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Genesis第7章

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1 Daarna zeide de HEERE tot Noach: Ga gij, en uw ganse huis in de ark; want u heb Ik gezien rechtvaardig voor Mijn aangezicht in dit geslacht.

2 Van alle rein vee zult gij tot u nemen zeven en zeven, het mannetje en zijn wijfje; maar van het vee, dat niet rein is, twee, het mannetje en zijn wijfje.

3 Ook van het gevogelte des hemels zeven en zeven, het mannetje en het wijfje, om zaad levend te houden op de ganse aarde.

4 Want over nog zeven dagen zal Ik doen regenen op de aarde veertig dagen, en veertig nachten; en Ik zal van den aardbodem verdelgen al wat bestaat, dat Ik gemaakt heb.

5 En Noach deed, naar al wat de HEERE hem geboden had.

6 Noach nu was zeshonderd jaren oud, als de vloed der wateren op de aarde was.

7 Zo ging Noach, en zijn zonen, en zijn huisvrouw, en de vrouwen zijner zonen met hem in de ark, vanwege de wateren des vloeds.

8 Van het reine vee, en van het vee, dat niet rein was, en van het gevogelte, en al wat op den aardbodem kruipt,

9 Kwamen er twee en twee tot Noach in de ark, het mannetje en het wijfje, gelijk als God Noach geboden had.

10 En het geschiedde na die zeven dagen, dat de wateren des vloeds op de aarde waren.

11 In het zeshonderdste jaar des levens van Noach, in de tweede maand, op de zeventiende dag der maand, op dezen zelfden dag zijn alle fonteinen des groten afgronds opengebroken, en de sluizen des hemels geopend.

12 En een plasregen was op de aarde veertig dagen en veertig nachten.

13 Even op dienzelfden dag ging Noach, en Sem, en Cham, en Jafeth, Noachs zonen, desgelijks ook Noachs huisvrouw, en de drie vrouwen zijner zonen met hem in de ark;

14 Zij, en al het gedierte naar zijn aard, en al het vee naar zijn aard, en al het kruipend gedierte, dat op de aarde kruipt, naar zijn aard, en al het gevogelte naar zijn aard, alle vogeltjes van allerlei vleugel.

15 En van alle vlees, waarin een geest des levens was, kwamen er twee en twee tot Noach in de ark.

16 En die er kwamen, die kwamen mannetje en wijfje, van alle vlees, gelijk als hem God bevolen had. En de HEERE sloot achter hem toe.

17 En die vloed was veertig dagen op de aarde, en de wateren vermeerderden, en hieven de ark op, zodat zij oprees boven de aarde.

18 En de wateren namen de overhand, en vermeerderden zeer op de aarde; en de ark ging op de wateren.

19 En de wateren namen gans zeer de overhand op de aarde, zodat alle hoge bergen, die onder den ganse hemel zijn, bedekt werden.

20 Vijftien ellen omhoog namen de wateren de overhand, en de bergen werden bedekt.

21 En alle vlees, dat zich op de aarde roerde, gaf den geest, van het gevogelte, en van het vee, en van het wild gedierte, en van al het kruipend gedierte, dat op de aarde kroop, en alle mens.

22 Al wat een adem des geestes des levens in zijn neusgaten had, van alles wat op het droge was, is gestorven.

23 Alzo werd verdelgd al wat bestond, dat op den aardbodem was, van den mens aan tot het vee, tot het kruipend gedierte, en tot het gevogelte des hemels, en zij werden verdelgd van de aarde; doch Noach alleen bleef over, en wat met hem in de ark was.

