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Genesis 23

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2 Aba-tat daɣ Kiryat-Arba, azala Xebron, daɣ akal ən Kanan. Iggaz Ibrahim təfiyyawt ən Sarata, ihallu.

3 Təzzar ig̣mad edag wa təha alzanazat ən tənṭut-net, igla iššewal i Kəl Xet.

4 «Əgeɣ təməddurt n amagar n əburar gar-ewwan, əgrəwat-i edagg ən zəkwan daɣ akal-nawan a daɣ əṇbala tanṭut-in.»

5 Əjjəwwaban-as Kəl Xet:

6 «Səsəm-ana, məšš-ikkana, təṃosa məššis n albaraka ən Məššina daɣ gar-ena, əṇbəl alzanazat ən tənṭut-nak daɣ adagg ən təṣəska-nnana wa n təfrənt, wər dana-iha i dak-igdalan edagg ən təṣəska-nnet y ad-təṇbəla alzanazat ən tənṭut-nak.»

7 Iṇkar Ibrahim issəjad dat-san.

8 Amaran iššewal-asan ənta da: «Azzama tardam s ad-əṇbəla alzanazat ən təntutt-in təzzar əkkəsaq-qat dat šiṭṭawen-nin, wədi ṣəsəmat-i, taṇsəyam-i Efron, rur-es ən Tsoxar,

9 ad-i-azzanzu əɣəɣi ən Makfəla, iṃosan təla-nnet daɣ ṭaṃa ən tawagost-net. Ad-i-tt-azzanzu əket-net daɣ əzrəf, fəl ad-iqqəl təla-nin gar-ewwan.

10 As ig'a wen illa gar-essan Efron, ijjəwwab y Ibrahim dat Kəl Xet win d-oṣanen imi n əɣrəm:

11 «Kala kala, məšš-i, ṣəsəm-i! Əkfeq-qay tawagost, əkfeq-qay əɣəɣi wa tat ihan. Əkfeɣ-ak-kan dat šiṭṭawen ən tamattay-nin: əṇbəl alzanazat ən tənṭut-nak.»

12 Issəjad Ibrahim dat Kəl Xet.

13 Iššewal tolas y Efron dat kəl akal: «Səsəm-i oṇsayaq-qay! A-kay-akfa əlqimat ən tawagost, əqbəl-i-tu, a daɣ-as əṇbəla alzanazat ən tənṭutt-in.»

14 Ijjəwwab Efron y Ibrahim, iṇṇ-as:

15 «Səsəm-i məšš-i! Aṃadal n əkkozat təṃad ən tafelt n əzrəf ma z-iqqəl gar-i dər-ək? Əṇbəl alzanazat ən tənṭut-nak.»

16 Igra Ibrahim, irda, ikat azrəf w'as iṇṇa Efron dat šiṭṭawen ən Kəl Xet əkkozat təṃad ən tamma n əzrəf wa šəšɣalan mazanzan.

17 Təqqal tawagost n Efron daɣ Makfela dagma ən Mamre, d əɣəɣi d eškan kul win əhanen tawagost əd win n iyyakatan-net,

18 təla n Ibrahim dat šiṭtawen ən Kəl Xet win d-oṣanen imi n əɣrəm.

19 Təzzar iṇbal Ibrahim Sarata, tanṭut-net, daɣ əɣəɣi ən tawagost ta n Makfela dagma ən Mamre, iṃosan Xebron, daɣ akal ən Kanan.

20 Tawagost d əɣəɣi wa tat-ihan əqqalan təla n Ibrahim, təggaz-t-id əs Kəl Xet, a-tat-agu edagg ən zəkwan ən nəṃṃəttan-net.

   

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1356. That 'Terah' means idolatrous worship becomes clear from the derivatives mentioned from verse 20 down to this point. This second Ancient Church declined from a kind of internal worship, becoming adulterated as it did so until in the end it became idolatrous, as Churches usually do. They pass from internal things to external, ending up with mere externals when internal things have been erased. The fact that the same happened to this Church, even to the extent that a large part of them did not acknowledge Jehovah as God but worshipped other gods, is clear in Joshua,

Joshua said to all the people, Thus said Jehovah, the God of Israel, Your fathers dwelt of old beyond the River, Terah, the father of Abraham and the father of Nahor, and they served other gods. Joshua 24:2.

Now fear Jehovah, and serve Him in sincerity and truth, and put away the gods which your fathers served beyond the River, and in Egypt, and serve Jehovah. And if it is evil in your eyes to serve Jehovah, choose this day whom you are to serve, whether the gods which your fathers served who were beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorites. Joshua 24:14-15.

From this it is quite evident that Terah, Abram, and Nahor were idolaters.

[2] The fact that Nahor was a nation in which idolatrous worship existed is clear also from Laban the Syrian, who dwelt in the city of Nahor and who worshipped the images or teraphim which Rachel carried away with her, Genesis 24:10; 31:19, 26, 32, 34. And the fact that Abraham had one god, Nahor another, and Terah their father yet another, is clear from Genesis 31:53. It is also explicitly stated in Moses that Jehovah was unknown to Abram,

I, Jehovah, appeared to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob as God Shaddai, and by My name Jehovah I was not known to them. Exodus 6:3.

From this it is evident how much this Church with this people declined into idolatrous worship, which is meant here by 'Terah'. And since Terah means that worship, so do Abram, Nahor, and Haran.

  
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