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1 Mose第2章

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1 Also ward vollendet Himmel und Erde mit ihrem ganzen Heer.

2 Und also vollendete Gott am siebenten Tage seine Werke, die er machte, und ruhete am siebenten Tage von allen seinen Werken, die er machte;

3 und segnete den siebenten Tag und heiligte ihn, darum daß er an demselben geruht hatte von allen seinen Werken, die Gott schuf und machte.

4 Also ist Himmel und Erde worden, da sie geschaffen sind, zu der Zeit, da Gott der HERR Erde und Himmel machte

5 und allerlei Bäume auf dem Felde, die zuvor nie gewesen waren auf Erden, und allerlei Kraut auf dem Felde, das zuvor nie gewachsen war. Denn Gott der HERR hatte noch nicht regnen lassen auf Erden, und war kein Mensch, der das Land bauete.

6 Aber ein Nebel ging auf von der Erde und feuchtete alles Land.

7 Und Gott der HERR machte den Menschen aus einem Erdenkloß, und er blies ihm ein den lebendigen Odem in seine Nase. Und also ward der Mensch eine lebendige Seele.

8 Und Gott der HERR pflanzte einen Garten in Eden gegen Morgen und setzte den Menschen drein, den er gemacht hatte.

9 Und Gott der HERR ließ aufwachsen aus der Erde allerlei Bäume, lustig anzusehen und gut zu essen, und den Baum des Lebens mitten im Garten und den Baum des Erkenntnisses Gutes und Böses.

10 Und es ging aus von Eden ein Strom, zu wässern den Garten, und teilete sich daselbst in vier Hauptwasser.

11 Das erste heißt Pison, das fleußt um das ganze Land Hevila, und daselbst findet man Gold.

12 Und das Gold des Landes ist köstlich, und da findet man Bedellion und den Edelstein Onyx.

13 Das andere Wasser heißt Gihon, das fließt um das ganze Mohrenland.

14 Das dritte Wasser heißt Hiddekel, das fleußt von Assyrien. Das vierte Wasser ist der Phrath.

15 Und Gott der HERR nahm den Menschen und setzte ihn in den Garten Eden, daß er ihn bauete und bewahrete.

16 Und Gott der HERR gebot dem Menschen und sprach: Du sollst essen von allerlei Bäumen im Garten;

17 aber von dem Baum des Erkenntnisses Gutes und Böses sollst du nicht essen. Denn welches Tages du davon issest, wirst du des Todes sterben.

18 Und Gott der HERR sprach: Es ist nicht gut, daß der Mensch allein sei; ich will ihm eine Gehilfin machen, die um ihn sei.

19 Denn als Gott der HERR gemacht hatte von der Erde allerlei Tiere auf dem Felde und allerlei Vögel unter dem Himmel, brachte er sie zu dem Menschen, daß er sähe, wie er sie nennete; denn wie der Mensch allerlei lebendige Tiere nennen würde, so sollten sie heißen.

20 Und der Mensch gab einem jeglichen Vieh und Vogel unter dem Himmel und Tier auf dem Felde seinen Namen; aber für den Menschen ward keine Gehilfin gefunden, die um ihn wäre.

21 Da ließ Gott der HERR einen tiefen Schlaf fallen auf den Menschen, und er entschlief. Und nahm seiner Rippen eine und schloß die Stätte zu mit Fleisch.

22 Und Gott der HERR bauete ein Weib aus der Rippe, die er von dem Menschen nahm, und brachte sie zu ihm.

23 Da sprach der Mensch: Das ist doch Bein von meinem Bein und Fleisch von meinem Fleisch. Man wird sie Männin heißen, darum daß sie vom Manne genommen ist.

24 Darum wird ein Mann seinen Vater und seine Mutter verlassen und an seinem Weibe hangen, und sie werden Sein ein Fleisch.

25 Und sie waren beide nackend, der Mensch und sein Weib, und schämeten sich nicht.

   

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Arcana Coelestia#39

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39. Verse 20 And God said, Let the waters bring forth creeping things, living creatures; and let birds fly above the earth, upon the face 1 of the expanse of the heavens.

