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Postanak 5

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1 Ovo je pleme Adamovo. Kad Bog stvori čoveka po obličju svom stvori ga.

2 Muško i žensko stvori ih, i blagoslovi ih, i nazva ih čovek, kad biše stvoreni.

3 I požive Adam sto trideset godina, i rodi sina po obličju svom, kao što je on, i nadede mu ime Sit.

4 A rodiv Sita požive Adam osam stotina godina, rađajući sinove i kćeri;

5 Tako požive Adam svega devet stotina trideset godina; i umre.

6 A Sit požive sto pet godina, i rodi Enosa;

7 A rodiv Enosa požive Sit osam stotina sedam godina, rađajući sinove i kćeri;

8 Tako požive Sit svega devet stotina dvanaest godina; i umre.

9 A Enos požive devedeset godina, i rodi Kajinana;

10 A rodiv Kajinana požive Enos osam stotina petnaest godina, rađajući sinove i kćeri;

11 Tako požive Enos svega devet stotina pet godina; i umre.

12 A Kajinan požive sedamdeset godina, i rodi Maleleila;

13 A rodiv Maleleila požive Kajinan osam stotina i četrdeset godina, rađajući sinove i kćeri;

14 Tako požive Kajinan svega devet stotina deset godina; i umre.

15 A Maleleilo požive šezdeset pet godina, i rodi Jareda;

16 A rodiv Jareda požive Maleleilo osam stotina trideset godina, rađajući sinove i kćeri;

17 Tako požive Maleleilo svega osam stotina devedeset pet godina; i umre.

18 A Jared požive sto i šezdeset i dve godine, i rodi Enoha;

19 A rodiv Enoha požive Jared osam stotina godina, rađajući sinove i kćeri;

20 Tako požive Jared svega devet stotina šezdeset dve godine, i umre.

21 A Enoh požive šezdeset pet godina, i rodi Matusala;

22 A rodiv Matusala požive Enoh jednako po volji Božjoj trista godina, rađajući sinove i kćeri;

23 Tako požive Enoh svega trista šezdeset pet godina;

24 I živeći Enoh jednako po volji Božjoj, nestade ga jer ga uze Bog.

25 A Matusal požive sto osamdeset sedam godina, i rodi Lameha;

26 A rodiv Lameha požive Matusal sedam stotina osamdeset dve godine, rađajući sinove i kćeri;

27 Tako požive Matusal svega devet stotina i šezdeset i devet godina; i umre.

28 A Lameh požive sto osamdeset i dve godine, i rodi sina,

29 I nadede mu ime Noje govoreći: Ovaj će nas odmoriti od poslova naših i od truda ruku naših na zemlji, koju prokle Gospod.

30 A rodiv Noja požive Lameh pet stotina devedeset pet godina, rađajući sinove i kćeri;

31 Tako požive Lameh svega sedam stotina sedamdeset sedam godina; i umre.

32 A Noju kad bi pet stotina godina, rodi Noje Sima, Hama i Jafeta.

   

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Arcana Coelestia #568

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568. 'Daughters' means the things that constituted the will of that man, and so means evil desires. This is clear from what has been stated and shown about sons and daughters at verse 4 of the previous chapter, where 'sons' meant truths and 'daughters' goods. 'Daughters' or goods constitute the will. But as is a person's character so is his understanding and his will, and so therefore his 'sons and daughters'. At the moment the subject is the corrupt human type who has no will but merely evil desire instead, which people imagine to be the will and actually call the will. For any attribute is determined by the nature of the subject to which it is attributed. As shown already, the human type to whom 'daughters' are attributed here is a corrupt type.

[2] The reason 'daughters' means things constituting the will, which are evil desires when the will for good is non-existent, while 'sons' means those constituting the understanding, which are delusions when the understanding of truth is non-existent, is that the female disposition and make-up is such that the will or evil desire reigns rather than understanding. Every one of their fibres runs in that direction; and it is their very nature. The male make-up however is such that the understanding or reason reigns; every one of their fibres too runs in that direction, and it is their very nature. Consequently the marriage of the two sexes is like that of the will and the understanding in the individual. And because nowadays the will for good does not exist, but only evil desire, when yet it is possible for something of the understanding or reason to exist, so many laws were for that reason laid down in the Jewish Church concerning the husband's rights and the wife's obedience.

  
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