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2 Əzəl iyyan iṇṇa Ibrahim y əkli-nnet wa n asahaw-net, wa inəṭṭafan əd təla-nnet kul: «Ag'əfus nak daw taɣma-nin,

3 amaran təhədaɣ-i s Əməli, Məššina ən jənnawan əd ṃədlan, as du-wər-za-tədkəla i barar-in tanṭut daɣ təbararen ən Kəl Kanan win ɣur əɣsara,

4 mišan ad-takka akal-in daɣ marwan-in tədkəla-du tanṭut i barar-in Isxaq.»

5 Ijjəwwab-as əkli: «Mijas tanṭut wər za-tardu s a-di-du-təlkəm əs kallan a da. Awak ad-awəya barar-nak s akal wa du-təg̣mada?»

6 Iṇṇ-as Ibrahim: «Kaššeday fəl ad-tewaya barar-in s akal en!

7 Əməli, Məššina wa n jənnawan, a di-du-ikkaṣan daɣ ahan n abba-nin əd marwan-in, iššewal-i təzzar idkal-i arkawal, iṇṇ-i: " Akal a da ad-t-akfa y əzzurriya-nnak", ənta iṃan-net ad-assaglu angalos-net dat-ək, amaran den da a-du-za-tədkəla tanṭut i barar-in.

8 As tugay tənṭut s a-dak-du-təlkəm təfal-kay təhuday ta d-i təge da. Mišan ad-wər-tawəya barar-in s akal en.»

9 Iga əkli əfus-net daw taɣma n Ibrahim, məšš-is, ihad as ad-ammazal a w'as das-iṇṇa.

10 Isannafran-du ṃaraw olaman daɣ ṃənas ən məšš-is, issəwər-tan aratan n Ibrahim win əlanen əlqimat. Iga anamod ən fallatan ən Mesofotami, ikka aɣrəm wa iha ahan ən Naxor, amaḍray n Ibrahim.

11 Issəgan olaman dagma n aṇu ihan ṭama n əɣrəm, ṭakəst, alwaq wa daɣ du-kattarnat təḍoden.

12 Iṭṭar s a wa: «Əməli, Məššina ən məšš-i Ibrahim, təṇsaraɣ-i azalada. Səṃṃətəkwəy əlluɣ-nak i məšš-i Ibrahim sa das-taga tara-nnet.

13 Nak da ɣur šaṭ a amaran šibararen n əɣrəm a-dd-əzrəgnat.

14 Ad-aṇsəya iyyat daɣ-asnat ad-i-du-takfu ətəkin-net ad-aššwa, as d-i-təṇṇa: " Yay ašəw, amaran ad-əššašwa olaman-nak tolas.", ad-əṣṣənaɣ as ənta a təfrana y əkli-nnak Isxaq. S asaway di ad-əṣṣəna as təsiṃatakwaya əlluɣ-nak i məšš-i.»

15 Wər iɣred d awal, as ogga Raqqiyetu təzay-du təssiwar ətəkin-net əzir-net, elles ən Bətuhel, rur-es ən Milka əd Naxor, amaḍray n Ibrahim.

16 Təmawat təgat šihussay šin əqqitasnen, wər təzday meddan. Təraṣ-du šaṭ, təḍnay ətəkin-net, təg̣g̣əzzay.

17 Ozal əkli issəlkad-as, iṇṇa: «Oṇsayaq-qam ad-i-taššašwa daɣ ətəkin-nam.»

18 Təṇṇ-as: «Ašəw, məšš-i!» Tərrorad əsəggətti n ətəkin y as ad-ašəw.

19 As išwa, təṇṇ-as: «Ad-əjjijəla y olaman-nak har ašwin kul.»

20 Tərrorad tanaɣla n ətəkin-net daɣ əɣlal, tozal təḍnay-t-idu har təššəšwa olaman kul.

21 A tat-izagaz-du aləs s əməkəyad da, wər iṇṇa arat fəl ad-inəy kud əməli a iṇsaran əšikəl-net wala.

22 As əšwan olaman, idkal-du aləs təzəbit n urəɣ təgat əzuk n ədinar ig-et daɣ tanjart-net. Idkal-du tolas ilkəzan əššin n urəɣ s akk-iyyan iga ṃaraw dinaran əd ṣəmmos, iqqan-as-tan.

