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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 #2072

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2072. And laughed. That this signifies the affection of truth, may be seen from the origin and essence of laughter, for its origin is nothing but the affection of truth, or else the affection of what is false, from which come the gladness and merriment that in laughter display themselves in the face, which shows that the essence of laughter is nothing else. Laughter is indeed an external thing that belongs to the body because to the face; but in the Word interior things are expressed and signified by exterior things; just as all the interior affections of the mind are expressed and signified by means of the face, interior hearing and obedience being signified by the ear, interior sight or understanding by the eye, power and strength by the hand and arm, and so on, and in the same way the affection of truth by laughter.

[2] In man’s rational there is truth, which is its chief characteristic, and there is also the affection of good, but this is in the very affection of truth as its soul. The affection of good which is in the rational does not display itself by means of laughter, but by means of a certain joy and consequent pleasurable delight which does not laugh; for in laughter there is usually something that is not so good. The reason why truth is the chief characteristic in man’s rational, is that the rational is formed by means of the knowledges of truth, for by no other means can anyone ever become rational. The knowledges of good are truths, equally as much as are the knowledges of truth.

[3] That “laughter” here signifies the affection of truth, may be seen from its being related that Abraham laughed; and in like manner Sarah, both before Isaac was born, and afterwards; and also from Isaac’s being named from “laughter,” for the word “Isaac” means “laughter.” That Abraham laughed when he heard about Isaac, is evident from this verse, for it is said that Abraham laughed when he heard about a son from Sarah. That Sarah also laughed before Isaac’s birth, when she heard from Jehovah that she should bear a son, is told in the words, “When Sarah heard at the door of the tent, Sarah laughed within herself, saying, After I am grown old shall I have pleasure? and my lord old? And Jehovah said unto Abraham, Wherefore did Sarah laugh, saying, Shall I of a surety bear a child, and I am become old? Sarah denied, saying, I laughed not; for she was, afraid. And He said, Nay, but thou didst laugh” (Genesis 18:12-13, 15). And later, when Isaac had been born, “Abraham called the name of his son Isaac” (meaning “laughter”); and Sarah said, “God hath made laughter for me; everyone that heareth shall laugh with me” (Genesis 21:3, 6). Unless “laughing” and the name “Isaac,” meaning “laughter,” involved such things, these matters would never have been related.

  
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