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Genesis 8

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1 At naalaala ng Dios si Noe, at ang lahat ng may buhay, at ang lahat ng hayop na kasama niya sa sasakyan: at nagpahihip ang Dios ng isang hangin sa ibabaw ng lupa, at humupa ang tubig;

2 Natakpan din ang mga bukal ng kalaliman at ang mga dungawan ng langit, at napigil ang ulan sa langit;

3 At humupang patuloy ang tubig sa lupa; at kumati ang tubig pagkaraan ng isang daan at limang pung araw.

4 At sumadsad ang sasakyan nang ikapitong buwan, nang ikalabing pitong araw ng buwan, sa ibabaw ng mga bundok ng Ararat.

5 At ang tubig ay nagpatuloy ng paghupa hanggang sa ikasangpung buwan: nang ikasangpung buwan, nang unang araw ng buwan, ay nakita ang mga taluktok ng mga bundok.

6 At nangyari, pagkaraan ng apat na pung araw, na binuksan ni Noe ang dungawan ng sasakyan na kaniyang ginawa:

7 At siya'y nagpalipad ng isang uwak, at ito'y nagparoo't parito hanggang sa natuyo ang tubig sa lupa.

8 At nagpalipad siya ng isang kalapati, upang tingnan kung humupa na ang tubig sa ibabaw ng lupa.

9 Datapuwa't hindi nakasumpong ang kalapati ng madapuan ng talampakan ng kaniyang paa, at nagbalik sa kaniya sa sasakyan, sapagka't ang tubig ay nangasa ibabaw pa ng buong lupa: at iniunat ang kaniyang kamay at hinawakan, at ipinasok niya sa sasakyan.

10 At naghintay pa ng muling pitong araw; at muling pinalipad ang kalapati sa labas ng sasakyan;

11 At ang kalapati ay nagbalik sa kaniya ng dakong hapon; at, narito't may dalang isang dahong sariwa ng olivo sa tuka: sa gayon ay naunawa ni Noe na humupa na ang tubig sa lupa.

12 At naghintay pang muli siya ng pitong araw; at pinalipad ang kalapati; at hindi na muling nagbalik pa sa kaniya.

13 At nangyari, nang taong ikaanim na raan at isa, nang unang buwan, nang unang araw ng buwan, ay natuyo ang tubig sa ibabaw ng lupa: at inalis ni Noe ang takip ng sasakyan at tumanaw siya, at, narito't ang ibabaw ng lupa ay tuyo.

14 At nang ikalawang buwan nang ikadalawang pu't pitong araw ng buwan, ay natuyo ang lupa.

15 At nagsalita ang Dios kay Noe, na sinasabi,

16 Lumunsad ka sa sasakyan, ikaw at ang iyong asawa, at ang iyong mga anak, at ang mga asawa ng iyong mga anak na kasama mo.

17 Ilabas mong kasama mo ang bawa't may buhay na kasama mo sa lahat ng laman, ang mga ibon, at ang mga hayop, at ang bawa't nagsisiusad na umuusad sa ibabaw ng lupa; upang magsipanganak ng sagana sa lupa, at magpalaanakin, at mangagsidami sa ibabaw ng lupa.

18 At lumunsad si Noe, at ang kaniyang mga anak, at ang kaniyang asawa, at ang mga asawa ng kaniyang mga anak na kasama niya:

19 Ang bawa't hayop, bawa't umuusad, at bawa't ibon, anomang gumagalaw sa ibabaw ng lupa ayon sa kanikaniyang angkan ay nangagsilunsad sa sasakyan.

20 At ipinagtayo ni Noe ng isang dambana ang Panginoon; at kumuha sa lahat na malinis na hayop, at sa lahat na malinis na ibon, at nagalay ng mga handog na susunugin sa ibabaw ng dambana.

