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Genesis 20

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2 Ibrahim igannu əs tənṭut-net Sarata: «tamaḍraytt-in a wa.» Abimelek əmənokal ən Gərar isassaway-du Sarata.

3 Ahad di da daɣ tərgət inafalal Məššina y Abimelek, iṇṇ-as: «A kay iba fəl əddəlil ən tənṭut ta du-təsassawaya fəlas təzlaf.»

4 Abimelek a tat wər nəḍes harwa iṇṇa: «Əməli-nin, nak əd tamattay-nin ad-ana-təhləka da nəɣdal?

5 Awak təṇṇa a d-i wər iga tamaḍrayt-net a təṃos? Ənta iṃan-net tanṭut təṇṇ-i amaqqar-net a iṃos. A di da fəl əgeɣ a di s əwəl iddinan əd fassan zaddognen.»

6 Ijjəwwab-as Məššina daɣ tərgət: «Əṣṣanaɣ iṃan-in as s əwəl iddinan ad təgeɣ a di, a di da fəlas arəɣ a kay ag̣əza daɣ abakkad,taqqama da wər tat-təḍesa.

7 Suɣəl tanṭut n aləs di əmərədda! Ənnəbi a iṃos, amaran a dak aṇsəy Məššina fəl ad-təddəra. As tat wər təssoɣala əṣṣən as illikan as a kay iba, kay d aytedan-nak.»

8 Ɣur taṇakra-nnet tənzayat, isassaɣra-ddu Abimelek aytedan-net ig-asan isalan kul. Aytedan təggaz-tan ṭasa zəwwərət.

9 Təzzar iɣra-ddu Abimelek Ibrahim iṇṇ-as: «Ma dana-təgeɣ da? Ma dak-əɣšada as dana-təge, nak əd taɣmar-in, daɣ ədmaran n abakkad igan təzzəwwərt a da? Təgəɣ-i əmazal da wər nətəwəggu.»

10 Iṇṇ-as tolas: «Ma tənnəye daɣ igi n əmazal a ?»

11 Ijjəwwab-as Ibrahim: «Aɣila wala aššak daɣ-as wər t-illa i iksudan Məššina daɣ akal a da, amaran təwənɣa fəl əddəlil ən tənṭutt-in.

12 Mišan tidət as tamaḍraytt-in: elles n abba-nin mišan wər tat-terew anna-nin, təqqal tanṭutt-in.

13 Assaɣa wa di-d-išaššakal Məššina daɣ akal n abba-nin, əṇṇeɣ i tənṭutt-in:" Ag-i tara-nin a: edag noṣa taṇṇa nak amaqqar-nam a əṃosa."»

14 Idkal Abimelek ayfəd əd wəlli əd šitan d eklan əd taklaten, ikf-en y Ibrahim as t-in-issoɣal tanṭut-net Sarata.

15 Iṇṇ-as: «Akal-in innolam-ak. Əɣsər daɣ-as daɣ adag wa əran ṃan-nak.»

16 Amaran iṇṇa i Sarata: «Təhaṇṇaya! Əkfeɣ agim ən tafelt n əzrəf amaqqar-nam: iṃos a wen təgiyya dat aytedan-nam kul n as wər təle lahan daɣ batu a da.» Fəl əddəlil n a wa igrawan Sarata, tanṭut n Ibrahim, Əməli isaggagra šiḍoden n ahan n Abimelek. Oṇsay Ibrahim Məššina, amaran iqbal Məššina maṇsay-nnet, izzozay Abimelek, tanṭut-net əd taklaten-net, əfragnat ad-ələsnat agaraw ən bararan.

   

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Arcana Coelestia #2400

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2400. 'He spoke to his sons-in-law who were marrying his daughters' means together with those governed by truths to which affections for good could be allied. This is clear from the meaning of 'sons-in-law' as cognitions of truth, and consequently truths, dealt with above, in 2389, and from the meaning of 'daughters' as affections for good, also dealt with above, in 2362. And because it is said that he spoke to his sons-in-law who were marrying his daughters, the meaning is, together with those governed by truths to which affections for good were able to be joined. Because those affections could be so joined the expression 'his sons-in-law' is used, but because they had not actually been joined the expression 'who were marrying his daughters' is added.

[2] Here the subject is a third group of persons inside the Church, that is to say, those who have knowledge of truths but nevertheless lead evil lives. There are in fact three groups of people inside the Church:

1. Those in whose lives the good of charity is present; these are represented by 'Lot'.

2. Those who are immersed completely in falsity and evil, and who repudiate both truth and good; these are represented by 'the men of Sodom'.

3. Those who do indeed have knowledge of truths but nevertheless lead evil lives; these are meant here by 'sons-in-law'.

The last of these are chiefly people who teach, but the truth which they teach sends its roots down no more deeply than knowledge solely in the memory is accustomed to do; for it is learned and displayed by them solely for the sake of position and gain. And because with such people the ground in which the truth is sown is accordingly self-love and love of the world their belief in truth is no more than a certain persuasion, resulting from those loves. The nature of that persuasion will in the Lord's Divine mercy be spoken of elsewhere. Here they are described as the sons-in-law who did not believe a thing about the overthrow of Sodom but laughed at the idea. And the faith within their heart is also of that nature.

  
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