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創世記 10

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1 ノアのセム、ハム、ヤペテの系図は次のとおりである。洪水の、彼らに子が生れた。

2 ヤペテの子孫はゴメル、マゴグマダイ、ヤワン、トバル、メセク、テラスであった。  

3 ゴメルの子孫はアシケナズ、リパテ、トガルマ

4 ヤワンの子孫はエリシャ、タルシシ、キッテム、ドダニムであった。

5 これらから海沿いの地の民が分れて、おのおのその土地におり、その言語にしたがい、その氏族にしたがって、その々に住んだ。

6 ハムの子孫はクシ、ミツライム、プテ、カナンであった。

7 クシの子孫はセバ、ハビラ、サブタ、ラアマ、サブテカであり、ラアマの子孫はシバとデダンであった。

8 クシの子はニムロデであって、このニムロデは世の権力者となった最初の人である。

9 彼は主のに力ある狩猟者であった。これから「主のに力ある狩猟者ニムロデのごとし」ということわざが起った。

10 彼の最初シナルの地にあるバベル、エレク、アカデ、カルネであった。

11 彼はその地からアッスリヤに出て、ニネベ、レホボテイリ、カラ

12 およびニネベカラとの間にある大いなるレセンを建てた。

13 ミツライムからルデ族、アナミ族、レハビ族、ナフト族、

14 パテロス族、カスル族、カフトリ族が出た。カフトリ族からペリシテ族が出た。

15 カナンからその長子シドンが出て、またヘテが出た。

16 その他エブスびと、アモリびと、ギルガシびと、

17 ヒビびと、アルキびと、セニびと、

18 アルワデびと、ゼマリびと、ハマテびとが出た。になってカナンびとの氏族がひろがった。

19 カナンびとの境はシドンからゲラルを経てガザに至り、ソドム、ゴモラ、アデマ、ゼボイムを経て、レシャに及んだ。

20 これらはハムの孫であって、その氏族とその言語とにしたがって、その土地と、その々にいた。

21 セムにもが生れた。セムはエベルのすべての孫の先祖であって、ヤペテのであった。

22 セム孫はエラム、アシュル、アルパクサデ、ルデ、アラムであった。

23 アラム孫はウヅ、ホル、ゲテル、マシであった。

24 アルパクサデの子はシラ、シラの子はエベルである。

25 エベルにふたりの子が生れた。そのひとりの名をペレグといった。これは彼の代に地の民が分れたからである。その弟の名をヨクタンといった。

26 ヨクタンにアルモダデ、シャレフ、ハザルマウテ、エラ、

27 ハドラム、ウザル、デクラ、

28 オバルアビマエル、シバ、

29 オフル、ハビラ、ヨバブが生れた。これらは皆ヨクタンの子であった。

30 彼らが住んだ所はメシャから東の地セパルに及んだ。

31 これらはセム孫であって、その氏族とその言語とにしたがって、その土地と、その々にいた。

32 これらはノアの子らの氏族であって、血統にしたがって々に住んでいたが、洪水の、これらから地上の諸民が分れたのである。

   

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Arcana Coelestia #1179

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1179. Wherefore it was said, As Nimrod mighty in hunting before Jehovah. That this signifies that, because so many were persuaded, such a form of speech became proverbial and that it further signifies that such a religion easily captivates the minds of men, may be seen from all that has been said, and from the very sense of the letter. Moreover, as in ancient times they gave names to actual things, they gave this name to this worship, saying that “Nimrod”—that is, this worship—“was mighty in hunting,” that is, was one that captivates the minds of men. It is said “before Jehovah,” because they who were in such worship called faith separated “Jehovah,” or “the man Jehovah,” as is evident from what has been said before n. 340) concerning Cain, by whom in like manner there is signified faith separated from charity. But the difference between “Cain” and “Ham” is that the former was in the celestial church which had perception, and the latter in the spiritual church which had no perception; and therefore the former was more heinous than the latter. In ancient times such were called “mighty,” as in Isaiah:

All the glory of Kedar shall be consumed, and the residue of the number, the bows of the mighty men of the sons of Kedar shall be diminished (Isaiah 21:16-17).

And in Hosea:

Ye have plowed wickedness, ye have reaped iniquity, ye have eaten the fruit of a lie, for thou didst trust in thy way, in the multitude of thy mighty men (Hosea 10:13); and in other places.

They called themselves “men” [viri], and “mighty,” from faith; for there is a term in the original language which expresses the idea of might and at the same time of a man [vir], which term in the Word is predicated of faith, and that in both senses.

  
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Genesis 10

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1 Now this is the history of the generations of the sons of Noah and of Shem, Ham, and Japheth. Sons were born to them after the flood.

2 The sons of Japheth: Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras.

3 The sons of Gomer: Ashkenaz, Riphath, and Togarmah.

4 The sons of Javan: Elishah, Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim.

5 Of these were the islands of the nations divided in their lands, everyone after his language, after their families, in their nations.

6 The sons of Ham: Cush, Mizraim, Put, and Canaan.

7 The sons of Cush: Seba, Havilah, Sabtah, Raamah, and Sabteca. The sons of Raamah: Sheba and Dedan.

8 Cush became the father of Nimrod. He began to be a mighty one in the earth.

9 He was a mighty hunter before Yahweh. Therefore it is said, "Like Nimrod, a mighty hunter before Yahweh."

10 The beginning of his kingdom was Babel, Erech, Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.

11 Out of that land he went forth into Assyria, and built Nineveh, Rehoboth Ir, Calah,

12 and Resen between Nineveh and Calah (the same is the great city).

13 Mizraim became the father of Ludim, Anamim, Lehabim, Naphtuhim,

14 Pathrusim, Casluhim (which the Philistines descended from), and Caphtorim.

15 Canaan became the father of Sidon (his firstborn), Heth,

16 the Jebusite, the Amorite, the Girgashite,

17 the Hivite, the Arkite, the Sinite,

18 the Arvadite, the Zemarite, and the Hamathite. Afterward the families of the Canaanites were spread abroad.

19 The border of the Canaanites was from Sidon, as you go toward Gerar, to Gaza; as you go toward Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboiim, to Lasha.

20 These are the sons of Ham, after their families, after their languages, in their lands, in their nations.

21 To Shem, the father of all the children of Eber, the elder brother of Japheth, to him also were children born.

22 The sons of Shem: Elam, Asshur, Arpachshad, Lud, and Aram.

23 The sons of Aram: Uz, Hul, Gether, and Mash.

24 Arpachshad became the father of Shelah. Shelah became the father of Eber.

25 To Eber were born two sons. The name of the one was Peleg, for in his days the earth was divided. His brother's name was Joktan.

26 Joktan became the father of Almodad, Sheleph, Hazarmaveth, Jerah,

27 Hadoram, Uzal, Diklah,

28 Obal, Abimael, Sheba,

29 Ophir, Havilah, and Jobab. All these were the sons of Joktan.

30 Their dwelling was from Mesha, as you go toward Sephar, the mountain of the east.

31 These are the sons of Shem, after their families, after their languages, in their lands, after their nations.

32 These are the families of the sons of Noah, after their generations, in their nations. Of these were the nations divided in the earth after the flood.