AC.489, 창5:4, '아담은 셋을 낳은 후' (AC.486-491)

4절, 아담은 셋을 낳은 후 팔백 년을 지내며 자녀들을 낳았으며 And the days of man after he begat Seth were eight hundred years, and he begat sons and daughters.

 

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That by “sons and daughters” are signified the truths and goods which they had a perception of, and indeed by “sons” truths, and by “daughters” goods, is evident from many passages in the prophets; for in the Word, as also in olden time, the conceptions and births of the church are called “sons and daughters,” as in Isaiah:

 

3나라들은 네 빛으로, 왕들은 비치는 네 광명으로 나아오리라 4네 눈을 들어 사방을 보라 무리가 다 모여 네게로 오느니라 네 아들들은 먼 곳에서 오겠고 네 딸들은 안기어 올 것이라 5그때에 네가 보고 기쁜 빛을 내며 네 마음이 놀라고 또 화창하리니 (사60:3-5) The Gentiles shall come to thy light, and kings to the brightness of thy rising; lift up thine eyes round about and see; all they gather themselves together and come to thee; thy sons shall come from far, and thy daughters shall be nursed at thy side; then thou shalt see and flow together, and thy heart shall be amazed, and shall be enlarged, (Isa. 60:3–5)

 

in which passage “sons” signify truths, and “daughters” goods.

 

[2] In David:

 

11이방인의 손에서 나를 구하여 건지소서 그들의 입은 거짓을 말하며 12우리 아들들은 어리다가 장성한 나무들과 같으며 우리 딸들은 궁전의 양식대로 아름답게 다듬은 모퉁잇돌들과 같으며 (시144:11-12) Deliver me and rescue me from the hand of the sons of the stranger, whose mouth speaketh vanity; that our sons may be as plants grown up in their youth, that our daughters may be as cornerstones hewn in the form of a temple, (Ps. 144:11–12)

 

where the “sons of the stranger” signify spurious truths, or falsities; “our sons” signify doctrinals of truth; “our daughters,” doctrinals of good.

 

[3] In Isaiah:

 

6내가 북쪽에게 이르기를 내놓으라 남쪽에게 이르기를 가두어 두지 말라 내 아들들을 먼 곳에서 이끌며 내 딸들을 땅끝에서 오게 하며, 8눈이 있어도 보지 못하고 귀가 있어도 듣지 못하는 백성을 이끌어 내라 (사43:6, 8) I will say to the north, Give up, and to the south, Keep not back; bring my sons from far, and my daughters from the ends of the earth; bring forth the blind people, and they shall have eyes; the deaf, and they shall have ears, (Isa. 43:6, 8)

 

in which passage “sons” signify truths; “daughters,” goods; the “blind,” those who would see truths; and the “deaf,” those who would obey them.

 

[4] In Jeremiah:

 

부끄러운 그것이 우리가 청년의 때로부터 우리 조상들의 산업인 양 떼와 소 떼와 아들들과 딸들을 삼켰사온즉 (렘3:24) Shame hath devoured the labor of our fathers from our youth; their flocks, their herds, their sons, and their daughters, (Jer. 3:24)

 

where “sons” and “daughters” signify truths and goods. That “children” and “sons” signify truths is plain from Isaiah:

 

22야곱이 이제는 부끄러워하지 아니하겠고 그의 얼굴이 이제는 창백해지지 아니할 것이며 23그의 자손은 내 손이 그 가운데에서 행한 것을 볼 때에 내 이름을 거룩하다 하며 야곱의 거룩한 이를 거룩하다 하며 이스라엘의 하나님을 경외할 것이며 24마음이 혼미하던 자들도 총명하게 되며 (사29:22-24) Jacob shall not now be ashamed, neither shall his face now wax pale; for when he shall see his children the work of my hands in the midst of him, they shall sanctify my name, and shall sanctify the Holy One of Jacob, and shall fear the God of Israel; they also that erred in spirit shall know understanding, (Isa. 29:22–24)

 

where the “holy one of Jacob, the God of Israel,” signifies the Lord; “children” signify the regenerate, who have the understanding of good and truth, as is indeed explained.

 

[5] Again:

 

잉태하지 못하며 출산하지 못한 너는 노래할지어다 이는 홀로 된 여인의 자식이 남편 있는 자의 자식보다 많음이라 (사54:1) Sing, O barren, thou that didst not bear, for more are the sons of the desolate than the sons of the married wife, (Isa. 54:1)

 

where the “sons of the desolate” signify the truths of the primitive church, or that of the Gentiles; the “sons of the married wife,” the truths of the Jewish church.

 

[6] In Jeremiah:

 

내 장막이 무너지고 나의 모든 줄이 끊어졌으며 내 자녀가 나를 떠나가고 있지 아니하니 (렘10:20) My tent is laid waste and all my cords are plucked out; my sons are gone forth of me, and are not, (Jer. 10:20)

 

where “sons” signify truths. Again:

 

그의 자손은 예전과 같겠고 그 회중은 내 앞에 굳게 설 것이며 (렘30:20) His sons shall be as aforetime, and their congregation shall be established before me, (Jer. 30:20)

 

where “sons” signify the truths of the ancient church. In Zechariah:

 

시온아 내가 네 자식들을 일으켜 헬라 자식들을 치게 하며 너를 용사의 칼과 같게 하리라 (슥9:13) I will stir up thy sons, O Zion, with thy sons, O Javan, and make thee as the sword of a mighty man, (Zech. 9:13)

 

signifying the truths of the faith of love.