23 «Ma kam erawan? Are daɣ-am ad-i-tu-təməla. Ill-ay adag daɣ ahan n abba-nnam daɣ ənṣeɣ ahad a nak əd win dər əddewa?»

24 Təjjəwwab-as: «Nak tabarart ən Bətuhel, rures ən Milka əd Naxor.»

25 Təṇṇ-as harwa: «Ehan-nana ih-ay əlmmuz d amassaḍon aggen d adag a daɣ tənṣeɣ.»

26 Issəjad aləs y Əməli, ig̣g̣oday-as.

27 Iṇṇa: «Əg̣g̣odayaɣ-ak ya Əməli, Məššina ən məšš-i Ibrahim! Təsannafalala harwa əlluɣ əd takawent-nak i məšš-i. Daɣ əšikəl a da, Əməli təzazzalalaɣaɣ-i əs marwan ən məšš-i.»

28 Tozal tabarart ad-tagu isalan y anna-nnet. Ənta Raqqiyetu təla amaqqar igan eṣəm Laban. As inay təzəbit d əlkəzan daɣ əfus ən tamaḍrayt-net, tolas isallu y awalan ən Raqqiyetu, təgannu: «A wa a di-iṇṇa aləs.» Iqqab-du, ozal, ikka-ddu aləs, ibdad illa ɣur olaman-net dagma ən šaṭ.

31 Təzzar iṇṇ-as: «Iyyaw məšš-is n albaraka n Əməli, mas din-təmala dəffər ahan? Nak əfradaɣ-ak ehan təggaza, d adag y ṃənas-nak?»

32 Ewaḍ-du aləs ehan, izazzabbat Laban ilalan fəl olaman, təzzar ikf-en ələmmuz, amaran d aṃan as iššorad aləs iḍaran-net əd ḍaran ən win dər iddew.

33 Dəffər a wen əkfan-tu teṭṭay. Mišan iṇṇa: «Nak wər z-atša iket wər əmelaɣ arat wa di-d-ewayan.» «Šiwəl!» iṇṇ-as Laban.

34 Təzzar iṇṇa: «Nak akli n Ibrahim.

35 Əməli ikfa məšš-i albaraka, iqqal amassehay ikf-ay ayfəḍ əd wəlli əd šitan, d əzrəf d urəɣ, d eklan əd taklaten, əd ṃənas d əzdan.

36 Sarata tanṭut ən məšš-i, təssaha-ddu barar daɣ tušaray-nnet i məšš-i; təzzar ikf-ay a wa ila kul.

37 Məšš-i issəhad-i as wər du-z-ədkəla i barar-net tanṭut daɣ təmawaḍen ən Kəl Kanan, daɣ akal wa təha təməɣsurt-net.

38 Mišan ad-akka ehan n abba-nnet əd marwan-net awəya-du i barar-net tanṭut.

39 Əṇṇeɣ i məšš-i: Mijas ad-tugəy tənṭut s ad-i-du-təlkəm.»

40 Ijjəwwab-i: «Əməli dat əjawanke, add-assaglu angalos-net idaw dər-ək. Təzzar iṇsər əšikəl-nak tədkəla-du i barar-in tanṭut ən marwan-in n aɣaywan n abba-nin.

41 A-kay-təfal təhuday ta di təge as din-toṣeɣ imarwan-in, kud tat-təgrawa wala.»

42 As d-oṣeɣ dagma ən šaṭ azalada, əgeɣ təwaṭray a da: «Əməli, Məššina ən məšš-i Ibrahim, təṇsaraɣ əšikəl a əgeɣ da.

43 Əmərədda ad əlle ɣur šaṭ ad aṇsəya təmawat ta du-təzragat a-di-tašašu daɣ ətəkin-net.

