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Genesis 10

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1 Ito nga ang sali't saling lahi ng mga anak ni Noe: si Sem, si Cham, at si Japhet: at sila'y nangagkaanak pagkaraan ng bahang gumunaw.

2 Ang mga anak ni Japhet; si Gomer, at si Magog, at si Madai, at si Javan, at si Tubal, at si Meshech, at si Tiras.

3 At ang mga anak ni Gomer: si Azkenaz, at si Rifat, at si Togarma.

4 At ang mga anak ni Javan; si Elisa, at si Tarsis, si Cittim, at si Dodanim.

5 Sa mga ito nangabahagi ang mga pulo ng mga bansa, sa kanilang mga lupain, na bawa't isa'y ayon sa kanikaniyang wika; ayon sa kanikanilang angkan, sa kanikanilang bansa.

6 At ang mga anak ni Cham; si Cush, at si Mizraim, at si Phut, at si Canaan.

7 At ang mga anak ni Cush; si Seba, at si Havila, at si Sabta, at si Raama, at si Sabtech: at ang mga anak ni Raama; si Sheba, at si Dedan.

8 At naging anak ni Cush si Nimrod: siyang napasimulang maging makapangyarihan sa lupa.

9 Siya'y makapangyarihang mangangaso sa harap ng Panginoon kaya't karaniwang sabihin: Gaya ni Nimrod, na makapangyarihang mangangaso sa harap ng Panginoon.

10 At ang pinagsimulan ng kaniyang kaharian ay ang Babel, at ang Erech, at ang Accad, at ang Calneh, sa lupain ng Shinar.

11 Buhat sa lupaing yaon ay napasa Asiria at itinayo ang Ninive, at ang Rehobotir, at ang Calah,

12 At ang Ressen, sa pagitan ng Ninive at ng Calah (na siyang malaking bayan).

13 At naging anak ni Mizraim si Ludim, at si Anamim, at si Lehabim, at si Naphtuhim.

14 At si Pathrusim, at si Casluim (na siyang pinagbuhatan ng mga Filisteo), at ang Caphtorim.

15 At naging anak ni Canaan si Sidon, na kaniyang panganay, at si Heth.

16 At ang Jebuseo, at ang Amorrheo, at ang Gergeseo;

17 At ang Heveo, at ang Araceo, at ang Sineo.

18 At ang Aradio, at ang Samareo at ang Amatheo: at pagkatapos ay kumalat ang mga angkan ng Cananeo.

19 At ang hangganan ng Cananeo ay mula sa Sidon, kung patungo sa Gerar, hanggang sa Gaza; kung patungo sa Sodoma at Gomorra, at Adma, at Zeboim hanggang Lasa.

20 Ito ang mga anak ni Cham, ayon sa kanikanilang angkan, ayon sa kanikanilang wika, sa kanikanilang mga lupain, sa kanilang mga bansa.

21 At nagkaroon din naman ng mga anak si Sem, na ama ng lahat ng mga anak ni Heber, na siya ring lalong matandang kapatid ni Japhet.

22 Ang mga anak ni Sem; si Elam, at si Assur, at si Arphaxad, at si Lud, at si Aram.

23 At ang mga anak ni Aram: si Uz, at si Hul, at si Gether, at si Mas.

24 At naging anak ni Arphaxad si Sala; at naging anak ni Sala si Heber.

25 At nagkaanak si Heber ng dalawang lalake; ang pangalan ng una'y Peleg; sapagka't sa mga araw niya'y nahati ang lupa; at ang pangalan ng kaniyang kapatid ay Joctan.

26 At naging anak ni Joctan si Almodad, at si Sheleph, at si Hazarmavet, at si Jerah;

27 At si Hadoram, at si Uzal, at si Dicla.

28 At si Obal, at si Abimael, at si Sheba.

29 At si Ophir, at si Havila, at si Jobad: lahat ng ito ay mga naging anak ni Joctan.

30 At ang naging tahanan nila ay mula sa Mesa, kung patungo sa Sephar, na siyang bundok sa silanganan.

31 Ito ang mga anak ni Sem, ayon sa kanikanilang angkan, ayon sa kanikanilang wika, sa kanikanilang lupain, ayon sa kanikanilang bansa.

32 Ito ang mga angkan ng mga anak ni Noe, ayon sa kanikanilang lahi, sa kanikanilang bansa: at sa mga ito nangabahagi ang mga bansa pagkatapos ng bahang gumunaw.

