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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 #575

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575. 'The days of man were to be a hundred and twenty years' means that he ought to have remnants of faith. At verses 3, 4 of the previous chapter it was stated that 'days' and 'years' meant periods of time and states, and that the most ancient people meant states and changes in the states of the Church by the numbers which they compounded variously. The exact nature of their computation of things that had to do with the Church is one of those matters that have been lost. Here in like manner numbers of years occur, whose meaning nobody can possibly know unless he knows what is concealed in each of the numbers 1-12, and so on. It is quite apparent that they embody some arcanum or other, for in saying that they would live a hundred and twenty years this verse contradicts those that go before it. Nor subsequently did they live a mere hundred and twenty years, as is clear from what Chapter 11 says about those who lived after the Flood - that Shem lived 500 years after he beget Arpachshad, Arpachshad 407 years after he beget Shelah, Shelah 403 years as well after he beget Eber, and Eber 430 years after he beget Peleg. Chapter 9:28 says that Noah lived 350 years after the Flood; and other examples could be given. What the number 120 embodies however is clear merely from the numbers to and 12, for 120 is the product of 10 times 12. It means remnants of faith. In the Word the number ten has the same meaning as tenths, representing remnants which are preserved by the Lord within the internal man. And since these are the Lord's alone they are holy. The number twelve means faith, that is, all things belonging to faith in their entirety. So this composite number means remnants of faith.

  
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