Arcana Coelestia #599
599. Genesis 6:9-22
9. These are the generations (nativitates) of Noah. Noah was a righteous and blameless man (vir) among members of his own generation (generationes). And Noah walked with God.
10. And Noah beget three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
11. And the earth 1 was corrupt before God, and the earth 1 was filled with violence.
12. And God saw the earth, 1 and behold, it was corrupt, for all flesh had corrupted its way upon the earth. 1
13. And God said to Noah, The end of all flesh has come before Me, for the earth' is filled with violence before their faces. And behold, I am destroying them together with the earth. 1
14. Make yourself an ark of planks of gopher; you shall make the ark with rooms and cover it 2 inside and out with bitumen.
15. And thus shall you make it: three hundred cubits the length of the ark, fifty cubits its breadth, and thirty cubits its height.
16. You shall make a window for the ark, and you shall finish it to a cubit above; and you shall set the door of the ark in the side of it; lowest, second, and third storeys you shall make it.
17. And I, behold, am bringing a flood of waters over the earth, to destroy all flesh in which there is the spirit of life 3 from under the heavens; everything that is on earth will breathe its last.
18. And I will establish My covenant with you; and you shall enter into the ark, you, and your sons, and your wife, and your sons' wives with you.
19. And of every living creature of all flesh, pairs of all, you shall cause to enter the ark, to keep them alive with you; male and female they shall be.
20. Of birds according to their kinds, and of beasts according to their kinds, and of every creeping thing of the ground according to its kind. Pairs of all shall come in to you to keep them alive.
21. And take for yourself of all food that is eaten, and gather it to yourself, and it will be food for you and them.
22. And Noah did according to all that God commanded him; he did so.
CONTENTS
The subject is the state of the Church called Noah, before its regeneration.
Fotnoter:
Genesis 6:9-22
9
This is the history of the generations of Noah. Noah was a righteous man, blameless among the people of his time. Noah walked with God.
10
Noah became the father of three sons: Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
11
The earth was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence.
12
God saw the earth, and saw that it was corrupt, for all flesh had corrupted their way on the earth.
13
God said to Noah, "The end of all flesh has come before me, for the earth is filled with violence through them. Behold, I will destroy them with the earth.
14
Make a ship of gopher wood. You shall make rooms in the ship, and shall seal it inside and outside with pitch.
15
This is how you shall make it. The length of the ship will be three hundred cubits, its breadth fifty cubits, and its height thirty cubits.
16
You shall make a roof in the ship, and you shall finish it to a cubit upward. You shall set the door of the ship in its side. You shall make it with lower, second, and third levels.
17
I, even I, do bring the flood of waters on this earth, to destroy all flesh having the breath of life from under the sky. Everything that is in the earth will die.
18
But I will establish my covenant with you. You shall come into the ship, you, your sons, your wife, and your sons' wives with you.
19
Of every living thing of all flesh, you shall bring two of every sort into the ship, to keep them alive with you. They shall be male and female.
20
Of the birds after their kind, of the livestock after their kind, of every creeping thing of the ground after its kind, two of every sort shall come to you, to keep them alive.
21
Take with you of all food that is eaten, and gather it to yourself; and it will be for food for you, and for them."
22
Thus Noah did. According to all that God commanded him, so he did.
