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Genesis 10

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1 Ənta da əzzurriya ən bararan ən Nux: Šem, Xam əd Yafet. Əntanay erawan-du bararan dəffər əlwabil.

2 Bararan win Yafet əṃosan: Gomer, Magog, Maday, Yafan, Tubal, Mešek, əd Tiras.

3 Bararan win Gomer əṃosan: Aškənaz, Rifat, əd Togarma.

4 Bararan win Yafan əṃosan: Eliša, Taršiš, Kəl Kit, əd Kəl Dodan.

5 Əntanay ad d-əg̣madan aytedan win əɣassarnen gərwətlan əd ṭamawen ən gərwan wizawaznen daɣ kallan-nasan s awalan-nasan əd ɣawnatan-nasan əd tawšeten-nasan.

6 Bararan win Xam əṃosan: Kuš, Maṣar, Fut əd Kanan.

7 Bararan win Kuš əṃosan: Səba, Xawila, Sabta, Rama əd Sabtəka. Bararan win Rama əṃosan: Šəba əd Dədan.

8 Kuš eraw Nimrod ənta da. Ənta azzaran əs tišit n aməqqerəd fəl aṃadal.

9 Iṃos ənagmar iknan təla ən tanɣaw, a di da a fəl itawaṇṇu: šilat ən Nimrod, ənagmar iknan təla ən tanɣaw.

10 Iɣərman win daɣ issəṇta taɣmar-net əṃosan: Babel, Erek, Akkad, Kalne, daɣ aṃadal ən Šinar. Akal wen ig̣mad-tu əs wa n Aššur, ikras aɣrəm wa n Ninif əd wa n Rəxohot-Ir əd wa n Kalax əd wa n Resen gər Ninif əd Kalax, a əṃosnen aɣrəm iyyanda iknan təzzəwwərt. Maṣar eraw Kəl Lud əd Kəl Anam əd Kəl Ləhab əd Kəl Nəftux əd Kəl Fatrus əd Kəl Kaslux (win d əg̣madan Kəl Fəlist) əd Kəl Kaftor.

15 Kanan eraw Sidon aɣafadday-nnet, ilkam-as Xet.

16 Eraw tolas Kəl Yəbus, Kəl Emor,

17 Kəl Girgeš, Kəl Xiwi, Kəl Arki, Kəl Sini,

18 Kəl Arwad, Kəl Tsəmar əd Kəl Xamat. Dəffər a wen wazawaznat tawšeten šin əganen daɣ əzzurriya ən Kanan,

19 təzzar əbazan kallan-nasnat ɣur Sidon har Gaza daɣ anamod wa n Gərar, amaran daɣ anamod wa n Sədom əd Gamora d Adma əd Tsəboyim har Laša.

20 Əntanay da da bararan win Xam əzunnen əs tawšeten-nasan d awalan-nasan daɣ kallan-nasan əd ɣərfan-nasan.

21 Šem, amaḍray ən Yafet, əmaraw n Eber d əzzurriya-nnet, eraw-du bararan ənta da.

22 Bararan win Šem əṃosan: Elam, Aššur, Arfakšad, Lud d Aram.

23 Bararan win Aram əṃosan: Uz, Xul, Geter əd Maš.

24 Arfakšad eraw Šalax, amaran Šalax eraw Eber.

25 Eber eraw əššin bararan: iyyan eṣəm-net Feleg fəlas daɣ azzaman-net ənta ad izun aṃadal, wahaḍan Yoqtan.

26 Yoqtan eraw Almodad, Šelef, Xatsarmawet, Yarax,

27 Hadoram, Uzal, Dikla,

28 Obal, Abimal, Šəba,

29 Ofir, Xawila əd Yobab. Ket-nasan maddanəs ən Yoqtan.

30 Akal wa daɣ əɣsaran obaz-du ɣur Meša daɣ anamod wa n Səfara idɣaɣan win dənnəg.

31 Əntanay da da bararan win Šem əzunnen əs tawšeten-nasan d awalan-nasan daɣ kallan-nasan əd ɣərfan-nasan.

32 Əntanatay da da tawšeten šin əganen daɣ maddanəs ən Nux əzunnen s əzzurriyatan-nasan əd ɣərfan-nasan. Əntanay ələsəl ən ɣərfan win wazawaznen daɣ əddənet dəffər əlwabil.

