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Genesis 2

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1 Təməwit ta da as əkkəsawan jənnawan əd ṃədlan d arat kul wa tan ihan.

2 Əzəl wa n əṣṣa əššəɣəl wa iga Məššina kul ikkisaw, təzzar iɣrad-tu daɣ-as.

3 Iga Məššina albaraka-nnet fəl əzəl wa n əṣṣa, izzəzwar-tu fəlas əzəl wa da ad daɣ iɣrad əššəɣəl n əxluk kul wa iga.

4 Ələsəl wa n jənnawan d aṃadal ənta da as d-ətawaxlakan. As d-iga Əməli Məššina aṃadal əd jənnawan

5 wər tu təlla təfsəq waliyyat za wər ig̣med yel harwa fəl aṃadal. Fəlas Əməli Məššina wər d-issofay akonak fəl aṃadal, amaran ənta da wər t-illa awedan waliyyan igyakan aṃadal.

6 Təzzar təg̣mad-du šaṭ n aṃan aṃadal, təssəbdag tesayt n aṃadal.

7 Ixlak-du Əməli Məššina aggadəm daɣ əg̣odrar n aṃadal issəwad daɣ šinjar-net iṇfas wa n təməddurt, təzzar iqqal aggadəm taxlək əhan ṃan.

8 Dəffər a di ig'Əməli Məššina əgoras daɣ akal n Edan fəl aganna wa n dənnəg issənṣa daɣ-as aggadəm wa dd-ixlak da.

9 Əməli Məššina issədwal-du daɣ aṃadal irawan n eškan kul əhossaynen as əzodan aratan-nasan əs taṭṭay, issədwal-du ənta da ašək wa n təməddurt daɣ aṃṃas n əgoras, d ašək wa n maṣnat n a wa olaɣan d iba-nnet.

10 Ig̣mad-d'agarew akal wa n Edan fəl ad-aššašəw əgoras. Den da ad-imməzzay agarew iqqal əkkoz ḍaran.

11 Aḍar w'azzaran eṣəm-net Fišon, ənta a dd-iɣlayan akal kul wa n Hawila, akal wa iha urəɣ,

12 urəɣ iṃosan wa iqqətasan. Akal wen ətawagrawan daɣ-as aḍutan əzodnen əlanen ələsəl as itawaṇṇu Bədola, tolas əhanat-tu təhun əntanatay da əlanen ələsəl as itawaṇṇu Šoham.

13 Eṣəm n aḍar wa n əššin Gihon, ənta a dd-iɣlayan akal wa n Kuš ket-net.

14 Eṣəm n aḍar wa n karad Hiddekəl, ənta a dd-ingayan daɣ dənnəg n akal n Aššur. Aḍar wa n əkkoz eṣəm-net Fərat.

15 Idkal Əməli Məššina aggadəm, ig-ay daɣ əgoras wa n Edan fəl a dər-əs annaṭṭaf, iṣṣən daɣ-as.

16 Təzzar ig'Əməli Məššina y aggadəm tarɣəmt təṃosat as das iṇṇa: «Təle turagat ən taṭṭay n aratan n eškan kul win n əgoras.

17 Mišan ad-wər-tatša aratan n ašək wa n maṣnat n a wa olaɣan d iba-nnet, fəlas as tan-tətšeɣ illikan as a kay iba.»

18 Iṇṇa Əməli Məššina: «Wər oleɣ ad iṃos aggadəm ɣas-net ad-as-aga tadhəlt a dər inihagga.»

19 Ixlak-du Əməli Məššina daɣ aṃadal imudaran kul win ozalnen fəl aṃadal əd g̣ədad kul. Iwat-tan-du s aggadəm ad-inəy Əməli Məššina ma əṃosan əṣmawan win dasan z-agu. Təzzar iqqal as iṣmawan win ig'aggadəm i mudaran, əntanay a tan əwarnen.

20 Ig'aggadəm iṣmawan i hərwan əd g̣ədad əd wəxsan kul, mišan wər ɣur-əs ig'as, ənta aggadəm, igraw tadhəlt a dər inihagga.

21 Təzzar isaṭṭarmas-tu Əməli Məššina iket an eṭəs. Daɣ amazay wa d inṣa da ikkas-du iyyan daɣ ɣərdəššan-net issoɣal iṣan n alam təməwit-nasan.

22 Ixlak-du Əməli Məššina tanṭut daɣ əɣərdes wa dd-ikkas daɣ aggadəm da, eway-tat-du sər-əs.

23 Təzzar iṇṇa aggadəm: «Ənta da ta təṃosat eɣas ən ɣasan-in elam n alam-in. Ənt'as z-itawaṇṇu tanṭut fəl-as aləs a daɣ du-tətawakkas.»

