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Postanak 5

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1 Ovo je povijest Adamova roda. Kad je Bog stvorio čovjeka, napravio ga je na priliku svoju;

2 stvorio je muško i žensko. A kad ih je stvorio, blagoslovi ih i nazva - čovjek.

3 Kad je Adamu bilo sto i trideset godina, rodi mu se sin njemu sličan, na njegovu sliku; nadjenu mu ime Šet.

4 Po rođenju Šetovu Adam je živio osam stotina godina te mu se rodilo još sinova i kćeri.

5 Adam poživje u svemu devet stotina i trideset godina. Potom umrije.

6 Kad je Šetu bilo sto i pet godina, rodi mu se Enoš.

7 Po rođenju Enoševu Šet je živio osam stotina i sedam godina te mu se rodilo još sinova i kćeri.

8 Šet poživje u svemu devet stotina i dvanaest godina. Potom umrije.

9 Kad je Enošu bilo devedeset godina, rodi mu se Kenan.

10 Po rođenju Kenanovu Enoš je živio osam stotina i petnaest godina te mu se rodilo još sinova i kćeri.

11 Enoš poživje u svemu devet stotina i pet godina. Potom umrije.

12 Kad je Kenanu bilo sedamdeset godina, rodi mu se Mahalalel.

13 Po rođenju Mahalalelovu Kenan je živio osam stotina i četrdeset godina te mu se rodilo još sinova i kćeri.

14 Kenan poživje u svemu devet stotina i deset godina. Potom umrije.

15 Kad je Mahalalelu bilo šezdeset i pet godina, rodi mu se Jered.

16 Po rođenju Jeredovu Mahalalel je živio osam stotina i trideset godina te mu se rodilo još sinova i kćeri.

17 Mahalalel poživje u svemu osam stotina devedeset i pet godina. Potom umrije.

18 Kad je Jeredu bilo sto šezdeset i dvije godine, rodi mu se Henok.

19 Po rođenju Henokovu Jered je živio osam stotina godina te mu se rodilo još sinova i kćeri.

20 Jered poživje u svemu devet stotina šezdeset i dvije godine. Potom umrije.

21 Kad je Henoku bilo šezdeset i pet godina, rodi mu se Metušalah.

22 Henok je hodio s Bogom. Po rođenju Metušalahovu Henok je živio trista godina te mu se rodilo još sinova i kćeri.

23 Henok poživje u svemu trista šezdeset i pet godina.

24 Henok je hodio s Bogom, potom iščeznu; Bog ga uze.

25 Kad je Metušalahu bilo sto osamdeset i sedam godina, rodi mu se Lamek.

26 Po rođenju Lamekovu Metušalah je živio sedam stotina osamdeset i dvije godine te mu se rodilo još sinova i kćeri.

27 Metušalah poživje u svemu devet stotina šezdeset i devet godina. Potom umrije.

28 Kad su Lameku bile sto osamdeset i dvije godine, rodi mu se sin.

29 Nadjene mu ime Noa, govoreći: "Ovaj će nam pribavljati, u trudu i naporu naših ruku, utjehu iz zemlje koju je Bog prokleo."

30 Po rođenju Noinu Lamek je živio pet stotina devedeset i pet godina te mu se rodilo još sinova i kćeri.

31 Lamek poživje u svemu sedam stotina sedamdeset i sedam godina. Potom umrije.

32 Pošto je Noa proživio pet stotina godina, rode mu se Šem, Ham i Jafet.

   

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Arcana Coelestia #530

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530. As has been stated, the names used in this chapter mean Churches, or what amounts to the same, doctrinal systems, for it is by virtue of its doctrine that a Church exists and takes its name. Thus Noah means the Ancient Church, or the doctrine that remained from the Most Ancient Church. The situation with Churches or doctrines has been stated already, namely that they dwindle away until nothing remains any longer of the goods and truths of faith. And when that point has been reached, the Church is in the Word called vastated. Nevertheless a remnant is always preserved, that is, some people are preserved, no matter how few, with whom the good and truth of faith persist. And unless that good and truth of faith were preserved with those people there would be no conjunction of heaven with the human race.

[2] As regards the remnants that reside with the individual, the fewer they are the less possible it is for the rational concepts and the factual knowledge he possesses to receive light; for the light of good and truth flows in from the remnants, or rather from the Lord by way of the remnants. If there were no remnants residing with a person, he would not be a human being, but someone far inferior to any animal. The fewer the remnants, the less he is a human being, while the more they are, the more he is a human being. Remnants are like a star in the sky; the smaller it is the weaker the light coming from it, but the greater it is, the brighter the light coming from it. The few things that did remain from the Most Ancient Church resided with those who constituted the Church called Noah. Those things were not however the remains of perception but of integrity, and also of doctrine deriving from the things of the Most Ancient Churches that were matters of perception. At that point therefore a new Church was raised up by the Lord. Being entirely different in disposition from the Most Ancient Churches, it is to be referred to as the Ancient Church, ancient from the fact that it existed at the last stage before the Flood and in the first period of time after it. This Church will in the Lord's Divine mercy be dealt with later on.

  
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