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创世记 1

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1 起初创造

2 是空虚混沌,渊面黑暗的灵运行在水面上。

3 :要有,就有了

4 的,就把分开了。

5 为昼,称为夜。有晚上,有早晨,这是头日。

6 :诸水之间要有空气,将水分为上下。

7 就造出空气,将空气以、空气以上的分开了。事就这样成了。

8 空气。有晚上,有早晨,是第二日。

9 的水要聚在处,使旱地露出来。事就这样成了。

10 称旱,称水的聚处为着是的。

11 要发生青和结种子的菜蔬,并结果子的树木,各从其类,果子都包着核。事就这样成了。

12 於是发生了青和结种子的菜蔬,各从其类;并结果子的树木,各从其类;果子都包着核。着是的。

13 晚上,有早晨,是第三日。

14 上要有体,可以分昼夜,作记号,定节令、日子、年岁,

15 并要发天空,普照在上。事就这样成了。

16 於是造了两个的管昼,小的管夜,又造众

17 就把这些光摆列在天空,普照在上,

18 管理昼夜,分别明着是的。

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 就造出鱼和水中所滋生各样有生命的动物,各从其类;又造出各样飞,各从其类。着是的。

22 就赐福给这一切,说:滋生繁多,充满中的水;雀也要多生在上。

23 晚上,有早晨,是第五日。

24 要生出活物来,各从其类;牲畜、昆虫、上的野兽,各从其类。事就这样成了。

25 於是造出野兽,各从其类;牲畜,各从其类;上一切昆虫,各从其类。着是的。

26 我们要照着我们的形像、按着我们的样式造人,使他们管理里的鱼、空中的上的牲畜,和全,并上所爬的一切昆虫。

27 就照着自己的形像造人,乃是照着他的形像造男造

28 就赐福给他们,又对他们:要生养众多,遍满地面,治理这,也要管理里的鱼、空中的,和上各样行动的活物。

29 :看哪,我将遍上一切结种子的菜蔬和一切上所结有核的果子全赐你们作食物。

30 至於上的走兽和空中的飞,并各样爬在上有生命的物,我将青赐给他们作食物。事就这样成了。

31 着一切所造的都甚。有晚上,有早晨,是第六日。

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Arcana Coelestia #28

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28. Verse 10 And God called the dry land Earth, and the gathering together of the waters He called Seas; and God saw that it was good.

It is very common in the Word for 'waters' to mean cognitions and facts, and consequently for 'seas' to mean a gathering together of them, as in Isaiah,

The earth will be full of the knowledge of Jehovah as the waters covering the sea. Isaiah 11:9.

And in the same prophet, with reference to a lack of cognitions and facts,

The waters will dry up from the sea, the river will be parched and dry, and the streams will diminish. Isaiah 19:5-6.

In Haggai, with reference to a new Church,

I will shake the heavens and the earth, and the sea and the dry land; and I will shake all nations, and the desire of all nations will come, and I will fill this house with glory. Haggai 2:6-7.

And with reference to someone who is to be regenerated, in Zechariah,

There will be one day - it is known to Jehovah - not day and not night, for at evening time there will be light; and on that day living waters will flow out from Jerusalem, part of them to the eastern sea, and part of them to the western sea. Zechariah 14:7-8.

In David where the person is described who, having been vastated, is to be regenerated, and to worship the Lord, Jehovah does not despise His bound ones. Heaven and earth will praise Him, the seas and everything that creeps in them! Psalms 69:33-34.

That 'the earth' means that which receives is seen in Zechariah,

Jehovah is He who stretches out the heavens, and founds the earth, and forms the spirit of man within him. Zechariah 12:1.

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