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Genesis 13

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1 A di da fəl ig̣mad Abram Maṣar, innəmad teṇeray ən Negab, ənta əd tənṭut-net d a wa ila kul, iddew dər-əs Lot.

2 Abram ikna təgərgist daɣ hərwan d əzrəf d urəɣ.

3 Iṇkar Abram ad itagalat gər Negab d əɣrəm ən Bet-El, har oṣa edag wa daɣ izzəbbat əs tizarat, gər Bet-El d Ay,

4 edag wa daɣ ikras edagg ən təkutay dat a wen. Iɣbad Əməli.

5 Lot a dər-əs iddewan ənta da ila eharay wa ənḍərran əd wa zəwwaran iṃos aɣaywan aggen.

6 A wa əgan hərwan-nasan daɣ igət abas tan-eway akal, wər əfregan aharog.

7 Təggaz-tu tamazaq šin n amel gər maḍanan n Abram əd win Lot. As itagg'a wen Kəl Kanan əd Kəl Fəriz əntanay da əɣsaran daɣ akal wen.

8 Iṇṇ'Abram i Lot: «Ma tu təmal tamazaq gar-i dər-ək wala gər maḍanan-in əd win-nak fəlas iməḍrayan a nəṃos.

9 Akal ket-net illa dat-ək. Mazzay dər-i: As ṭətrama nak ad-ak adannaga as tədənnaga nak ad-ak əṭrəma.

10 Idkal Lot aṣawad-net inay as aṃadal kul n agarew wa n Yorden ket-net išwa, šilan aljannat, madeɣ aɣlal n agarew wa n Ənnil, har əɣrəm ən Tsohar, harwa wər ihlek Əməli Sədom əd Gamora.

11 Isaṇṇafran Lot i ṃan-net tatawla kul wa n Yorden, iggəlat iddənnag. Esaway wa da as əmməzzayan məḍrayan.

12 Abram iɣsar daɣ akal wa n Kanan.Mišan Lot ənta iɣsar daɣ ɣələyɣəlayan ən ɣərman ən tatawla ən Yorden. Ikras ihəktan-net har Sodom.

13 Kəl Sədom əṃosan ark-aytedan əknanen tišit ən nasbakkadan dat udəm n Əməli.

14 Iṇṇa Əməli y Abram, dəffər as immizzay əd Lot: «Ədkəl aṣawad-nak əṣwəd daɣ ṭamasna d agala əd dənnəg d aṭaram,

15 fəlas akal kul wa togge da ad-ak-k-akfa kay d əzzurriya-nnak har faw.

16 Ad-agaɣ əzzurriya-nnak šilat ən təblalen n aṃadal as kundaba awedan wa ifragan a tanat iššiḍən a-tu-z-iššiḍənan.

17 Əbdəd awəy d akal sas agawer-net əd təzzəgrət-net fəlas tehakkay a dak-ku-z-aga.»

18 Iggəlat Abram ikras ihəktan-net daɣ eškan zagrotnen əhanen edag wa daɣ iɣsar Mamre dagma n əɣrəm wa n Xebron. Iɣsar den da. Ikras edagg ən təkutay y Əməli.

   

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Arcana Coelestia #1547

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1547. And Lot with him. That this signifies what is sensuous, has already been briefly stated (n. 1428); but as Lot is here specifically treated of, it must be known what it is in the Lord that he represents. Pharaoh represented the memory-knowledges that at last sent the Lord away; but Lot represents sensuous things, by which is meant the external man and its pleasures that pertain to sensuous things, thus those things which are outermost, and which are wont to captivate man in his childhood, and draw him away from goods. For so far as a man indulges the pleasures that originate from cupidities, he is drawn away from the celestial things that are of love and charity; because in those pleasures there is love from self and from the world, with which celestial love cannot agree.

There are, however, pleasures that agree perfectly with celestial things, and that likewise appear similar in external form (concerning which see above, n. 945, 994, 995, 997). But the pleasures that originate from cupidities are to be restrained and wiped out, because they block the way to celestial things. It is these pleasures, and not the others, that are treated of in this chapter-by Lot, in that he separated himself from Abram; and here it is said that such pleasures were present, which are signified by “Lot with him.” But in general by “Lot” is signified the external man, as will be evident from what follows.

  
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