After the great lights have been kindled and lodged in the internal man, from which the external man receives its light, a person starts to live for the first time. Till then he can hardly be said to have lived, for he had imagined that the good he had done he had done from himself, and the truth he had uttered he had spoken from himself. And since man functioning from himself is dead - there being nothing in him that is not evil and false - therefore whatever he brings forth from himself is not living. So true is this that of himself he is incapable of doing any good deed that is in itself good. The fact that man cannot begin to think about good or to will it, and so cannot do good, unless the Lord is the source, is clear to everyone from the doctrine of faith, for the Lord says in Matthew,

He who sows the good seed is the Son of Man. Matthew 13:37.

Nor can good come from anywhere else than the one fount itself of all good, as yet again He says,

Nobody is good but one, God. Luke 18:19.

[2] Nevertheless when the Lord is revitalizing a person, or regenerating him, He does allow him, to begin with, to imagine that good and truth originate in himself, for at that point a person cannot grasp anything else, or be led to believe and finally perceive, that all good and truth come from the Lord alone. As long as he held the former opinion his truths and goods were comparable to 'a tender plant', then 'a plant bearing seed', and after that 'a fruit tree', which are inanimate. But once he has been brought to life by love and faith and believes that the Lord is at work in every good deed he does and in every truth he utters, he is compared first to creeping things from the water and to birds which fly above the earth, and then to beasts, all of which are animate and are called 'living creatures'.

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1. literally, the faces

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

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Genesis第1章

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1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.

2 Now the earth was formless and empty. Darkness was on the surface of the deep. God's Spirit was hovering over the surface of the waters.

3 God said, "Let there be light," and there was light.

4 God saw the light, and saw that it was good. God divided the light from the darkness.

5 God called the light "day," and the darkness he called "night." There was evening and there was morning, one day.

6 God said, "Let there be an expanse in the middle of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters."

7 God made the expanse, and divided the waters which were under the expanse from the waters which were above the expanse; and it was so.

8 God called the expanse "sky." There was evening and there was morning, a second day.

9 God said, "Let the waters under the sky be gathered together to one place, and let the dry land appear;" and it was so.

10 God called the dry land "earth," and the gathering together of the waters he called "seas." God saw that it was good.

11 God said, "Let the earth put forth grass, herbs yielding seed, and fruit trees bearing fruit after their kind, with its seed in it, on the earth;" and it was so.

12 The earth brought forth grass, herbs yielding seed after their kind, and trees bearing fruit, with its seed in it, after their kind; and God saw that it was good.

13 There was evening and there was morning, a third day.

14 God said, "Let there be lights in the expanse of sky to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days and years;

15 and let them be for lights in the expanse of sky to give light on the earth;" and it was so.

16 God made the two great lights: the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night. He also made the stars.

17 God set them in the expanse of sky to give light to the earth,

18 and to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness. God saw that it was good.

19 There was evening and there was morning, a fourth day.

20 God said, "Let the waters swarm with swarms of living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth in the open expanse of sky."

21 God created the large sea creatures, and every living creature that moves, with which the waters swarmed, after their kind, and every winged bird after its kind. God saw that it was good.

22 God blessed them, saying, "Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let birds multiply on the earth."

23 There was evening and there was morning, a fifth day.

24 God said, "Let the earth bring forth living creatures after their kind, livestock, creeping things, and animals of the earth after their kind;" and it was so.

25 God made the animals of the earth after their kind, and the livestock after their kind, and everything that creeps on the ground after its kind. God saw that it was good.

26 God said, "Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the sky, and over the livestock, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth."

27 God created man in his own image. In God's image he created him; male and female he created them.

28 God blessed them. God said to them, "Be fruitful, multiply, fill the earth, and subdue it. Have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the sky, and over every living thing that moves on the earth."

29 God said, "Behold, I have given you every herb yielding seed, which is on the surface of all the earth, and every tree, which bears fruit yielding seed. It will be your food.

30 To every animal of the earth, and to every bird of the sky, and to everything that creeps on the earth, in which there is life, I have given every green herb for food;" and it was so.

31 God saw everything that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. There was evening and there was morning, a sixth day.