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Genesis 17

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2 Ad-akna arkawal ən tassaqq-in dər-ək, akfaq-qay əzzurriya iknan igət.»

3 Issəjad Abram daɣ aṃadal, ilas Məššina iššewal:

4 «Ənta da arkawal ən tassaqq-in dər-ək: ad təqqəlaɣ əmaraw ən təmattiwen əknanen igət,

5 wər za-tələsa ətəwəɣra s Abram, eṣəm-nak ad-iqqəl Ibrahim fəlas əmaraw ən təmattiwen əknanen igət a kay z-aga.

6 A-kay-əkanna əsəssirəw, təqqəla šimattiwen a daɣ z-agin mənokalan.

7 Ad-ak-əṭṭəfaɣ arkawal iɣlalan ən tassaqq-in, əṭṭəfaq-qu y əzzurriya-nnak ihayawan əs hayawan dəffər-ək fəl ad-əqqəla Məššina-nnak kay d əzzurriya-nnak.

8 A-kay-akfa kay d əzzurriya-nnak akal wa daɣ tənnəftaɣa, akal kul wa n Kanan. Akal wa ad-iggəz təla n əzzurriya-nnak har faw, əqqəla Məššina-nnet.

9 Iṇṇa Məššina y Ibrahim: «Əmərədda, kay d əzzurriya-nnak ihayawan əs hayawan ad-təṭṭəfam arkawal ən tassaqq-in dər-wan.

10 Ənta da təməwit as za-təṭṭəfa arkawal ən tassaqq-in dər-wan, kay d əzzurriya-nnak: I daɣ-wan iṃosan yay ad-ammaṇkad.

11 Iṃos əməṇkəd en asannal n arkawal ən tassaqq-in dər-wan.

12 As daɣ-wan iga barar wa n yay əṭṭam aḍan əd təhut təsəmməṇkədam-tu gər za daɣ azzaman win wala win dəffər-san. Ad-təsamaṇkadam tolas bararan n eklan gər za win əhunen daɣ ṇan nawan wala win du-təzzənzam.

13 Daɣ a di əššil eklan-nak kul ad-ammaṇkadan win əhunen daɣ ṇan nawan əd win d-ənzanen. Ad-iggəz asannal n arkawal iɣlalan ən tassaqq-in elam-nawan.

14 Yay wa wər nəmməṇkad ad-izəmməzzəy d aytedan-net fəlas arkawal ən tassaqq-in a iɣtas.

15 Iṇṇa Məššina y Ibrahim: «Tanṭut-nak wər tat təllisa teɣaray əs Saray eṣəm-net ad-iqqəl Sarata.

16 A fall-as aga albaraka aṃaran akfaq-qay dər-əs barar. A fall-as aga albaraka təqqəl təmarawt ən təmattiwen šiyyaḍ n əddənet, əg̣mədan-tanat-du mənokalan.

17 Issəjad Ibrahim daɣ aṃadal, ad iḍazzu. Iṇṇa daɣ ṃan-net: «Mas du-z-arəw i igan ṭemeday n awatay? Aṃaran Sarata təgat ṭazayat təṃərwen n awatay ma zza-tassahu?»

18 Təzzar iṇṇa Ibrahim i Məššina: «Igd-i ad iddar Ismaɣil, təṣṣana daɣ-as.»

19 Məššina iṇṇa: «Kala kala, tanṭut-nak Sarata ad-təgrəw barar as za-tagaɣ eṣəm Isxaq. A das əṭṭəfaɣ arkawal iɣlalan ənta d əzzurriya-nnet.

20 Mišan ad-əqbəla maṇsay-nak y Ismaɣil: a fall-as aga albaraka, əsəssirəwaq-qu, agaq-qu a wər nəla əket. Ad-arəw ṃaraw mənokalan d əššin, agaq-qu əmaraw ən tamattay təknat igət.

21 Mišan ad-əṭṭəfa arkawal y Isxaq a za-təgrəwa əd Sarata azzaman a da azanen.»

22 As iɣrad Məššina awal y Ibrahim, ig̣mad-as ənəfilal.

23 Ibrahim idkal Ismaɣil d eklan-net kul win ɣur-əs əhunen əd win d-izzənza, xasil yayyan n ahan-net kul, isammaṇkad-tan əzəl wen da, əmmək wa as t-omar Məššina. Ibrahim iga ṭazayat təṃərwen n awatay əd ṭaza, Ismaɣil barar-net iga ṃaraw elan əd karad as əmməṇkadan. Əmməṇkadan əzəl wen da əntanay əd yayyan kul n ahan n Ibrahim, eklan-net win ɣur-əs əhunen əd win d-izzənza daɣ təsədag.

   

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Arcana Coelestia #2010

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2010. Now because the word 'names means the essential nature, and also the knowledge of that nature, the meaning of the statement made in this verse becomes clear. That is to say, 'No longer will you be called by your name Abram, but your name will be Abraham' means, not what his nature had been previously but what it was going to be. The fact that Abram served other gods and worshipped the god Shaddai was shown above in 1992; but because he was to represent the Lord, and in particular His Internal Man, and so the celestial side of His love, his previous nature had to be effaced, that is, the name Abram had to be altered to another which was such that the Lord could be represented by means of it. The letter H therefore was taken from the name Jehovah - which letter alone in the name Jehovah entails the Divine, and means I AM or TO BE - and was inserted into his name, so that he was called Abraham. The same happened with Sarai further on; the same letter was added to her name, so that she was called Sarah. From this it also becomes clear that in the internal sense of the Word Abraham represents Jehovah or the Lord.

[2] It should be realized however that in representations no significance is attached to the nature or character of the one who represents, for in those representations no attention is paid to the person representing but to the thing which he represents, as stated and shown already in 665, 1097 (end), 1361. Therefore the meaning of the words here in the internal sense is that the Lord cast off the human and put on the Divine, which is also the particular point in the train of thought both before and after this statement, for the promise is now made concerning Isaac his son, who was to represent the Lord's Divine Rational.

  
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