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Genesis 22

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2 Iṇṇ-as Məššina: «Ədkəl barar-nak Isxaq, barar-nak ann iyyanda təknəɣ tara, takka dər-əs akal ən Moriyya, fəl adɣaɣ a kay z-assakna, amaran tagaɣ-i-tu takutay təkwayat.»

3 Tufat iga-ddu Ibrahim taṇakra tənzayat, isaffardat eškan, iggəgga ajaḍ-net, əbazan tarrayt ənta əd barar-net Isxaq d əššin daɣ eklan-net. Əkkan edag wa das imal Məššina.

4 As ṭufatt en ogga edag wa əkkan daɣ əsəṣwəd.

5 Iṇṇa y eklan: «Ɣamiwat da da tagəzam ajad, nak əd barar ad-nakku afalla ad-nəɣbəd Məššina, nəqqəl-kawan-du da da.»

6 Issəwar Ibrahim rur-es Isxaq eškan. Ənta iṃan-net eway šiṃakaten əddarnen d əlmoši. Əglan əššin-essan, əddəwan əjiwanken.

7 Iṇṇa Isxaq y abba-nnet Ibrahim: «Abba-nin!» Ikkəwan-as Ibrahim: «Nak da, barar-in! Ma igan?» Iṇṇ-as Isxaq: «Temsay d eškan da mišan ma təga teɣsay ta n təkutay təkayat?»

8 Ijjəwwab Ibrahim: «Məššina a du-z-igrəwan teɣsay ta n təkutay təkwayat, barar-in.» Əglan əššin-essan, əddəwan əjiwanken.

9 As din-oṣan edag wa das imal Məššina, ikras Ibrahim edagg ən təkutay, isammasaṇṣa fall-as eškan, təzzar ikrad Isxaq barar-net issəwar-tu edagg ən təkutay fəl əfalla n eškan.

10 Izzal Ibrahim əfus-net idkal-du əlmoši fəl ad igzəm rur-es.

11 Mišan Angalos n Əməli iɣr-ay daɣ jənnawan, iṇṇ-as: «Ibrahim! Ibrahim!» Ikkəwan-as: «Nak da!»

12 Iṇṇa tolas: «Ad-wər-təzzəla əfus nak əs barar! A-das-wər-təɣšəda arat! Id əmərədda əṣṣanaɣ as təksudaɣ Məššina. Wər di təgdela barar-nak ann iyyanda.»

13 Idkal Ibrahim aṣawad-net ogga ajaɣol iyyan daɣ təfəṣṣaɣ itiwaṭṭaf s əṣkawan. Təzzar ikk-ay Ibrahim ibaz-t-iddu, ig-ay takutay təkwayat daɣ adagg ən barar-net.

14 Ig'Ibrahim y adagg en den eṣəm: «Məššina a du-z-igrəwan.» A di da fəl itawaṇṇu azala: «Fəl adɣaɣ wa n Məššina, a-dd-itəwəgrəw.»

15 Angalos n Əməli ilas-du teɣaray n Ibrahim daɣ jənnawan,

16 iṇṇ-as: «Məššina iṇṇa: " Id zama təgeɣ a wa: as wər təgdela barar-nak, ann iyyanda,

17 illikan as a fall-ak aga albaraka əs tidət tolas əssəgətaɣ əzzurriya-nnak, šilat n eṭran ən jənnawan madeɣ aṃadal daɣ ṭama n agarew, amaran əzzurriya-nnak ad-arnu imagzaran-net.

18 Šimattiwen n əddənet kul ad-əgrəwnat albaraka fəl udəm n əzzurriya-nnak fəlas takawent a di təge."»

