AC.613, 창6:9, '이것이 노아의 족보니라' (AC.610-615)

9절, 이것이 노아의 족보니라 노아는 의인이요 당대에 완전한 자라 그는 하나님과 동행하였으며 These are the births of Noah; Noah was a man righteous and perfect in his generations: Noah walked with God.

 

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That the “generations” are those of faith, does not appear from the sense of the letter, which is historical; but as internal things only are here treated of, generations of faith are signified. It is also evident from the connection that the generations here are no others. It is the same in other passages of the Word, as in Isaiah:

 

네게서 날 자들이 오래 황폐된 곳들을 다시 세울 것이며 너는 역대의 파괴된 기초를 쌓으리니 너를 일컬어 무너진 데를 보수하는 자라 할 것이며 길을 수축하여 거할 곳이 되게 하는 자라 하리라 (사58:12) They that shall be of thee shall build the waste places of old; thou shalt raise up the foundations of generation and generation; and thou shalt be called the repairer of the breach, the restorer of paths to dwell in. (Isa. 58:12)

 

All these things signify what is of faith; the “waste places of old” signify celestial things of faith; the “foundations of generation and generation,” spiritual things of faith, which had lapsed from the ancient times that are likewise signified.

 

Again:

 

그들은 오래 황폐하였던 곳을 다시 쌓을 것이며 옛부터 무너진 곳을 다시 일으킬 것이며 황폐한 성읍 곧 대대로 무너져 있던 것들을 중수할 것이며 (사61:4) They shall build the old wastes, they shall raise up the former desolations, they shall renew the waste cities, the desolations of generation and generation; (Isa. 61:4)

 

with similar signification. And again:

 

그들의 수고가 헛되지 않겠고 그들이 생산한 것이 재난을 당하지 아니하리니 그들은 여호와의 복된 자의 자손이요 그들의 후손도 그들과 같을 것임이라 (사65:23) They shall not labor in vain, nor bring forth for trouble; for they are the seed of the blessed of Jehovah, and their offspring with them. (Isa. 65:23)

 

Here also “bringing forth” [generare] is predicated of the things of faith; “laboring,” of those of love. Of the latter it is said that they are “the seed of the blessed of Jehovah”; of the former, that they are “offspring.”