21 At sinamyo ng Panginoon ang masarap na amoy; at nagsabi ang Panginoon sa sarili, Hindi ko na muling susumpain ang lupa, dahil sa tao, sapagka't ang haka ng puso ng tao ay masama mula sa kaniyang pagkabata; ni hindi ko na muling lilipulin pa ang lahat na nabubuhay na gaya ng aking ginawa.

22 Samantalang ang lupa ay lumalagi, ay hindi maglilikat ang paghahasik at pagaani, at ang lamig at init, at ang tagaraw at taginaw, at ang araw at gabi.

   

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Arcana Coelestia #908

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908. Every wild animal that is with thee of all flesh. That this signifies all that was made living in the man of this church, is evident from the fact that “wild animal” is predicated of Noah, or of the man of this church, now regenerated, and manifestly refers to what follows, namely, fowl, beast, and creeping thing; for it is said, “every wild animal that is with thee of all flesh, as to fowl, and as to beast, and as to every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.” The word in the original tongue here rendered “wild animal” signifies properly life, or what is living; but in the Word it is used both for what is living and for what is as it were not living, or a wild animal; so that unless one knows the internal sense of the Word, he is sometimes unable to see what is meant. The reason of this twofold meaning is that the man of the Most Ancient Church, in his humiliation before the Lord, acknowledged himself as not living, not even as a beast, but only as a wild animal; for those people knew man to be such when regarded in himself, or in what is his own. Hence this same word means what is living, and also means “wild animal.”

[2] That it means “what is living” is evident in David:

Thy wild animal shall dwell therein [that is, in God’s inheritance]; Thou, O God, wilt confirm the poor with Thy good (Psalms 68:10).

Here by “wild animal” because he shall dwell in the inheritance of God, no other is meant than the regenerated man; and so here, as in the verse we are considering, what is living in this man is meant. Again:

Every wild animal of the forest is Mine, and the beasts upon the mountains where thousands are; I know all the fowls of the mountains, and the wild animals of My field are with Me (Psalms 50:10-11).

Here “the wild animals of My field with Me” or with God, denote the regenerated man, thus what is living in him.

In Ezekiel:

All the fowls of the heavens made their nests in his boughs, and under his branches all the wild animals of the field brought forth (Ezekiel 31:6), where the spiritual church is signified, as implanted, and what is living, in the man of that church.

In Hosea:

In that day will I make a covenant for them with the wild animal of the field and with the fowl of the heavens (Hosea 2:18), where those who are to be regenerated are meant, with whom a covenant is to be made. Indeed, so fully does “wild animal” signify “what is living” that the cherubim, or angels, seen by Ezekiel, are called the “four wild animals” or “living creatures” (Ezekiel 1:5, 13-15, 19; 10:15).

[3] That “wild animal” in the opposite sense is taken in the Word for what is not living, is evident from many passages, of which only the following will be cited, for confirmation.

In David:

O deliver not the soul of Thy turtle-dove unto the wild animal (Psalms 74:19).

In Zephaniah:

How is the city become a desolation, a place for wild animals to lie down in (Zephaniah 2:15).

In Ezekiel:

And they shall no more be a prey to the nations, neither shall the wild animal of the earth eat them (Ezekiel 34:28).

Again:

Upon his ruin all the fowl of the heavens shall dwell, and every wild animal of the field shall be upon his branches (Ezekiel 31:13).

In Hosea:

There will I consume them like a lion; the wild animal of the field shall tear them (Hosea 13:8).

In Ezekiel:

I have given thee for meat to the wild animals of the earth, and to the fowl of the heaven (Ezekiel 29:5), an expression often occurring.

And since the Jews remained in the sense of the letter only, and understood by “wild animal” a wild animal, and by “fowl” a fowl, not knowing the interior things of the Word, nor having any willingness to acknowledge them and so to be instructed, they were so cruel and such wild animals that they found their delight in not burying enemies killed in battle, but exposing them to be devoured by birds of prey and wild beasts; which also shows what a wild animal man is.

  
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