1330、“这些是从闪出生的”表示第二个古教会的衍生物。这从“出生”的含义清楚可知，“出生（births，或译诞生）”是指教义事物和敬拜的起源和衍生，如前所述（1145节）。在圣言中，无论此处还是别处，“出生（births，或译诞生）”仅仅是指构成教会的事物，因而是指教义事物和敬拜。圣言的内义并不涉及其它任何东西；因此，当有教会诞生时，经上就说“这些是从它出生或诞生的”；如当上古教会诞生时，经上说：“这些就是天地的诞生”（创世记2:4）；之后的大洪水前的其它教会也一样，经上说：“这是出生册”（创世记5:1）。大洪水后的三个教会同样如此：第一个被称为挪亚，第二个以希伯命名，第三个以雅各，后来以犹大和以色列命名。经上描述第一个古教会时，以同样的方式开始记载：“这些是从挪亚的儿子出生的”（10:1）。以希伯命名的这第二个古教会在本节（11:10）以同样的方式来描述，即：“这些是从闪出生的”。本章27节（11:27）论到第三个教会，也说：“这些是从他拉出生的”。因此，“出生”只表示正在描述的教会的教义事物和敬拜的起源和衍生。这第二个教会的出生之所以可追溯到“闪”，或它的开始之所以用“闪”来描述，是因为“闪”表示内在敬拜，在此表示该教会的内在敬拜。并不是说这个教会的内在敬拜在性质上和前一章中“闪”所表示的内在敬拜一样，只是说它是这个教会的内在敬拜。
New Century Edition
Cooper(2008,2013)
[NCE]1330. The symbolism of these are the births of Shem, as developments in the second ancient church is established by the symbolism of births as the origin and development of doctrinal matters and forms of worship. This symbolism was mentioned before, at 1145.
Births here and elsewhere in the Word are simply phenomena in the church and consequently are matters of doctrine and worship. The Word's inner meaning involves nothing else. So when a church is born, the text says that its births are such-and-such. When the earliest church was born, for instance, Genesis 2:4 said, "These are the births of the heavens and the earth." Again, when the other churches that came after that one but before the Flood were born, Genesis 5:1 said, "This is the book of the births." Likewise with the churches after the Flood, of which there were three: a first, called Noah; a second, named for Eber; and a third, named for Jacob and later for Judah and Israel. When the previous chapter describes the first of these churches, it starts the same way, at verse 1: "These are the births of Noah's sons." This second church, named for Eber, is described in similar words in the present verse: "These are the births of Shem." And verse 27 of the present chapter says of the third, "These are the births of Terah." So the core meaning of births is the origin and development of the church's doctrinal matters and forms of worship that are being described.
The reason that the births of this second church are credited to Shem, or in other words, that the church is described as starting with Shem, is that he symbolizes inward worship. Here he symbolizes the inward worship of this church. The implication is not that the inward devotions of this church were like those symbolized by Shem in the last chapter. It is just that these were the inward devotions of this particular church.
Potts(1905-1910) 1330
1330. These are the births of Shem. That this signifies the derivations of the Second Ancient Church, is evident from the signification of "births," as being the origin and derivation of doctrinal things and of worships (as before said, n. 1145). Here, and elsewhere in the Word, the "births" are no other than those of the church, that is, of doctrinal things and of worships. The internal sense of the Word enfolds nothing else; and therefore when any church is born, it is said that "these are its births," as for instance when the Most Ancient Church was born: "These are the births of the heavens and of the earth" (Gen. 2:4); and in like manner with the other churches which followed, before the flood: "This is the book of the births" (Gen. 5:1). In like manner with the churches after the flood, which were three-the First called Noah, the Second named from Eber, the Third from Jacob, and afterwards from Judah and Israel. When the First of these churches is described, the record begins in a similar manner: "These are the births of the sons of Noah" (verse 1 of the preceding chapter). So with this Second church, named from Eber, in this verse: "These are the births of Shem." And with the Third also, in the twenty-seventh verse of this chapter: "These are the births of Terah." So that "births" signify nothing else than the origins and derivations of the doctrinal things and of the worships of the church that is being described. The reason why the births of this Second church are derived from Shem, or why its beginning is described by "Shem," is that "Shem" signifies internal worship, here, the internal worship of this church. Not that the internal worship of this church was such internal worship as that which was signified by "Shem" in the preceding chapter; but merely that it is the internal worship of the church.
Elliott(1983-1999) 1330
1330. That 'these are the generations of Shem' means the derivatives of the second Ancient Church is clear from the meaning of 'generations' as the origin and derivation of forms of doctrine and of worship, as stated already in 1145. Here and elsewhere in the Word 'generations' are nothing other than the things that constitute the Church, thus forms of doctrine and of worship. The internal sense of the Word encompasses nothing else. Consequently when any Church is born the generations of it are mentioned, as with the Most Ancient Church in Gen 2:4, 'These are the generations of the heavens and of the earth'; and likewise with the other Churches that succeeded it before the Flood, 'This is the book of the generations', Gen 5:1. The same is true of the Churches after the Flood which were three in number - the first called Noah, the second taking its name from Eber, the third from Jacob and subsequently from Judah and Israel. Verse 1 of the previous chapter, where the first Church is described, starts in similar fashion, 'These are the generations of the sons of Noah', as does the present verse in reference to this second Church taking its name from Eber, 'These are the generations of Shem', and in reference to the third as well, in verse 27 below, 'These are the generations of Terah'. Consequently 'generations' means nothing other than the origins and derivatives of forms of doctrine and of worship in the Church that is being described. The reason why the generations of this second Ancient Church are traced back to Shem, that is, why its beginning is described from Shem onwards, is that 'Shem' means internal worship, here the internal worship of this Church. Not that the nature of the internal worship of this Church was the same as that meant by 'Shem' in the previous chapter, but only that it is the internal worship of this Church.
Latin(1748-1756) 1330
1330. 'Hae nativitates Shemi': quod significent derivationes alterius Ecclesiae Antiquae, constat a significatione 'nativitatum' quod sit origo et derivatio doctrinalium et cultuum, ut dictum prius n. 1145; 'nativitates' hic et alibi in Verbo non aliae sunt quam quae sunt Ecclesiae, ita quae sunt doctrinalium et cultuum; internus sensus Verbi nihil aliud involvit; quare cum Ecclesia aliqua nascitur, dicitur quod 'nativitates illius sint,' ut cum Ecclesia Antiquissima Gen. ii 4, 'Hae nativitates caelorum et terrae': pariter cum ceterae Ecclesiae ante diluvium quae successerunt, v vers. 1, 'Hic liber nativitatum'; similiter Ecclesiae post diluvium quae tres fuerunt, prima Noahus dicta, altera ab Ebero nominata, tertia a Jacobo, haec postea a Jehuda et Israele; prima Ecclesia cum describitur, similiter incohatur, cap. praec. vers. 1, 'Hae nativitates filiorum Noahi'; haec altera ab Ebero nominata, similiter in hoc versu, 'Hae nativitates Shemi'; tertia quoque versu 27 hujus capitis, 'Hae nativitates Terahi': quare 'nativitates' nihil aliud significant quam origines et derivationes doctrinalium et cultuum Ecclesiae quae describitur. Quod nativitates secundae hujus Ecclesiae a Shemo ducantur, seu quod initium ejus describatur a Shemo, causa est quia 'Shemus' significat cultum internum, hic cultum internum hujus Ecclesiae; non quod cultus internus hujus Ecclesiae fuerit talis cultus internus qualis in cap. praec. significatus est per 'Shemum,' sed modo quod sit cultus internus hujus Ecclesiae.