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1 αὗται δὲ αἱ γενέσεις τῶν υἱῶν νωε σημ χαμ ιαφεθ καὶ ἐγενήθησαν αὐτοῖς υἱοὶ μετὰ τὸν κατακλυσμόν

2 υἱοὶ ιαφεθ γαμερ καὶ μαγωγ καὶ μαδαι καὶ ιωυαν καὶ ελισα καὶ θοβελ καὶ μοσοχ καὶ θιρας

3 καὶ υἱοὶ γαμερ ασχαναζ καὶ ριφαθ καὶ θοργαμα

4 καὶ υἱοὶ ιωυαν ελισα καὶ θαρσις κίτιοι ῥόδιοι

5 ἐκ τούτων ἀφωρίσθησαν νῆσοι τῶν ἐθνῶν ἐν τῇ γῇ αὐτῶν ἕκαστος κατὰ γλῶσσαν ἐν ταῖς φυλαῖς αὐτῶν καὶ ἐν τοῖς ἔθνεσιν αὐτῶν

6 υἱοὶ δὲ χαμ χους καὶ μεσραιμ φουδ καὶ χανααν

7 υἱοὶ δὲ χους σαβα καὶ ευιλα καὶ σαβαθα καὶ ρεγμα καὶ σαβακαθα υἱοὶ δὲ ρεγμα σαβα καὶ δαδαν

8 χους δὲ ἐγέννησεν τὸν νεβρωδ οὗτος ἤρξατο εἶναι γίγας ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς

9 οὗτος ἦν γίγας κυνηγὸς ἐναντίον κυρίου τοῦ θεοῦ διὰ τοῦτο ἐροῦσιν ὡς νεβρωδ γίγας κυνηγὸς ἐναντίον κυρίου

10 καὶ ἐγένετο ἀρχὴ τῆς βασιλείας αὐτοῦ βαβυλὼν καὶ ορεχ καὶ αρχαδ καὶ χαλαννη ἐν τῇ γῇ σεννααρ

11 ἐκ τῆς γῆς ἐκείνης ἐξῆλθεν ασσουρ καὶ ᾠκοδόμησεν τὴν νινευη καὶ τὴν ροωβωθ πόλιν καὶ τὴν χαλαχ

12 καὶ τὴν δασεμ ἀνὰ μέσον νινευη καὶ ἀνὰ μέσον χαλαχ αὕτη ἡ πόλις ἡ μεγάλη

13 καὶ μεσραιμ ἐγέννησεν τοὺς λουδιιμ καὶ τοὺς ενεμετιιμ καὶ τοὺς λαβιιμ καὶ τοὺς νεφθαλιιμ

14 καὶ τοὺς πατροσωνιιμ καὶ τοὺς χασλωνιιμ ὅθεν ἐξῆλθεν ἐκεῖθεν φυλιστιιμ καὶ τοὺς καφθοριιμ

15 χανααν δὲ ἐγέννησεν τὸν σιδῶνα πρωτότοκον καὶ τὸν χετταῖον

16 καὶ τὸν ιεβουσαῖον καὶ τὸν αμορραῖον καὶ τὸν γεργεσαῖον

17 καὶ τὸν ευαῖον καὶ τὸν αρουκαῖον καὶ τὸν ασενναῖον

18 καὶ τὸν ἀράδιον καὶ τὸν σαμαραῖον καὶ τὸν αμαθι καὶ μετὰ τοῦτο διεσπάρησαν αἱ φυλαὶ τῶν χαναναίων

19 καὶ ἐγένοντο τὰ ὅρια τῶν χαναναίων ἀπὸ σιδῶνος ἕως ἐλθεῖν εἰς γεραρα καὶ γάζαν ἕως ἐλθεῖν σοδομων καὶ γομορρας αδαμα καὶ σεβωιμ ἕως λασα

20 οὗτοι υἱοὶ χαμ ἐν ταῖς φυλαῖς αὐτῶν κατὰ γλώσσας αὐτῶν ἐν ταῖς χώραις αὐτῶν καὶ ἐν τοῖς ἔθνεσιν αὐτῶν

21 καὶ τῷ σημ ἐγενήθη καὶ αὐτῷ πατρὶ πάντων τῶν υἱῶν εβερ ἀδελφῷ ιαφεθ τοῦ μείζονος

