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Genesis 18

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2 As idkal Ibrahim aṣawad-net ogga karad meddan əbdadan dat-əs. Ozal-in dat ahaket-net har dər-san iṃṃənay, issəjad har aṃadal.

3 Aṃaran iṇṇa: «Əməli-nin kud əgrawa ɣur-ək arraxmat ad wər takəya daɣ igəg n əkli-nnak.

4 Ammawayanet-awan-du arat n aṃan as təššoradam iḍaran-nawan. Dəffər a di taṣṣanfim daw ašəkk a.

5 A-kawan-akfa arat ən ṭattay a-kawan-du-təssuɣəl šiɣurad-nawan, aṃaran takəyam daɣ tarrayt-nawan. S ig'a di wər z-iqqəl as du-təllamam dagma n ahan-in bannan.» Əjjəwwaban-as magaran: «Agu a w'as təṇṇe!»

6 Iqqal Ibrahim ahaket-net irrorad, iṇṇa i Sarata: «Tarmad, ədkəl-du iyyat n əɣlal n agel-nam w'ofan taga šigəlwen.

7 Dəffər a wen ozal Ibrahim s aharay-nnet isaṇṇafran d abarkaw wa ləmmidan iddəren, ikf-ay y amaššaɣal-net, issətrab amaknaw-net.

8 Aṃaran idkal-du ṭawna d əx d abarkaw wa iŋŋan, issəṇs-en dat-san. Igla ibdad ɣur-san daw ašək, əṭattan.

9 Təzzar əṇṇan-as: «Ma təga Sarata ta n tənṭut-nak?» Ijjəwwab-asan: «Təlla da, təha aṃṃas n ahaket.»

10 Iṇṇa iyyan daɣ-san: «Illikan as a-kay-d-əqqəla aḍan a da azanen, ad-tilu tənṭut-nak Sarata barar.» Sarata təṣṣisam daɣ aṃṃas n ahaket-net illan dəffər Ibrahim.

11 Ibrahim əd Sarata əglan daɣ elan, amaran Sarata təsiɣaraggat.

12 Ad-təḍazzu daɣ ṃan-net. Təgannu: «Əmərədda ad waššera ad-ileɣ əṇṇiyat n ənəməṇsa? Aləs-in deɣ waššar.»

13 Iṇṇa Əməli y Ibrahim: «Mas təḍazzu Sarata, təgannu:" Immikkan as ad əgrəwa barar, nak igan tušaray a da?"

14 Illa-ttu a iṃosan muxal fəl Əməli? Daɣ tamert a dak-əssəbdada a-kay-d-aṣa, aṃaran daɣ tamert di Sarata təla barar.»

15 Təga Sarata bahu as təṇṇa: «Wər əḍze», ənta tərəmmeq a təga. Mišan iṇṇ-as Əməli: «Awalla təḍzə!»

16 Əggazan meddan tarrayt, əgan anamod ən Sədom har oggan aɣrəm-net, intak-kan Ibrahim.

17 «Awak, iṇṇa Əməli, ad-əɣbəra y Ibrahim a wa z-aga?

18 Illikan as Ibrahim ad-iqqəl əmaraw ən tamattay təknat igət, təkna aṣṣahat, amaran a sər-əs əgrəwnat təmattiwen kul n əddənet albaraka,

19 fəlas əsinafranaq-qu fəl ad-amər əzzurriya-nnet s iḍuf ən tarrayen-nin s əṇṇiyat togdat toɣad fəl a-das-assanda a wa das ərkawala.

20 Iṇṇa Əməli y Ibrahim: «Šiɣəttas ən Sədom əd Gamora šilabasnen, ibakkadan-nasan izawwarnen,

21 a-tan-awəda aššaggara a wa sər-san itawaṇṇan. Kud əgan aššar wədi, ad-əṣṣəna.»

22 Əššin daɣ magaran əg̣madan edag di, əgan anamod ən Sədom, s iga a di Əməli illa ɣur Ibrahim.

23 Ihoz-t-id Ibrahim, iṇṇa: «Əməli, awak ad-təhləka aytedan win n alɣadilan əd win tan wər nəṃos?

24 Mijas əllanat-tu ṣəmmosat təṃərwen n alɣadil daɣ əɣrəm a-tan-təhləka? Wər za-təṣṣurəfa y əɣrəm fəl udəm ən ṣəmmosat təṃərwen as immikkan as t-əhanat?

25 Kala kala wər imməkkan ad-tagaɣ a di, ad-tanɣa aytedan əɣdalnen təssərtəyaq-qan əd win aššarnen, əšəššili ən win əɣdalnen əd win aššarnen! Iguk-kay əṃedran di! Əmašraɣ n əddənet ad-ammazal s əššəriɣa di?»

