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Genesis 6

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1 At nangyari, nang magpasimula na dumami ang mga tao sa balat ng lupa, at mangagkaanak ng mga babae,

2 Na nakita ng mga anak ng Dios, na magaganda ang mga anak na babae ng mga tao; at sila'y nangagsikuha ng kanikaniyang asawa sa lahat ng kanilang pinili.

3 At sinabi ng Panginoon, Ang aking Espiritu ay hindi makikipagpunyagi sa tao magpakailan man, sapagka't siya ma'y laman: gayon ma'y magiging isang daan at dalawang pung taon ang kaniyang mga araw.

4 Ang mga higante ay nasa lupa ng mga araw na yaon, at pagkatapos din naman na makasiping ang mga anak ng Dios sa mga anak na babae ng tao, at mangagkaanak sila sa kanila: ang mga ito rin ang naging makapangyarihan nang unang panahon na mga lalaking bantog.

5 At nakita ng Panginoon na mabigat ang kasamaan ng tao sa lupa, at ang buong haka ng mga pagiisip ng kaniyang puso ay pawang masama lamang na parati.

6 At nagsisi ang Panginoon na kaniyang nilalang ang tao sa lupa, at nalumbay sa kaniyang puso.

7 At sinabi ng Panginoon, Lilipulin ko ang tao na aking nilalang sa ibabaw ng lupa; ang tao at gayon din ang hayop, at ang mga umuusad at ang mga ibon sa himpapawid; sapagka't pinagsisisihan ko na aking nilalang sila.

8 Datapuwa't si Noe ay nakasumpong ng biyaya sa mga mata ng Panginoon.

9 Ito ang mga lahi ni Noe. Si Noe ay lalaking matuwid at sakdal noong kapanahunan niya: si Noe ay lumalakad na kasama ng Dios.

10 At nagkaanak si Noe ng tatlong lalake: si Sem, si Cham, at si Japhet.

11 At sumama ang lupa sa harap ng Dios, at ang lupa ay napuno ng karahasan.

12 At tiningnan ng Dios ang lupa, at, narito sumama; sapagka't pinasama ng lahat ng tao ang kanilang paglakad sa ibabaw ng lupa.

13 At sinabi ng Dios kay Noe, Ang wakas ng lahat ng tao ay dumating sa harap ko; sapagka't ang lupa ay napuno ng karahasan dahil sa kanila; at, narito, sila'y aking lilipuling kalakip ng lupa.

14 Gumawa ka ng isang sasakyang kahoy na gofer; gagawa ka ng mga silid sa sasakyan, at iyong sisiksikan sa loob at sa labas ng sahing.

15 At ganitong paraan gagawin mo: tatlong daang siko ang haba ng sasakyan, limang pung siko ang luwang, at tatlong pung siko ang taas.

16 Gagawa ka ng isang durungawan sa sasakyan; at wawakasan mo ng isang siko sa dakong itaas; at ang pintuan ng sasakyan ay ilalagay mo sa tagiliran; gagawin mong may lapag na lalong mababa, pangalawa at pangatlo.

17 At ako, narito, ako'y magpapadagsa ng isang baha ng tubig sa ibabaw ng lupa, upang lipulin sa silong ng langit ang lahat ng laman na may hininga ng buhay; ang lahat na nasa lupa ay mangamamatay.

18 Datapuwa't pagtitibayin ko ang aking tipan sa iyo; at ikaw ay lululan sa sasakyan, ikaw, at ang iyong mga anak na lalake, at ang iyong asawa, at ang mga asawa ng iyong mga anak na kasama mo.

19 At sa bawa't nangabubuhay, sa lahat ng laman ay maglululan ka sa loob ng sasakyan ng dalawa sa bawa't uri upang maingatan silang buhay, na kasama mo; lalake at babae ang kinakailangan.

20 Sa mga ibon ayon sa kanikanilang uri, at sa mga hayop ayon sa kanikanilang uri, sa bawa't nagsisiusad, ayon sa kanikanilang uri, dalawa sa bawa't uri, ay isasama mo sa iyo, upang maingatan silang buhay.

