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1 Και οτε ηρχισαν οι ανθρωποι να πληθυνωνται επι του προσωπου της γης, και θυγατερες εγεννηθησαν εις αυτους,

2 ιδοντες οι υιοι του Θεου τας θυγατερας των ανθρωπων, οτι ησαν ωραιαι, ελαβον εις εαυτους γυναικας εκ πασων οσας εκλεξαν.

3 Και ειπε Κυριος, Δεν θελει καταμεινει παντοτε το πνευμα μου μετα του ανθρωπου, διοτι ειναι σαρξ· αι ημεραι αυτου θελουσιν εισθαι ακομη εκατον εικοσι ετη.

4 Κατ' εκεινας τας ημερας ησαν οι γιγαντες επι της γης, και ετι, υστερον, αφου οι υιοι του Θεου εισηλθον εις τας θυγατερας των ανθρωπων, και αυται ετεκνοποιησαν εις αυτους· εκεινοι ησαν οι δυνατοι, οι εκπαλαι ανδρες ονομαστοι.

5 Και ειδεν ο Κυριος ετι επληθυνετο η κακια του ανθρωπου επι της γης, και παντες οι σκοποι των διαλογισμων της καρδιας αυτου ησαν μονον κακια πασας τας ημερας.

6 Και μετεμεληθη ο Κυριος οτι εποιησε τον ανθρωπον επι της γης. και ελυπηθη εν τη καρδια αυτου.

7 Και ειπεν ο Κυριος, Θελω εξαλειψει τον ανθρωπον, τον οποιον εποιησα, απο προσωπου της γης· απο ανθρωπου εως κτηνους, εως ερπετου, και εως πτηνου του ουρανου· επειδη μετεμεληθην οτι εποιησα αυτους.

8 Ο δε Νωε ευρε χαριν ενωπιον Κυριου.

9 Αυτη ειναι η γενεαλογια του Νωε. Ο Νωε ητο ανθρωπος δικαιος, τελειος μεταξυ των συγχρονων αυτου· μετα του Θεου περιεπατησεν ο Νωε.

10 Και εγεννησεν ο Νωε τρεις υιους, τον Σημ, τον Χαμ και τον Ιαφεθ.

11 Διεφθαρη δε η γη ενωπιον του Θεου, και ενεπλησθη η γη αδικιας.

12 Και ειδεν ο Θεος την γην, και ιδου, ητο διεφθαρμενη· διοτι πασα σαρξ ειχε διαφθειρει την οδον αυτης επι της γης.

13 Και ειπεν ο Θεος προς τον Νωε, Το τελος πασης σαρκος ηλθεν ενωπιον μου, διοτι η γη ενεπλησθη αδικιας απ' αυτων· και ιδου, θελω εξολοθρευσει αυτους και την γην.

14 Καμε εις σεαυτον κιβωτον εκ ξυλων Γοφερ· κατα δωματια θελεις καμει την κιβωτον, και θελεις αλειψει αυτην εσωθεν και εξωθεν με πισσαν.

15 Και ουτω θελεις καμει αυτην· το μεν μηκος της κιβωτου θελει εισθαι τριακοσιων πηχων, το δε πλατος αυτης πεντηκοντα πηχων, και το υψος αυτης τριακοντα πηχων.

16 Στεγην θελεις καμει εις την κιβωτον, και εις πηχην θελεις τελειωσει αυτην ανωθεν· και την θυραν της κιβωτου θελεις βαλει εκ πλαγιων· κατωγαια, διωροφα, και τριωροφα θελεις καμει αυτην.

17 Εγω δε, ιδου, εγω επιφερω τον κατακλυσμον των υδατων επι της γης, δια να εξολοθρευσω πασαν σαρκα, εχουσαν εν εαυτη πνευμα ζωης υποκατω του ουρανου· παν ο, τι ειναι επι της γης, θελει αποθανει.

18 Και θελω στησει την διαθηκην μου προς σε· και θελεις εισελθει εις την κιβωτον, συ, και οι υιοι σου, και η γυνη σου, και αι γυναικες των υιων σου μετα σου.

19 Και απο παντος ζωου εκ πασης σαρκος, ανα δυο εκ παντων θελεις εισαξει εις την κιβωτον, δια να φυλαξης την ζωην αυτων μετα σεαυτου· αρσεν και θηλυ θελουσιν εισθαι.

20 Απο των πτηνων κατα το ειδος αυτων, και απο των κτηνων κατα το ειδος αυτων, απο παντων των ερπετων της γης κατα το ειδος αυτων, ανα δυο εκ παντων θελουσιν εισελθει προς σε, δια να φυλαξης την ζωην αυτων.

21 Και συ λαβε εις σεαυτον απο παντος φαγητου το οποιον τρωγεται, και θελεις συναξει αυτο πλησιον σου· και θελει εισθαι εις σε, και εις αυτα, προς τροφην.

22 Και εκαμεν ο Νωε κατα παντα οσα προσεταξεν εις αυτον ο Θεος· ουτως εκαμε.

   

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Arcana Coelestia #904

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904. That 'God spoke to Noah' means the Lord's presence with the member of the Church becomes clear from the internal sense of the Word. The Lord speaks to everybody, for whatever good and truth a person wills and thinks comes from the Lord. With everyone there are at least two evil spirits and two angels. The former activate his evils whereas the latter instill goods and truths. Every good or truth that angels instill is the Lord's; in this way the Lord is constantly speaking to man, though quite differently from one person to the next. To people who allow themselves to be carried away by evil spirits the Lord speaks as though He were not present, or so far away that He can hardly be said to be speaking. But to those who are being led by the Lord, the Lord speaks as one who is quite present. This becomes clear enough from the fact that nobody can possibly think of anything good and true except from the Lord.

[2] The Lord's presence is relative to the state of love towards the neighbour and of faith present in a person. It is in love towards the neighbour that the Lord is present, for He is present in all good, and not so much in so-called faith that is devoid of love. Faith devoid of love and charity is something severed or disjoined. Wherever conjunction exists there has to be a conjoining agency, which is exclusively love and charity. This may become clear to anyone from the fact that the Lord has compassion on everybody, loves everyone, and wishes to make everyone eternally happy. A person therefore who is devoid of the kind of love that leads him to have compassion on others, to love them, and to wish to make them happy, cannot be joined to the Lord because he is not at all like Him, and is in no sense the image of Him. Looking to the Lord by means of that which goes by the name of faith while hating the neighbour amounts not only to standing a long way off, but also to having between himself and the Lord a hell-like chasm into which the person would fall if he wished to go any nearer. For it is hatred towards the neighbour that constitutes that intervening hell-like chasm.

[3] The Lord is present with a person the moment he starts to love the neighbour. It is in love that the Lord is present, and to the extent that a person has love the Lord is present. And to the extent that the Lord is present He speaks to man. No one knows anything other than that he thinks from himself. Yet he possesses not one single idea of thought, not even the shred of an idea, from himself. Rather that which is evil and false he possesses through evil spirits from hell, and that which is good and true through angels from the Lord. Such is influx, the channel by which a person's life comes and by which consequently his soul interacts with the body. All these considerations make clear what 'God spoke to Noah' means. 'Saying to someone' means one thing, as in Genesis 1:29; 3:13-14, 17; 4:6, 9, 15; 6:13; 7:1, while 'speaking to someone' means another. Here speaking to Noah' means His being present, for the subject now is the regenerate person, who has had charity conferred on him.

  
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