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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 15

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1 After these things the word of Yahweh came to Abram in a vision, saying, "Don't be afraid, Abram. I am your shield, your exceedingly great reward."

2 Abram said, "Lord Yahweh, what will you give me, since I go childless, and he who will inherit my estate is Eliezer of Damascus?"

3 Abram said, "Behold, to me you have given no seed: and, behold, one born in my house is my heir."

4 Behold, the word of Yahweh came to him, saying, "This man will not be your heir, but he who will come forth out of your own body will be your heir."

5 Yahweh brought him outside, and said, "Look now toward the sky, and count the stars, if you are able to count them." He said to Abram, "So shall your seed be."

6 He believed in Yahweh; and he reckoned it to him for righteousness.

7 He said to him, "I am Yahweh who brought you out of Ur of the Chaldees, to give you this land to inherit it."

8 He said, "Lord Yahweh, how will I know that I will inherit it?"

9 He said to him, "Bring me a heifer three years old, a female goat three years old, a ram three years old, a turtledove, and a young pigeon."

10 He brought him all of these, and divided them in the middle, and laid each half opposite the other; but he didn't divide the birds.

11 The birds of prey came down on the carcasses, and Abram drove them away.

12 When the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell on Abram. Now terror and great darkness fell on him.

13 He said to Abram, "Know for sure that your seed will live as foreigners in a land that is not theirs, and will serve them. They will afflict them four hundred years.

14 I will also judge that nation, whom they will serve. Afterward they will come out with great wealth,

15 but you will go to your fathers in peace. You will be buried in a good old age.

16 In the fourth generation they will come here again, for the iniquity of the Amorite is not yet full."

17 It came to pass that, when the sun went down, and it was dark, behold, a smoking furnace, and a flaming torch passed between these pieces.

18 In that day Yahweh made a covenant with Abram, saying, "To your seed I have given this land, from the river of Egypt to the great river, the river Euphrates:

19 the Kenites, the Kenizzites, the Kadmonites,

20 the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Rephaim,

21 the Amorites, the Canaanites, the Girgashites, and the Jebusites."