21 At magbaon ka ng lahat na pagkain na kinakain, at imbakin mo sa iyo; at magiging pagkain mo at nila.

22 Gayon ginawa ni Noe; ayon sa lahat na iniutos sa kaniya ng Dios, ay gayon ang ginawa niya.

   

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Arcana Coelestia #576

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576. That the number ten means remnants, just as tenths do, becomes clear from the following places: In Isaiah,

Many houses will be a desolation, large and beautiful ones, without inhabitant, for ten acres of vineyard will yield but one bath, and a homer of seed will yield an ephah. Isaiah 5:9-10.

This refers to the vastation of spiritual and celestial things. 'Ten acres of vineyard will yield but one bath' stands for remnants of spiritual things being so few, while 'a homer of seed will yield an ephah' stands for remnants of celestial things being so few. In the same prophet,

And there will be many forsaken places in the midst of the land; and yet there will be a tenth part in it, and this will return; it will be however an uprooting. Isaiah 6:12-13.

'The midst of the land' stands for the internal man, 'a tenth part' for such a small quantity of remnants. In Ezekiel,

You shall have just balances, and a just ephah, and a just bath. The ephah and the bath shall be of one measure, the bath containing a tenth of a homer; and the ephah a tenth of a homer, the measure for it shall be after the homer. And the fixed portion of oil, of the bath of oil, shall be a tenth of a bath from a cor, which is ten baths to the homer; for ten baths are a homer. Ezekiel 45:10-11, 14.

The quantities mentioned here relate to holy things, which are Jehovah's. They mean different kinds of holy things. 'Ten' here means remnants of celestial things and so of spiritual things. For what are the specific numerical quantities mentioned in this and in previous chapters of this prophet where the heavenly Jerusalem and the new Temple are the subject, and in other prophets, and also in the various rites of the Jewish Church, if they do not contain sacred arcana?

[2] In Amos,

She has fallen, no more to rise, the virgin of Israel. Thus said the Lord Jehovah, The city that goes forth a thousand will have remnants of a hundred, and that which goes forth a hundred will have remnants of ten to the house of Israel. Amos 5:2-3.

The word 'remnants' is used here, of which only a fraction will remain, for this is only a tenth part, or the remnants of remnants. In the same prophet,

I hate the pride of Jacob and his palaces, and I will shut up the city and all that is in it. And it will be that if ten men will have remained in one house, they will die. Amos 6:8-9.

'Ten' stands for remnants that are not likely to remain. In Moses,

The Ammonite and the Moabite shall not come into the assembly of Jehovah; even the tenth generation belonging to them shall not come into the assembly of Jehovah forever. Deuteronomy 23:3.

'The Ammonite and the Moabite' stands for the profanation of the celestial and the spiritual things of faith, the remnants of which have been dealt with already.

[3] From this it is clear that 'tenths' represents remnants, of which Malachi speaks as follows,

Bring all the tithes 1 to the treasure-house, that there may be plunder in My house, and let them put Me to the test in this matter whether I will not open for you the windows of heaven and pour out a blessing for you. Malachi 3:10.

'That there may be plunder in My house stands for remnants in the internal man, which are likened to 'plunder' because they are implanted, so to speak, by stealth among so many evils and falsities; and by way of such remnants comes every blessing. The fact that the whole of a person's charity comes to him by way of the remnants that are in the internal man was also represented in the Jewish Church by the requirement that once they had paid their tithes, 1 they were then to give to the Levite, the stranger, the orphan, and the widow, Deuteronomy 26:12 and following verses.

[4] Since remnants are the Lord' s alone, tenths are therefore called 'Holiness to Jehovah', and are spoken of in Moses as follows,

All the tithes 1 of the land - of the seed of the land, of the fruit of the tree - are Jehovah's; they are Holiness to Jehovah. All tithes 1 of the herd and of the flock, every tenth one that passes under the (herdsman's) staff shall be Holiness to Jehovah. Leviticus 27:30, 32.

Since the Decalogue consisted of Ten Commandments, or Ten Words, and Jehovah wrote them on tablets, Deuteronomy 10:4, remnants are meant; and the fact that they were written by the hand of Jehovah means that such remnants are the Lord's alone. Their presence in the internal man was represented by the tablets.

Footnotes:

1. or tenths

  
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