22 υἱοὶ σημ αιλαμ καὶ ασσουρ καὶ αρφαξαδ καὶ λουδ καὶ αραμ καὶ καιναν

23 καὶ υἱοὶ αραμ ως καὶ ουλ καὶ γαθερ καὶ μοσοχ

24 καὶ αρφαξαδ ἐγέννησεν τὸν καιναν καὶ καιναν ἐγέννησεν τὸν σαλα σαλα δὲ ἐγέννησεν τὸν εβερ

25 καὶ τῷ εβερ ἐγενήθησαν δύο υἱοί ὄνομα τῷ ἑνὶ φαλεκ ὅτι ἐν ταῖς ἡμέραις αὐτοῦ διεμερίσθη ἡ γῆ καὶ ὄνομα τῷ ἀδελφῷ αὐτοῦ ιεκταν

26 ιεκταν δὲ ἐγέννησεν τὸν ελμωδαδ καὶ τὸν σαλεφ καὶ ασαρμωθ καὶ ιαραχ

27 καὶ οδορρα καὶ αιζηλ καὶ δεκλα

28 καὶ αβιμεηλ καὶ σαβευ

29 καὶ ουφιρ καὶ ευιλα καὶ ιωβαβ πάντες οὗτοι υἱοὶ ιεκταν

30 καὶ ἐγένετο ἡ κατοίκησις αὐτῶν ἀπὸ μασση ἕως ἐλθεῖν εἰς σωφηρα ὄρος ἀνατολῶν

31 οὗτοι υἱοὶ σημ ἐν ταῖς φυλαῖς αὐτῶν κατὰ γλώσσας αὐτῶν ἐν ταῖς χώραις αὐτῶν καὶ ἐν τοῖς ἔθνεσιν αὐτῶν

32 αὗται αἱ φυλαὶ υἱῶν νωε κατὰ γενέσεις αὐτῶν κατὰ τὰ ἔθνη αὐτῶν ἀπὸ τούτων διεσπάρησαν νῆσοι τῶν ἐθνῶν ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς μετὰ τὸν κατακλυσμόν

   

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Arcana Coelestia #2504

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2504. And he sojourned in Gerar. That this signifies instruction thence in the spiritual things of faith, is evident from the signification of “sojourning,” as being to be instructed (see n. 1463, 2025); and from the signification of “Gerar,” as being what is spiritual of faith. Gerar is named in several places in Genesis (as chapter 10; 26:1, 6, 17, 20, 26); and in these it signifies faith, and this for the reason that Gerar was in Philistia; and by “Philistia” is signified the mere memory-knowledge of the knowledges of faith (see n. 1197, 1198); and it was Gerar where the king of the Philistines dwelt. Hence it is that faith itself is signified by “Gerar” (n. 1209); and by the “king of Gerar,” the truth itself of faith; for “king” in the internal sense is truth (n. 1672, 2015, 2069). Thus by “Abimelech” is signified the doctrine of faith, concerning which in what follows.

[2] In general there are intellectual things of faith, rational things of faith, and memory-knowledges of faith. They thus proceed in their order from interiors to exteriors. The things of faith which are inmost are called intellectual; those which proceed from them or thence are the rational things of faith; and those which proceed again from these are the memory-knowledges of faith. They are-to use the language of the learned-as prior to posterior, or what is the same, as higher to lower, that is, as interior to exterior. It indeed appears to man as if the memory-knowledge of faith were first, and that the rational then came forth from it, and at length the intellectual; and this for the reason that man advances in this way from his childhood. Nevertheless, although man is not aware of it, the intellectual flows in continually into the rational, and this into the faculty of knowing; 1 but in childhood obscurely, in adult age more evidently, and at last in full light when the man has been regenerated. Then it is apparent that this is the order, and still more fully in the other life (see n. 1495). All these are called “spiritual things;” which are distinguished in this way into degrees, and succeed one another in such an order. The spiritual things of faith are all the truths which are from good, that is, from a celestial origin. Whatever is derived from the celestial is a spiritual thing of faith.

Footnotes:

1. See n. 1901 at the end as compared with n. 1902. [Reviser.]

  
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