拿鹤活到二十岁,生了他拉。

25 拿鹤生他拉之又活了一一十九年,并且生儿养女。

26 他拉活到七十岁,生了亚伯兰、拿鹤、哈兰。

27 他拉的後代记在下面。他拉生亚伯兰、拿鹤、哈兰;哈兰生罗得。

28 哈兰在他的本迦勒底的吾珥,在他父亲他拉之先。

29 亚伯兰、拿鹤各娶了妻:亚伯兰的妻子名叫撒莱;拿鹤的妻子名叫密迦,是哈兰的女儿;哈兰是密迦和亦迦的父亲

30 撒莱不生育,没有孩子。

31 他拉带着他儿子亚伯兰和他孙子哈兰儿子罗得,并他儿妇亚伯兰的妻子撒莱,出了迦勒底的吾珥,要往迦南去;他们走到哈兰,就在那里。

32 他拉共活了二零五岁,就哈兰

   

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Arcana Coelestia #1295

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1295. That 'one man said to the next' means that this was started, that is, men started it, follows from the train of thought. This verse is dealing with the third state of the Church when falsities began to reign, in particular the falsities that arise from evil desires. There are two sources of falsities, the first being ignorance of the truth, the second evil desires. Falsity that arises from ignorance of the truth is not so harmful as falsity arising from evil desires, for the falsity of ignorance is the outcome either of having been so taught since early childhood, or of having been so preoccupied with various pursuits that one has never looked into whether something is true, or of not having been competent enough to judge what is true and what is false. Falsities that are the product of such ignorance do little harm provided that the person has not confirmed himself much in them, and so has not, on the instigation of some evil desire or other, persuaded himself to the point of defending those falsities. If he has he so intensifies the cloud of ignorance and converts it into darkness that he is incapable of seeing the truth.

[2] But falsity from evil desires comes into being when the origin of falsity is evil desire, that is, self-love and love of the world, as when somebody takes some point of doctrine, preaches it to captivate and take control of people's minds, and explains or twists that point of doctrine to his own advantage, and confirms it both by reasonings based on facts, and from the literal sense of the Word. The worship that results from this is unholy, however holy it may appear outwardly. For inwardly it is not worship of the Lord but worship of self. Nor does such a person acknowledge any truth, except insofar as he can explain it to his own advantage. Such worship is what is meant by 'Babel'. But the situation is different with people who, though born and brought up in such worship, do not know that it is falsity, and lead charitable lives. Their ignorance has innocence within it, and their worship has the good flowing from charity within it. The unholiness of worship is attributable not so much to the actual worship as to the nature of the worshipper.

  
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