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Genesis 15

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1 Ijjəwwab Abram, iṇṇ-as: «Əməli Məššina ma d-i za-takfa? Nak wərge barar a əle əngəm ikkusət-i.» Iṇṇa tolas: «Wər di təkfeɣ əzzurriya, əmərədda iyyan daɣ eklan n aɣaywan-in, Eliyezer wa n Damas, ənta a di z-ikkusen.»

4 Ijjəwwab-as Məššina: «Kala wərge ənta a zz-iqqəlan amakkasu-nnak mišan wa dd-ig̣madan tadist-nak ənta a tu-z-iqqəlan.»

5 Ikkas-t-idu dat-ahan, iṇṇ-as: «Əṣwəd daɣ jənnawan əṣṣən təfraga əšiḍən n eṭran. Əntanay z'a dər z-agdu əzzurriya-nnak.»

6 Izzəgzan Abram y Əməli, iqbal Məššina tišit ta ig' alɣadil fəl əzəgzan wa sər-əs iga.

7 Iṇṇa Əməli y Abram: «Nak Əməli wa kay du-ikkasan daɣ əɣrəm n Ur wa n Kəl Kasday fəl a-kay-akfa akal a tileq-q.»

8 Ijjəwwab Abram iṇṇa: «Əməli Məššina məni a wa as z-əṣṣənaɣ as ad-iggəz təla-nin?»

9 Ijjəwwab-as: «Awəy-du taɣit ən karad elan, taɣat ən karad elan, akar ən karad elan, tadabert n əṣuf d adaber ənḍərran n əɣrəm.»

10 Təzzər eway-as-tan-du, a- tan- izamazzay daɣ aṃṃas əs təzzəgrət-nasan isinəməṣwid igannatan-nasan mišan ig̣ədad wər tan ifres. əg̣g̣aran nollaman šiməɣsa-nasan isattaq-qan Abram.

12 As tuḍa ṭəfuk iṭṭərmas Abram s iket an eṭəs, təggaz-tu ṭasa tagget əgrawnat-tu šiyyay zawwarnen.

13 Iṇṇ-as Əməli: «Əṣṣən as əzzurriya-nnak ad-annaftaɣ daɣ akal iyyan, iggəz təla ad itawaṣaknu ark-aṇay har əkkozat ṭəmad n awatay.

14 Mišan nak ad-əšrəɣa temattay ta tan təgat eklan əg̣mədan-du akal wa,ədbalan təgərgist tagget.

15 Kay a kay iba daɣ alxer a din-tətəwəmizəla dəffər tušaray daɣ təssidaya.

16 Kundaba ɣur hayawan-nak win n əkkoz ad du-z-iqqəl əzzurriya-nnak da fəlas den da ad za-tawəd tallabast n arak- mazalan ən Kəl Amor, təzzar təwəddəban.

17 As tuḍa ṭəfuk əknanat šiyyay igi, təzzar okaynat təṃakaten d abalagleg ən tamsay ig̣ammad-tan əhu, ətallaman gər dəgran win əzunnen ən ṣan.

18 Əzəl wen da ad iga Əməli arkawal ən tassaq-net d Abram iṇṇ-as: «Əkfeɣ akal a y əzzurriya-nnak ad-d-obazan ɣur agarew wa n Maṣar har wa zəwwaran igan eṣəm Fərat.

19 Akal wa iṃos in Kəl Keyn, Kəl Kəniz, əd Kəl Kadəmon,

20 əd Kəl Xet əd Kəl Fəriz əd Kəl Rəfay

21 əd Kəl Amor əd Kəl Kanan, əd Kəl Girgaš əd Kəl Yabus.

   

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Arcana Coelestia #1795

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1795. 'And the steward of my house' means the external Church. This is clear from the meaning in the internal sense of 'steward of the house', that is, in reference to the Church. The external Church is called 'the steward of the house' when the internal Church itself is 'the house' and the head of the household is the Lord. The position which the external Church occupies is nothing other than this, for all stewardship belongs to the external side of the Church, such as the performance of rituals and many other duties connected with the Temple and the Church itself, that is, Jehovah's or the Lord's House.

[2] The external things of the Church when they are without the internal things are of no value. It is to those internal things that they owe their existence, and in character they are the same as those internal things. The situation with them is as it is with man: with him what is external or bodily is in itself something valueless unless that which is internal exists to give it soul and life. As is the character therefore of that which is internal, so is the character of that which is external; or, as is the character of the disposition and mind (animus et mens), so is the worth of all the things which come forth through that which is external or bodily. The things of the heart make man, not those of the lips and gestures. It is the same with the internal things of the Church. Nevertheless the external things of the Church are as the external things with man, in that they serve as stewards or overseers; or what amounts to the same, the external or bodily man may be called the steward or overseer of the house when 'the house' is that which belongs to interior things. From this it is evident what 'childless' means, namely a time when no internal dimension of the Church exists, only an external, as it was at the time regarding which the Lord made complaint.

  
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