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Genesis 11

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1 Daɣ əddənet ket-net wər-itawašawal ar awal iyyanda.

2 Əmalan-tu aytedan ətagalatnen ad d-əhanen sas dənnəg, əgrawnen asalwa iyyan daɣ aṃadal ən Šinar, əɣsaran daɣ-as.

3 Ənamaṇṇan gar-essan: «Əndawat, ad-nagu bargitan, nassaŋŋ-en əs tamsay.» Əgan-tan daɣ adagg ən təhun, əgan kolta daɣ adagg ən talaq.

4 Təzzar əṇṇan: «Əndawat, əkrəsatanaɣ aɣrəm d ogga iḍḍasan ijənnawan, ilatanaɣ eṣəm ad wər nəwəziwəz fəl tasayt n aṃadal.»

5 Izzəbbad-du Əməli fəl ad-inəy aɣrəm d ogga win karrasan maddanəs n Adəm.

6 Təzzar iṇṇa Əməli: «Əntanay da əqqalan aɣrəf iyyanda, əššewalan awal iyyanda. Kud a wa da as əṣṣəntan wədi daɣ a ilkaman wər t-illa a dər z-əgmiyan arn-asan.

7 Əndawat, zabbatatana, ad-nəsənnəffəy awal-nasan fəl ad-ibas ətinəməsəsəgrin gar-essan.»

8 Den da a tan-izawwazawaz Əməli fəl tasayt n aṃadal kul, təzzar əzazzakken akaras n əɣrəm.

9 A di da fəl iga eṣəm Babel fəlas den da ad isannaffay Əməli awal ən maddanəs n Adəm, amaran den da tolas a tan izawwazawaz fəl tasayt n aṃadal.

10 Ənta da əzzurriya ən Šem: Šem iga ṭemeday n awatay as eraw Arfakšad, əššin elan dəffər əlwabil.

11 Šem iga ṣəmmosat ṭəmad n awatay dəffər təhut n Arfakšad, itaraw-du bararan əd təbararen.

12 Arfakšad as iga karadat təṃərwen n awatay əd ṣəmmos eraw Šela.

13 Arfakšad ig'əkkozat ṭəmad n awatay əd karad dəffər təhut ən Šela itaraw-du bararan əd təbararen.

14 Šela iga karadat təṃərwen n awatay as eraw Eber.

15 Šela ig'əkkozat ṭəmad n awatay əd karad dəffər təhut n Eber, itaraw-du bararan əd təbararen.

16 As iga Eber karadat təṃərwen n awatay d əkkoz eraw Feleg.

17 Eber iga əkkozat ṭəmad n awatay əd karadat təṃərwen dəffər təhut ən Feleg, itaraw-du bararan əd təbararen.

18 As iga Feleg karadat təṃərwen n awatay eraw Ru.

19 Feleg iga ṣanatat ṭəmad n awatay əd ṭaza dəffər təhut ən Ru, itaraw-du bararan əd təbararen.

20 As iga Ru karadat təṃərwen n awatay d əššin eraw Sərug.

21 Ru iga ṣanatat ṭəmad n awatay d əṣṣa dəffər təhut ən Sərug, itaraw-du bararan əd təbararen.

22 As iga Sərug karadat təṃərwen n awatay eraw Naxor.

23 Sərug iga ṣanatat ṭəmad n awatay dəffər təhut ən Naxor, itaraw-du bararan əd təbararen.

24 As iga Naxor ṣanatat təṃərwen n awatay əd ṭaza eraw Terax.

25 Naxor iga ṭemeday n awatay əd ṃaraw əd ṭaza dəffər təhut ən Terax, itaraw-du bararan əd təbararen.

26 As iga Terax əṣṣayat təṃərwen n awatay eraw Abram, Naxor əd Haran.

27 Ənta da əzzurriya ən Terax. Terax eraw Abram, Naxor, əd Haran. Haran eraw Lot.

28 Haran aba-tu dat ši-s daɣ akal wa daɣ ihu, daɣ əɣrəm n Ur wa n Kəl Kasday.

29 Abram əd Naxor əzlafan: Abram izlaf Saray, Naxor izlaf Milka, elles ən Haran, šis ən Milka əd Yiska.

30 Saray wər tətirəw, wər təla barar waliyyan.

31 Iddew Terax əd rur-es Abram d ahaya-nnet Lot ag Haran əd təḍaggalt-net Saray tanṭut ən rur-es Abram. Əg̣madan aɣrəm n Ur wa n kəl Kasday s akal ən Kanan. Əglan har oṣan aɣrəm ən Xaran, əɣsaran daɣ-as.

32 Taɣrəst ən Terax ṣanatat ṭəmad n awatay əd ṣəmmos, aba-tu daɣ Xaran.

   

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Arcana Coelestia #1306

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1306. That 'a tower' means worship of self is clear from the meaning of 'a tower'. It is worship of self when a person sets himself up above everybody else even to the point of his being worshipped. Consequently self-love, which is pride and arrogance, is called height, loftiness, and exaltedness, and everything high is used to describe it, as in Isaiah,

The eyes of man's (homo) loftiness will be humbled, and the height of men (vir) brought low, and Jehovah alone will be exalted on that day, for the day of Jehovah Zebaoth will be against everyone that is lofty and high, and against everyone that is lifted up. and he will be humbled, and against all the cedars of Lebanon that are high and lifted up and against all the oaks of Bashan, and against all high mountains, and against all hills that are lifted up, and against every lofty tower and against every fortified wall. Isaiah 2:11-18.

This refers to self-love, described by the cedars, oaks, mountains, hills, and tower that are high and exalted.

[2] In the same prophet,

There will be brooks, streams of water, on the day of the great slaughter, when the towers fall. Isaiah 30:25.

Here likewise 'tower' stands for self-love and for exaltedness in worship. In the same prophet,

Behold, the land of the Chaldeans! This people was not. Asshur founded her in tziim. 1 They will erect their watch-towers; they will raise up her palaces, he will make her into a ruin. Isaiah 23:13.

This refers to Tyre and laying it waste. 'Watch-towers', a different expression from 'towers', stands for resulting delusions. In Ezekiel,

I will cause many nations to come up against Tyre, and they will break down the walls of Tyre, and destroy her towers, and I will scrape her dust from her and make her a bare rock. Ezekiel 26:3-4.

Here likewise 'towers' has the same meaning.

[3] The reason why self-love in worship, or worship of self, is called 'a tower' is that 'a city' means doctrine, as shown already in 402, and cities in former times were fortified by towers with watchmen in them. Towers were also placed on their borders, and they were therefore called towers for watchmen, 2 Kings 9:17; 17:9; 18:8, and watchtowers, Isaiah 23:13. In addition, when the Lord's Church is compared to a vineyard, things of worship and also the preservation of it are compared to a winepress and to 'a tower in the vineyard', as is clear in Isaiah 5:1-2; Matthew 21:33; Mark 12:1.

Footnotes:

1. A Hebrew word, probably meaning desert creatures

  
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