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Genesis 5

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1 Tato jest kniha rodů Adamových. V ten den, v kterémž stvořil Bůh člověka, ku podobenství Božímu učinil ho.

2 Muže a ženu stvořil je a požehnal jim, a nazval jméno jejich Adam v ten den, když stvořeni jsou.

3 Byl pak Adam ve stu a třidcíti letech, když zplodil syna ku podobenství svému a k obrazu svému, a nazval jméno jeho Set.

4 I bylo dnů Adamových po zplození Seta osm set let, a plodil syny a dcery.

5 A tak bylo všech dnů Adamových, v kterýchž byl živ, devět set a třidceti let, i umřel.

6 Set pak byl ve stu a pěti letech, když zplodil Enosa.

7 A po zplození Enosa živ byl Set osm set a sedm let, a plodil syny a dcery.

8 I bylo všech dnů Setových devět set a dvanácte let, i umřel.

9 Byl pak Enos v devadesáti letech, když zplodil Kainana.

10 A po zplození Kainana živ byl Enos osm set a patnácte let, a plodil syny a dcery.

11 I bylo všech dnů Enosových devět set a pět let, i umřel.

12 Kainan pak byl v sedmdesáti letech, když zplodil Mahalaleele.

13 A po zplození Mahalaleele živ byl Kainan osm set a čtyřidceti let, a plodil syny a dcery.

14 I bylo všech dnů Kainanových devět set a deset let, i umřel.

15 Mahalaleel pak byl v šedesáti a pěti letech, když zplodil Járeda.

16 A po zplození Járeda živ byl Mahalaleel osm set a třidceti let, a plodil syny a dcery.

17 I bylo všech dnů Mahalaleelových osm set devadesáte a pět let, i umřel.

18 Járed pak byl ve stu šedesáti a dvou letech, když zplodil Enocha.

19 A po zplození Enocha živ byl Járed osm set let, a plodil syny a dcery.

20 I bylo všech dnů Járedových devět set šedesáte a dvě létě, i umřel.

21 Enoch pak byl v šedesáti a pěti letech, když zplodil Matuzaléma.

22 A chodil Enoch stále s Bohem po zplození Matuzaléma tři sta let, a plodil syny a dcery.

23 I bylo všech dnů Enochových tři sta šedesáte a pět let.

24 A chodil Enoch stále s Bohem a nebyl více vidín; nebo vzal ho Bůh.

25 Matuzalém pak byl ve stu osmdesáti sedmi letech, když zplodil Lámecha.

26 A po zplození Lámecha živ byl Matuzalém sedm set osmdesáte a dvě létě, a plodil syny a dcery.

27 I bylo všech dnů Matuzalémových devět set šedesáte a devět let, i umřel.

28 Lámech pak byl ve stu osmdesáti a dvou letech, když zplodil syna,

29 Jehož jméno nazval Noé, řka: Tento nám odpočinutí způsobí od díla našeho,od práce rukou našich, kterouž máme s zemí, jížto zlořečil Hospodin.

30 A živ byl Lámech potom, když zplodil Noé, pět set devadesáte a pět let, a plodil syny a dcery.

31 I bylo všech dnů Lámechových sedm set sedmdesáte a sedm let, i umřel.

32 A když byl Noé v pěti stech letech, zplodil Sema, Chama a Jáfeta.

   

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Arcana Coelestia #477

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477. 'Man' is the Most Ancient Church. This has been stated and shown quite often already, for in the highest sense the Lord Himself alone is Man. From this the celestial Church, being the likeness of Him, is referred to as 'Man', and then from this the spiritual Church is so called because it was an image of Him. But in a general sense everyone is called man who has human understanding, for a person is man, one person more so than the next, by virtue of his understanding. Nevertheless one person ought to be distinguished from the next according to faith inherent in love to the Lord.

[2] The Most Ancient Church, and every true Church, and so people who belong to the Church, that is, who do so by virtue of love to the Lord and of faith in Him, are pre-eminently called 'Man'. This is clear from the Word, as in Ezekiel,

I will cause man to multiply upon you, the whole house of Israel, all of it. I will cause man and beast to multiply upon you so that they multiply and are fruitful, and I will resettle you 1 to be as in your ancient times, and I will do more good than in your early days. I will cause man to walk upon you, even My people Israel. Ezekiel 36:10-12.

Here the Most Ancient Church is meant by 'earliest times', the Ancient Churches by 'early days', and the Primitive Church, or Church among gentiles, by 'the house of Israel' and 'the people of Israel', all of which Churches are called Man.

[3] In Moses,

Remember the days of old, understand the years of generation after generation. When the Most High gave to the nations an inheritance, when He separated the sons of man, He fixed the boundaries of the peoples according to the number of the sons of Israel. Deuteronomy 32:7-8.

Here the Most Ancient Church is meant by 'the days of old' and the Ancient Churches by 'generation after generation'. Those people are called 'sons of man' whose faith was in the Lord, which faith is 'the number of the sons of Israel'. A regenerate person is called 'man' in Jeremiah,

I looked to the earth, and behold, a void and an emptiness, and at the heavens, and they had no light. I looked, and behold, there was no man, and all the birds of the air' had flown away. Jeremiah 4:23, 25.

Here 'earth' stands for the external man, 'heaven' for the internal man; 'man' stands for a love of good, and 'the birds of the air' 2 for an understanding of truth.

[4] In the same prophet,

Behold, the days are coming when I will sow the house of Israel and the house of Judah with the seed of man and the seed of beast. Jeremiah 31:27.

Here 'man' stands for the internal man, 'beast' for the external man. In Isaiah,

Turn yourselves away from the man in whose nostrils there is breath, 2 for of what account is he? Isaiah 2:22.

'Man' stands for the member of the Church. In the same prophet,

Jehovah will remove man far away, and there will be many forsaken places in the midst of the land. Isaiah 6:12.

This refers to the vastation of man, so that good and truth are no more. In the same prophet,

The inhabitants of the land will be scorched and few men (homo) left. Isaiah 14:6.

Here 'men' (homo) stands for people who have faith. In the same prophet,

The highways have been laid waste, the wayfarer has ceased. He has made the covenant worthless, despised cities, had no regard for man; the land mourns and languishes. Isaiah 33:8-9.

This stands for the man who in Hebrew is Enosh. In the same prophet,

I will make a man (homo) more precious than pure gold, and a man (homo) than the gold of Ophir. Therefore I will jolt heaven, and the earth will be shaken out of its place. Isaiah 13:12-13.

The first reference to 'a man' here is Enosh, but the second is Adam.

Footnotes:

1. literally, bird of the heavens (or the skies)

2. literally, spirit

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