19 Iqqal Ibrahim eklan-net, əṇkaran-du, əddewan əs Ber-Šeba. Igla iɣsar Ibrahim daɣ Ber-Šeba.

20 Dəffər aratan win den, oṣan-du salan Ibrahim n as: «Milka ənta da təla bararan əd Naxor amaḍray-nnak.

21 Uts aɣafadday-nnet, Buz amaḍray-nnet, Kəmuhel ši-s n Aram,

22 Kesed, Xazo, Fildaš, Yidlaf əd Bətuhel.»

23 Bətuhel ši-s ən Raqqiyetu. Əntanay da da bararan ann əṭṭam ən Milka təgraw əd Naxor, amaḍray n Ibrahim.

24 Takna-nnet təgat eṣəm Rəhuma, təgraw dər-əs ənta da bararan: Tebax, Gaxam, Taxaš əd Mahaka.

   

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Arcana Coelestia #2723

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2723. As regards Beersheba however, 'Beersheba' means the state and the essential nature of the doctrine, that is to say, it is Divine doctrine to which merely human rational ideas have been allied. This becomes clear from the train of thought in verse 22 to the present verse, 2613, 2614, and also from the meaning of the actual expression in the original language as 'the well of the oath' and 'the well of seven'. 'A well' means the doctrine of faith, see 2702, 2720, 'an oath' means a joining together, 2720, as does 'the covenant established with an oath', 1996, 2003, 2021, 2037; and 'seven' means that which is holy and so that which is Divine, 395, 433, 716, 881. From these meanings it may become clear that 'Beersheba' means doctrine which in itself is Divine together with merely human rational ideas or appearances allied to it.

[2] The fact that this is how the name Beersheba was derived is evident from Abraham's words,

Abraham said, Because you will take the seven ewe-lambs from my hand, that they may be a witness for me that I dug this well. Therefore he called that place Beersheba, because there the two of them swore an oath. And they made a covenant in Beersheba (verses 30-32).

Similarly from Isaac's words recorded in Chapter 26,

So it was on that day, that Isaac's servants came and pointed out to him the reasons for the well which they had dug, and they said to him, We have found water. And he called it Shibah ('an oath' and 'seven'); therefore the name of the city is Beersheba even to this day. Genesis 26:32-33.

This too has to do with wells, about which there was disagreement with Abimelech, and with a covenant made with him. 'Beersheba' means merely human rational ideas which were again allied to the doctrine of faith, and because they were allied to it again and the doctrine was in that way made such that the human mind could grasp it, it is called 'a city' - 'a city' being doctrine in its entirety, see 402, 2268, 2449, 2451. What is more, the name Beersheba is used with a similar meaning in the internal sense in Genesis 22:19; 26:23; 28:10; 46:1, 5; Joshua 15:28; 19:1-2; 1 Samuel 8:2; 1 Kings 19:3, and in the contrary sense in Amos 5:5; 8:13-14. The whole range of celestial and spiritual things taught by doctrine is meant in the internal sense where the land of Canaan is said to range from 'Dan even to Beersheba'; for the land of Canaan means the Lord's kingdom, also the Church, and therefore means the celestial and spiritual things taught by doctrine, as in the Book of Judges.

All the children of Israel came out, and the congregation assembled as one man from Dan even to Beersheba. Judges 20:1.

In the Book of Samuel,

All Israel from Dan even to Beersheba. 1 Samuel 3:20.

Elsewhere in Samuel,

To translate the kingdom from the house of Saul and to set up the throne of David over Israel and over Judah, from Dan even to Beersheba, 2 Samuel 3:10.

Elsewhere in Samuel,

Hushai said to Absalom, Let all Israel be assembled together, from Dan even to Beersheba. 2 Samuel 17:11.

Elsewhere in Samuel, David told Joab to go through all the tribes of Israel from Dan even to Beersheba. 2 Samuel 24:2, 7.

Elsewhere in Samuel,

There died of the people from Dan even to Beersheba seventy thousand men. 2 Samuel 24:15.

In the Book of Kings,

Judah dwelt under his vine and under his fig tree, from Dan even to Beersheba, all the days of Solomon. 1 Kings 4:25.

  
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