   

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Arcana Coelestia #1151

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1151. 'Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras' were just so many nations with whom such worship existed, and who in the internal sense mean just so many differing types of doctrine which were one and the same as the forms of ritual which they observed devoutly. This is quite clear from the Word where these nations are mentioned in various places, for those nations everywhere mean external worship, sometimes external worship corresponding to internal, sometimes the contrary The reason the latter is sometimes meant is that all Churches everywhere altered in the course of time, and altered indeed into something contrary. The fact that the nations named here mean nothing other than external worship, and therefore their doctrinal teachings, which were forms of ritual, becomes clear, as has been stated, from other parts of the Word, chiefly in the Prophets.

[2] Magog, Meshech, Tubal, and Gomer are referred to in Ezekiel as follows,

Son of man, set your face 1 towards Gog, the land of Magog, the prince, the head of Meshech and Tubal, and prophesy against him, and say, Thus said the Lord Jehovih, Behold, I am against you, O Gog, the prince, the head of Meshech and Tubal; and I will turn you about, and put hooks into your jaws, and I will bring you back, and all your army, horses and horsemen, all of them clothed in full armor, a great company, with shield and buckler, all of them wielding swords: Persia, Cush, and Put with them; Gomer and all on his flanks; Bethtogarmah, the uttermost parts of the north, and all on his Ranks. In the latter years you will come upon the land that is brought back from the sword, that is gathered out of many peoples, upon the mountains of Israel, which have been made a waste. Ezekiel 38:2-6, 8.

The subject in the whole of this chapter is a Church that became corrupted and which at length focused the whole of worship in external things or religious observances once charity, meant by 'the mountains of Israel', had been destroyed. Here 'Gog and the land of Magog, the prince and head of Meshech and Tubal' is worship confined to external things. Anyone may see that Gog and Magog are not the subject, for the Word of the Lord does not deal with worldly things, but embodies Divine matters.

[3] In the same prophet,

Prophesy against Gog and say, Thus said the Lord Jehovih, Behold, I am against you, O Gog, the prince, the head of Meshech and Tubal; and I will bring you back, and will split you into six, and make you come up from the uttermost parts of the north and bring you on to the mountains of Israel. On the mountains of Israel you will fall, you and all on your flanks, and the peoples that are with you. Ezekiel 39:1-2, 4.

The subject in the whole of this chapter is likewise external worship separated from internal and made idolatrous. Such worship is meant here by 'Gog, Meshech and Tubal' who are also used to mean the matters of doctrine which people adopt and then confirm from the literal sense of the Word, and in so doing falsify truths and destroy internal worship. For, as has been stated, those same nations also mean contrary things.

[4] In John,

When the thousand years have come to an end, Satan will be loosed from his prison, and will come out to deceive the nations which are at the four corners of the earth. Gog and Magog, to gather them for battle. They went up over the breadth 2 of the earth, and surrounded the camp of the saints, [and] the beloved city. Revelation 20:7-9.

Here also 'Gog and Magog' has a similar meaning. External worship separated from internal, that is, separated from love to the Lord and from love towards the neighbour, is nothing but idolatrous worship which 'surrounds the camp of the saints and the beloved city'.

[5] Meshech and Tubal are referred to in Ezekiel as follows,

Meshech and Tubal are there, and all their crowd; round about it are its graves; all of them are uncircumcised, pierced by the sword, for they spread their terror in the land of the living. Ezekiel 32:26.

This refers to Egypt, that is, to factual knowledge by means of which people wish to inquire into spiritual things. 'Meshech and Tubal' stands for doctrinal teachings, which were forms of ritual, which are called 'uncircumcised' when love does not exist. Consequently they are 'pierced by the sword, and a terror in the land of the living'.

[6] Javan is referred to in Joel,

You have sold the sons of Judah and the sons of Jerusalem to the sons of the Javanites, 3 to remove them far away from their border. Joel 3:6.

'The sons of Judah' stands for things on the celestial side of faith, 'the sons of Jerusalem' for those on the spiritual side, and so for things that are internal. 'The sons of the Javanites' stands for worship in external things that is separated from internal worship; and because this worship is so far removed from that which is internal it is said that they 'removed them far away from their border'.

[7] 'Javan and Tubal' in Isaiah stands for true external worship itself,

One is coming to gather all nations and tongues. And they will come and see My glory, and I will set a sign among them And I will send survivors from them to the nations, to Tarshish, Put, and Lud, who draw the bow, to Tubal and Javan, to the islands far off that have not heard My fame and have not seen My glory; and they will declare My glory among the nations. Isaiah 66:18-19.

This refers to the Lord's kingdom and His Coming. 'Tubal and Javan' stands for those whose worship is external corresponding to internal and who are to be informed about internal things.

Footnotes:

1. literally, faces

2. literally, the plain

3. i.e. the Greeks

  
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Thanks to the Swedenborg Society for the permission to use this translation.