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創世記 1

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1 起初創造

2 是空虛混沌,淵面黑暗的靈運行在水面上。

3 :要有,就有了

4 的,就把分開了。

5 為晝,稱為夜。有晚上,有早晨,這是頭日。

6 :諸水之間要有空氣,將水分為上下。

7 就造出空氣,將空氣以、空氣以上的分開了。事就這樣成了。

8 空氣。有晚上,有早晨,是第二日。

9 的水要聚在處,使旱地露出來。事就這樣成了。

10 稱旱,稱水的聚處為著是的。

11 要發生青和結種子的菜蔬,並結果子的樹木,各從其類,果子都包著核。事就這樣成了。

12 於是發生了青和結種子的菜蔬,各從其類;並結果子的樹木,各從其類;果子都包著核。著是的。

13 晚上,有早晨,是第三日。

14 上要有體,可以分晝夜,作記號,定節令、日子、年歲,

15 並要發天空,普照在上。事就這樣成了。

16 於是造了兩個的管晝,小的管夜,又造眾

17 就把這些光擺列在天空,普照在上,

18 管理晝夜,分別明著是的。

19 晚上,有早晨,是第四日。

20 要多多滋生有生命的物;要有雀地面以上,天空之中。

21 就造出魚和水中所滋生各樣有生命的動物,各從其類;又造出各樣飛,各從其類。著是的。

22 就賜福給這一切,說:滋生繁多,充滿中的水;雀也要多生在上。

23 晚上,有早晨,是第五日。

24 要生出活物來,各從其類;牲畜、昆蟲、上的野獸,各從其類。事就這樣成了。

25 於是造出野獸,各從其類;牲畜,各從其類;上一切昆蟲,各從其類。著是的。

26 我們要照著我們的形像、按著我們的樣式造人,使他們管理裡的魚、空中的上的牲畜,和全,並上所爬的一切昆蟲。

27 就照著自己的形像造人,乃是照著他的形像造男造

28 就賜福給他們,又對他們:要生養眾多,遍滿地面,治理這,也要管理裡的魚、空中的,和上各樣行動的活物。

29 :看哪,我將遍上一切結種子的菜蔬和一切上所結有核的果子全賜你們作食物。

30 至於上的走獸和空中的飛,並各樣爬在上有生命的物,我將青賜給他們作食物。事就這樣成了。

31 著一切所造的都甚。有晚上,有早晨,是第六日。

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Arcana Coelestia #872

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872. 'The face 1 of the ground' means those things that reside with the member of the Church, and the expression 'the ground' is used because it is the first stage at which man comes to be the Church. This is clear from the meaning of 'the ground', dealt with already, as the member of the Church who is at that point called 'the ground' when the goods and truths of faith can be sown within him. Previously he is called 'the land', as in Genesis 1 where 'the land' refers to man prior to his becoming celestial, while Chapter 2, when he has become celestial, refers to him as 'the ground' and 'the field'. It is similar in the present chapter. The expression 'the land' and the expression 'the ground' are sufficient by themselves to enable someone to recognize what is meant in the internal sense, not only here but also anywhere else in the Word. 'The ground' in the universal sense means the Church, and as the Church is meant so too is the member of the Church for, as stated already, every member of the Church is the Church.

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1. literally, The faces

  
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