26 Iṇṇa Əməli: «As əgrawa daɣ Sədom ṣəmmosat təṃərwen n alɣadil, ad-əṣṣurəfa y əɣrəm kul fəl udəm-nasan.»

27 Iṇṇa Ibrahim tolas: «Əhala awal s Əməli, ənta nak wər əṃosa ar əg̣odrar d ezəd.

28 Kud iqqəddar as aba ṣəmmos daɣ ṣəmmosat təṃərwen n alɣadil ad-təhləka aɣrəm kul fəl ṣəmmos aytedan di?» «Wər tu-z-əhləka, ijjəwwab Əməli, as daɣ-as əgrawa əkkozat təṃərwen n alɣadil əd ṣəmmos.»

29 Iḍgaz Ibrahim tolas iṇṇa: «Mijas tu wər iha ar əkkozat təṃərwen n alɣadil!» «Wər z-əhləka aɣrəm fəl udəm n əkkozat təṃərwen.»

30 Iṇṇa Ibrahim tolas: «Əməli-nin ardu s a kay wər iggez alham, ad-ak-ammagrada tolas! Mijas tu wər iha ar karadat təṃərwen.» «As daɣ-as əgrawa karadat təṃərwen, ijjawwab Əməli, wər tu-z-aga.»

31 Igla Ibrahim iṣṣəstan: «Əhala awal s Əməli. Mijas wər t-iha ar ṣanatat təṃərwen!» «Fəl udəm ən ṣanatat təṃərwen di wər tu-z-əhləka.»

32 Iṇṇa Ibrahim tolas: «Are daɣ Əməli a tu wər iggez alham as əge awal-in wa ilkaman! Mijas tu wər iha ar ṃaraw.» Amaran ijjəwwab Məššina: «Fəl udəm ən ṃaraw alɣadilan wər z-əhləka aɣrəm di.»

33 As təɣrad əljəmat fəl a wa, igl'Əməli, aṃaran Ibrahim iqqal aɣaywan-net.

   

from the Writings of Emanuel Swedenborg

 

Arcana Coelestia #2085

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2085. 'For his seed after him' means those who would have faith in the Lord. This is clear from the meaning of 'seed' as faith, dealt with already in 1025, 1447, 1610, 2034. 'Seed' here means those who have faith grounded in love, that is, who have love to the Lord, and who are therefore celestial people or those who belong to the celestial Church, for the seed descending from Isaac is the subject. Those however who have faith grounded in charity, that is, who have charity towards the neighbour, and who are therefore spiritual people or those who belong to the spiritual Church, are meant by 'Ishmael' who is the subject in the next verse. For the distinction between celestial people and spiritual, see above 2069, 2078, and also for the distinction between having love to the Lord and having charity towards the neighbour, 2023.

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

from the Writings of Emanuel Swedenborg

 

Arcana Coelestia #1610

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1610. That 'I will make your seed as the dust of the earth' means being multiplied beyond measure is clear without explanation. Here it is said that his seed would be made as 'the dust of the earth', in other parts of the Word as 'the dust of the sea', and in yet other parts as 'the stars of heaven'. Each of these phrases has its own particular meaning. 'Dust of the earth' has regard to those things that are celestial, for, as shown already, 'the earth' means the celestial aspect of love; 'dust of the sea' has regard to those things that are spiritual, for 'the sea', as has also been shown, means the spiritual aspect of love; while 'as the stars of heaven' means both but in a higher degree. And because these things cannot be numbered they therefore became common expressions to describe growth and multiplication beyond measure.

[2] The statement that his seed, that is, the faith that is the expression of love, or simply love, was to be multiplied beyond measure means in the highest sense the Lord, and in particular His Human Essence, for the Lord as regards the Human Essence is called 'the seed of the woman', dealt with in 256. When the Lord's Human Essence is meant, the infinite celestial and spiritual is understood by the words 'multiplied beyond measure'; but when faith that is the expression of charity, or simply charity, among the human race is meant by 'the seed', the multiplication without measure of that seed in everyone who leads a charitable life is understood. Such multiplication takes place in the next life with everyone who leads a charitable life. With him the multiplication of charity and of the faith deriving from it, together with their associated happiness, is so great that one can only describe it as being beyond measure and defying description. When the human race is meant by 'the seed', the multiplication of this in the Lord's kingdom is also beyond measure - not only from those who are inside the Church, and their children, but also from those who are outside the Church, and their children. Consequently the Lord's kingdom or heaven is boundless. That boundlessness will in the Lord's Divine mercy be spoken of elsewhere.

  
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