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創世記第10章

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1 挪亞的兒子、含、雅弗的代記在下面。洪水以,他們都生了兒子。

2 雅弗的兒子是歌篾、瑪各、瑪代、雅完、土巴、米設、提拉。

3 歌篾的兒子是亞實基拿、利法、陀迦瑪。

4 雅完的兒子是以利沙、他施、基提、多單。

5 這些人的後裔將各國的地土、海分開居住,各隨各的方言、宗族立國。

6 含的兒子是古實、麥西、弗、迦南

7 古實的兒子是西巴、哈腓拉、撒弗他、拉瑪、撒弗提迦。拉瑪的兒子是示巴、底但。

8 古實又生寧錄,他為世上英雄之首。

9 他在耶和華面前是個英勇的獵戶,所以俗語:像寧錄在耶和華面前是個英勇的獵戶。

10 他國的起頭是巴別、以力、亞甲、甲尼,都在示拿

11 他從那出來往亞述去,建造尼尼微、利河伯、迦拉,

12 尼尼微、迦拉中間的利鮮,這就是那城。

13 麥西生路低人、亞拿米人、利哈比人、拿弗土希人、

14 帕斯魯細人、迦斯路希人、迦斐託人;從迦斐託出來的有非利士人

15 迦南長子西頓,又生赫

16 和耶布斯人、亞摩利人、革迦撒人、

17 希未人、亞基人、西尼人、

18 亞瓦底人、洗瑪利人、哈馬人,來迦南的諸族分散了。

19 迦南的境界是從西頓向基拉耳的路上,直到迦薩,又向所多瑪、蛾摩拉、押瑪、洗扁的路上,直到拉沙。

20 這就是含的後裔,各隨他們的宗族、方言,所住的地土、邦國。

21 雅弗的哥哥,是希伯子孫之祖,他也生了兒子

22 兒子是以攔、亞述、亞法撒、路德、亞蘭。

23 亞蘭的兒子是烏斯、戶勒、基帖、瑪施。

24 亞法撒生沙拉;沙拉生希伯。

25 希伯生了兩個兒子,個名叫法勒(法勒就是分的意思),因為那時人就分居住;法勒的兄弟名叫約坍。

26 約坍生亞摩答、沙列、哈薩瑪非、耶拉

27 哈多蘭、烏薩、德拉、

28 俄巴路、亞比瑪利、示巴、

29 阿斐、哈腓拉、約巴,這都是約坍的兒子。

30 他們所的地方是從米沙直到西發東邊的

31 這就是的子孫,各隨他們的宗族、方言,所住的地土、邦國。

32 這些都是挪亞三個兒子的宗族,各隨他們的支派立國。洪水以,他們在上分為邦國。

   

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Arcana Coelestia#1250

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1250. That 'the mountain of the east' means charity, indeed charity from the Lord, is clear from the meaning of 'a mountain' in the Word as love to the Lord and charity towards the neighbour, as shown already in 795. And that 'the east' means the Lord, and consequently the celestial things of love and charity, see again what has appeared already in 101, and also in the following places: In Ezekiel,

The cherubs lifted up their wings. The glory of Jehovah went up from over the midst of the city and stood upon the mountain, which is on the east of the city. Ezekiel 11:22-23.

Here 'the mountain which is on the east' means nothing other than the celestial manifestation of the love and the charity that is the Lord's, for it is said that 'the glory of Jehovah stood there'. In the same prophet,

He brought me to the gate, to the gate facing the way of the east. And behold, the glory of the God of Israel came from the way of the east. Ezekiel 43:1-2.

Here 'the east' has a similar meaning.

[2] In the same prophet,

And he brought me back by the way of the outer gate of the sanctuary, which faces the east, and it was shut. And Jehovah said to me, This gate shall be shut and not opened, and no man shall enter by it; but Jehovah, the God of Israel, will enter by it. Ezekiel 44:1-2.

Here similarly 'the east' stands for the celestial manifestation of the love that is the Lord's alone. In the same prophet,

When the prince makes a freewill offering, a burnt offering, and peace offerings, as a freewill offering to Jehovah, one shall open for him the gate facing towards the east, and he shall make his burnt offering and his peace offerings, as he shall do on the sabbath day Ezekiel 46:12.

Here similarly it stands for that which is celestial, which essentially is love to the Lord.

[3] In the same prophet,

He brought me back to the door of the house, and behold, waters were issuing out from below the threshold of the house towards the east, for the house faced east. Ezekiel 47:1, 8.

This refers to the new Jerusalem 'The east' stands for the Lord, and so for the celestial manifestation of love, while 'waters' means things that are spiritual. Here the same is meant by 'the mountain of the east'. Furthermore those who dwelt in Syria were called 'the sons of the east', who will in the Lord's Divine mercy be spoken of later on.

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