   

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Arcana Coelestia #1715

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1715. 'And he pursued them as far as Hobah, which is on the left of Damascus' means to that particular extent. This becomes clear from the meaning of 'Hobah, which is on the left of Damascus'. Where Hobah was nobody knows, for it is not mentioned again in the Word. Damascus however was the capital city of Syria, as is clear in 2 Samuel 8:5-6; Isaiah 7:8, which has almost the same meaning as Syria, dealt with already at Chapter 10:22. The furthest boundary of the land of Canaan, but beyond Dan, is described as being Damascus, as in Amos,

You have taken up Sikkuth your king, and Kiyun your images, the star of your gods which you made for yourselves And I will cause you to go away beyond Damascus. Amos 5:26-27.

The northern boundary of the holy land or the Lord's kingdom is also called the boundary of Damascus in Ezekiel 47:16 18; 48:1. When it is said in the present verse that 'they were smitten and driven away as far as Hobah, which is on the left of Damascus', the extent to which apparent goods and truths were purified is meant. But unless the nature of those apparent goods and truths is known and by what means they were purified to make them genuine, no proper explanation of the meaning here of 'Hobah on the left of Damascus' is possible, apart from the general observation that they were purified.

  
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Genesis 14

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1 It happened in the days of Amraphel, king of Shinar, Arioch, king of Ellasar, Chedorlaomer, king of Elam, and Tidal, king of Goiim,

2 that they made war with Bera, king of Sodom, and with Birsha, king of Gomorrah, Shinab, king of Admah, and Shemeber, king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela (the same is Zoar).

3 All these joined together in the valley of Siddim (the same is the Salt Sea).

4 Twelve years they served Chedorlaomer, and in the thirteenth year, they rebelled.

5 In the fourteenth year Chedorlaomer came, and the kings who were with him, and struck the Rephaim in Ashteroth Karnaim, and the Zuzim in Ham, and the Emim in Shaveh Kiriathaim,

6 and the Horites in their Mount Seir, to Elparan, which is by the wilderness.

7 They returned, and came to En Mishpat (the same is Kadesh), and struck all the country of the Amalekites, and also the Amorites, that lived in Hazazon Tamar.

8 The king of Sodom, and the king of Gomorrah, and the king of Admah, and the king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela (the same is Zoar) went out; and they set the battle in array against them in the valley of Siddim;

9 against Chedorlaomer king of Elam, and Tidal king of Goiim, and Amraphel king of Shinar, and Arioch king of Ellasar; four kings against the five.

10 Now the valley of Siddim was full of tar pits; and the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled, and they fell there, and those who remained fled to the hills.

11 They took all the goods of Sodom and Gomorrah, and all their food, and went their way.

12 They took Lot, Abram's brother's son, who lived in Sodom, and his goods, and departed.

13 One who had escaped came and told Abram, the Hebrew. Now he lived by the oaks of Mamre, the Amorite, brother of Eshcol, and brother of Aner; and these were allies of Abram.

14 When Abram heard that his relative was taken captive, he led forth his trained men, born in his house, three hundred and eighteen, and pursued as far as Dan.

15 He divided himself against them by night, he and his servants, and struck them, and pursued them to Hobah, which is on the left hand of Damascus.

16 He brought back all the goods, and also brought back his relative, Lot, and his goods, and the women also, and the people.

17 The king of Sodom went out to meet him, after his return from the slaughter of Chedorlaomer and the kings who were with him, at the valley of Shaveh (that is, the King's Valley).

18 Melchizedek king of Salem brought out bread and wine: and he was priest of God Most High.

19 He blessed him, and said, "blessed be Abram of God Most High, possessor of heaven and earth:

20 and blessed be God Most High, who has delivered your enemies into your hand." Abram gave him a tenth of all.

21 The king of Sodom said to Abram, "Give me the people, and take the goods to yourself."

22 Abram said to the king of Sodom, "I have lifted up my hand to Yahweh, God Most High, possessor of heaven and earth,

23 that I will not take a thread nor a sandal strap nor anything that is yours, lest you should say, 'I have made Abram rich.'

24 I will accept nothing from you except that which the young men have eaten, and the portion of the men who went with me: Aner, Eshcol, and Mamre. Let them take their portion."