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Genesis 1:25

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25 And God made the beast of the earth after his kind, and cattle after their kind, and every thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind: and God saw that it was good.

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創世記 1

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1 起初創造

2 是空虛混沌,淵面黑暗的靈運行在水面上。

3 :要有,就有了

4 的,就把分開了。

5 為晝,稱為夜。有晚上,有早晨,這是頭日。

6 :諸水之間要有空氣,將水分為上下。

7 就造出空氣,將空氣以、空氣以上的分開了。事就這樣成了。

8 空氣。有晚上,有早晨,是第二日。

9 的水要聚在處,使旱地露出來。事就這樣成了。

10 稱旱,稱水的聚處為著是的。

11 要發生青和結種子的菜蔬,並結果子的樹木,各從其類,果子都包著核。事就這樣成了。

12 於是發生了青和結種子的菜蔬,各從其類;並結果子的樹木,各從其類;果子都包著核。著是的。

13 晚上,有早晨,是第三日。

14 上要有體,可以分晝夜,作記號,定節令、日子、年歲,

15 並要發天空,普照在上。事就這樣成了。

16 於是造了兩個的管晝,小的管夜,又造眾

17 就把這些光擺列在天空,普照在上,

18 管理晝夜,分別明著是的。

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 就造出魚和水中所滋生各樣有生命的動物,各從其類;又造出各樣飛,各從其類。著是的。

22 就賜福給這一切,說:滋生繁多,充滿中的水;雀也要多生在上。

23 晚上,有早晨,是第五日。

24 要生出活物來,各從其類;牲畜、昆蟲、上的野獸,各從其類。事就這樣成了。

25 於是造出野獸,各從其類;牲畜,各從其類;上一切昆蟲,各從其類。著是的。

26 我們要照著我們的形像、按著我們的樣式造人,使他們管理裡的魚、空中的上的牲畜,和全,並上所爬的一切昆蟲。

27 就照著自己的形像造人,乃是照著他的形像造男造

28 就賜福給他們,又對他們:要生養眾多,遍滿地面,治理這,也要管理裡的魚、空中的,和上各樣行動的活物。

29 :看哪,我將遍上一切結種子的菜蔬和一切上所結有核的果子全賜你們作食物。

30 至於上的走獸和空中的飛,並各樣爬在上有生命的物,我將青賜給他們作食物。事就這樣成了。

31 著一切所造的都甚。有晚上,有早晨,是第六日。

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Arcana Coelestia #2227

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2227. That 'Abraham will certainly become a great and numerous nation' means that from the Lord will come all good, and from this all truth, is clear from the representation of 'Abraham' as the Lord, dealt with often above, and also from the meaning of 'nation' as good, dealt with in 1159, 1258-1260, 1416, 1849 - here 'a great and numerous nation', by which good and truth deriving from it are meant. That 'great' has reference to good and 'numerous' to truth may become clear from other places in the Word, but I must refrain from quoting them here. Truth derived from good is in the genuine sense spiritual good, for there are two kinds of good, quite distinct and separate from each other, namely celestial good and spiritual good. Celestial good is the manifestation of love to the Lord, spiritual good the manifestation of love towards the neighbour. From the former, that is, celestial good, flows the latter, that is, spiritual good; for no one is able to love the Lord unless he also loves the neighbour. Love to the Lord embraces love towards the neighbour, for love to the Lord originates in the Lord, thus in Love itself towards the whole human race. Abiding in love to the Lord is the same as abiding in the Lord, and one who abides in the Lord must inevitably abide in His love which is directed towards the human race, and thus towards the neighbour, so that in him both kinds of good are present - both celestial and spiritual. Celestial good is indeed good itself, but spiritual good is in fact truth that goes with or is derived from that celestial good. This truth, as stated, is spiritual good. It is celestial good that is meant by 'great', but spiritual good by 'numerous'.

  
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