24 A di da a fəlas aləs ad-ifəl ehan ən šis əd ṃas, irtəy əd tənṭut-net, əqqəlan elam iyyanda.

25 Aləs əd tənṭut ket-nasan əxizamzaman, eges wər tan tətibəz takarakit.

   

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Arcana Coelestia #566

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566. That by the “faces of the ground” is signified all that region where the church was, is evident from the signification of “ground;” for in the Word there is an accurate distinction made between “ground” and “earth;” by “ground” is everywhere signified the church, or something belonging to the church; and from this comes the name of “man” or “Adam” which is “ground;” by “earth” in various places is meant where there is no church, or anything belonging to the church, as in the first chapter, where “earth” only is named, because as yet there was no church, or regenerate man. The “ground” is first spoken of in the second chapter, because then there was a church. In like manner it is said here, and in the following chapter (Genesis 7:4, 23), that “every substance should be destroyed from off the faces of the ground” signifying in the region where the church was; but in Genesis 7:3, speaking of a church about to be created, it is said, “to keep seed alive on the faces of the ground.” “Ground” has the same signification everywhere in the Word; as in Isaiah:

Jehovah will have mercy on Jacob, and will yet choose Israel, and will set them upon their own ground, and the peoples shall take them, and shall bring them to their place, and the house of Israel shall inherit them on the ground of Jehovah (Isaiah 14:1-2),

speaking of the church that has been made; whereas where there is no church it is in the same chapter called “earth” (Isaiah 14:9, 12, 16, 20-21, 25-26).

[2] Again:

And the ground of Judah shall be a terror unto Egypt; in that day there shall be five cities in the land of Egypt speaking with the lip of Canaan (Isaiah 19:17-18),

where “ground” signifies the church, and “land” where there is no church. In the same:

The earth shall reel to and fro like a drunkard; Jehovah shall visit upon the army of the height in the height, and upon the kings of the ground on the ground (Isaiah 24:20-21).

In Jeremiah:

Because of the ground that is worn, because there was no rain on the earth, the husbandmen were ashamed, they covered their heads, yea, the hind also calved in the field (Jeremiah 14:4-5),

where “earth” is that which contains the “ground” and “ground” that which contains the “field.”

[3] In the same:

He brought the seed of the house of Israel from the northern land, from all the lands whither I have driven them, and they shall dwell on their own ground (Jeremiah 23:8),

where “land” and “lands” are where there are no churches; “ground” where there is a church or true worship. Again: I will give the remains of Jerusalem, them that are left in this land, and them that dwell in the land of Egypt, and I will deliver them to commotion, for evil to all the kings of the earth, and I will send the sword, the famine, and pestilence among them, till they be consumed from off the ground which I gave to them and to their fathers (Jeremiah 24:8-10),

where “ground” signifies doctrine and the worship thence derived; and in like manner in the same Prophet, chapter 5.

[4] In Ezekiel:

I will gather you out of the lands wherein ye have been scattered, and ye shall know that I am Jehovah when I shall bring you again into the ground of Israel, into the land for which I lifted up My hand to give it to your fathers (Ezekiel 20:41-42),

where “ground” signifies internal worship; it is called “land” when there is no internal worship.

In Malachi:

I will rebuke him that consumeth for your sakes, and he shall not corrupt for you the fruit of the ground, nor shall the vine be bereaved for you in the field; and all nations shall call you blessed, because ye shall be a delightsome land (Malachi 3:11-12),

where “land” denotes the containant, and therefore it plainly denotes man, who is called “land” when “ground” denotes the church, or doctrine.

[5] In Moses:

Sing, O ye nations, His people, He will make expiation for His ground, His people (Deuteronomy 32:43),

evidently signifying the Church of the Gentiles, which is called “ground.”

In Isaiah:

Before the child shall know to refuse the evil and choose the good, the ground shall be forsaken, which thou abhorrest in presence of both her kings (Isaiah 7:16),

speaking of the advent of the Lord; that the “ground will be forsaken” denotes the church, or the true doctrine of faith. That “ground” and “field” are so called from being sown with seed, is evident; as in Isaiah:

Then shall he give rain of thy seed wherewith thou shalt sow the ground; the oxen also and the young asses that labor on the ground (Isaiah 30:23-24).

And in Joel:

The field is laid waste, and the ground hath mourned, because the corn is laid waste (Joel 1:10).

Hence then it is evident that “man” who in the Hebrew tongue is called “Adam” from “ground” signifies the church.

  
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