24 En de wateren hadden de overhand boven de aarde, honderd en vijftig dagen.

   

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Arcana Coelestia#566

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566. 'The face 1 of the ground' means the whole of that area where the Church was. This is clear from the meaning of 'the ground', for in the Word a careful distinction is made between ground (humus) and land or earth (terra). Whenever 'ground' is used it means the Church or some aspect of the Church. This too is the derivation of the name Man or Adam, which means ground. But when 'land' or earth' occurs in the Word it frequently means where the Church or some aspect of the Church does not exist, as in Chapter 1 where the word 'land' alone is used, because the Church or regenerate person did not as yet exist. Not until Chapter 2 is the word 'ground' used because the Church has by now come into being. The same applies in the present verse and in verses 4, 23, of the next chapter, where it is said that every being was to be wiped off the face 1 of the ground, meaning within that area where the Church was; and in verse 7 of the next chapter, where the subject is the Church that is to be created, 'to keep their seed alive on the face 1 of the ground'. 2 The same applies elsewhere in the Word, as in Isaiah,

Jehovah will have compassion on Jacob, and will still choose Israel, and will set them on their own ground. And the peoples will take them and bring them to their place, and the house of Israel will inherit them on Jehovah's ground. Isaiah 14:1-2.

This refers to the Church once it has come into being; but when in the same chapter the Church does not exist it is called the land, verses 9, 12, 16, 20, 21, 25, 26.

[2] In the same prophet,

And the ground of Judah will be a terror to Egypt. On that day there will be five cities in the land of Egypt which speak the language 3 of Canaan. Isaiah 19:17-18.

Here 'the ground' means where the Church exists, and 'the land' where it does not. In the same prophet,

The land will surely stagger like a drunken man. Jehovah will visit the host of the height on high, and the kings of the ground on the ground. Isaiah 24:20-21.

Here the meaning is similar. In Jeremiah,

Because of the ground which was cracked since there was no rain on the land, the farmers were put to shame, and covered their heads. Even the hind in the field has calved. Jeremiah 14:4-5.

Here 'the land' stands for that which includes the ground, and 'the ground' for that which includes the field.

[3] In the same prophet,

He led the seed of the house of Israel out of the north land and out of all the lands to where I have driven them. And they will dwell on their own ground. Jeremiah 23:8.

Here 'land' and 'lands' mean where Churches do not exist, 'the ground' where the Church or true worship does exist. In the same prophet,

I will render the remnants of Jerusalem, those who are left in this land, and those who are dwelling in the land of Egypt, and I will render them as a horror for evil to all the kingdoms of the land. And I will send sword, famine, and pestilence upon them, until they are consumed from the ground which I gave to them and their fathers. Jeremiah 24:8-10.

'The ground' stands for doctrine and worship arising out of it. And something similar is found in 25:5 of the same book.

[4] In Ezekiel,

I will gather you out of the lands into which you have been scattered. And you will acknowledge that I am Jehovah when I bring you back to the ground of Israel, into the land which I lifted up My hand to give to your fathers. Ezekiel 20:41-42.

'The ground' stands for internal worship. It is called 'the land' when internal worship does not exist. In Malachi,

I will rebuke the devourer for you, and he will not ruin for you the fruit of the ground, nor will the vine in the field fail you. And all the nations will call you blessed, for you will be a land of that which is pleasing. Malachi 3:11-12.

Here 'land' stands for that which includes, and so plainly stands for man who is actually called 'the land', when 'ground' stands for the Church or doctrine.

[5] In Moses,

Sing, O Nations, His people. He will reconcile His ground, His people. Deuteronomy 32:43.

This clearly stands for the Church of the gentiles, which is called 'the ground'. In Isaiah,

Before the boy knows to refuse evil and to choose good, the ground will be deserted which you loathe in the presence of its two kings. Isaiah 7:16.

This refers to the Coming of the Lord. 'The ground will be deserted' stands for the Church or true doctrine of faith. The words 'ground 'and 'field' are clearly used in this way because they are places that are sown, as in Isaiah,

He will give rain for your seed with which you may sow the ground. Oxen and young asses tilling the ground . . . Isaiah 30:23-24.

And in Joel,

The field has been laid waste, and the ground has been mourning because the corn has been laid waste. Joel 1:10.

From these quotations it is now clear that 'man', who in Hebrew is called Adam from the word for ground, means the Church.

脚注:

1. literally, faces

2. The Hebrew in Genesis 7:3 in fact means earth or land. cf 722 below.

3. literally, lip.

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