44 As di-təjjəwwab as:" Ašəw! amaran a-dak-əššašwa iṃənas-nak," ad-əṣṣənaɣ as ənta tanṭut ta təfrana i barar ən məšš-i.»

45 Harwa da wər əɣreda təwaṭray daɣ ṃan-in, as du-təraz Raqqiyetu, təssiwar ətəkin-net əzir-net toṣ-in šaṭ təjjojal. Oṇsayaq-qat: «Šašw-i-du, kud tarḍe.»

46 Tərrorad as di-du-təzzəl ətəkin-net, təṇṇ-i: «Ašəw, dəffər as təšwe ad-ak-aššašwa olaman-nak.» As əšwe, təššəšw-i olaman-in.

47 Assaɣa wa tat-əṣṣəstana əd wa tat-erawan, təjjəwwab-i: «Nak tabarart ən Bətuhel, rur-es ən Naxor, teraw Milka. Assaɣa di ad əge təzəbit daɣ tanjart-net, əgeɣ ilkəzan daɣ fassan-net.

48 Əssəjada y Əməli, əg̣g̣odayaɣ-as, Məššina ən məšš-i Ibrahim, a di-izazzalalaɣan s adag wa daɣ du-z-ədkəla i rur-es tabarart ən tagazay ən məšš-i.

49 Əmərədda əməlat-i kud təqbalam əs ṃan arḍanen a wa ira məšš-i. As wər ig'a di təməlam-i ad-səssəggəla s adagg iyyan.»

50 Ijjəwwab-as Laban əd Bətuhel: «A wa igi n Əməli iṃan-net daɣ a di wər nəfreg taṇṇa daɣ-as arat.

51 Raqqiyetu da, dat-ək da, idaw dər-əs. Təqqəlet tanṭut ən rures ən məšš-ik, s əmmək wa as t-iṇṇa Əməli.

52 As isla əkli n Ibrahim y awal wen, issəjad har aṃadal, ig̣g̣oday y Əməli.

53 Dəffər a wen ikkas-du daɣ lalan-net uɣənan n əzrəf d urəɣ əd təbəddaɣ ikf-en y Raqqiyetu. Ikfa amaqqar-net d anna-net šiṇufa əlanen əlqimat.

54 Itš'əkli n Ibrahim ənta əd win dər iddew, əšwan, ənṣan. As ṭufat aɣora ɣur taṇakra-nnasan iṇṇa əkli n Ibrahim y amaqqar d anna ən Raqqiyetu: «Sallamat-i ad əqqəla aɣaywan ən məšš-i.»

55 «Ad taqqam tabarart ɣur-na har tagu tamert iyyat, əḍḍəkud ən maraw aḍan, amaran taglu,» əṇṇan-as.

56 Iṇṇ-asan əkli tolas: «A di wər təsəllulem əmərədda ad iṇsar Əməli əšikəl-in. Ayyat-i ad-akka aɣaywan ən məšš-i.»

57 «Aɣratana tabarart ad-nəṣṣən a wa təṇṇa.»

58 Əɣran-du Raqqiyetu, əṣṣəstanan-tat: «Tareɣ tidawt n aləs a da?» Təṇṇa: «Awalla.»

59 Oyyan Raqqiyetu amaran əd təklit-net təddew d əkli n Ibrahim əd meddan-net.

60 Əgan albaraka-nnasan i Raqqiyetu, əṇṇan-as: «Əqqəl, kam tamaḍrayt-nana, maṣ ən giman ən giman ən meddan. Arnet əzzurriya-nnam iɣərəman win magzaran-net.»

61 Raqqiyetu əd taklaten-net əwaṇṇat olaman, əlkamnat y əkli. Təməwit a da as d-iddew əkli əd Raqqiyetu.

62 Ifal-du Isxaq aṇu ən Laxay-Roy, ihozan edag wa daɣ iɣsar daɣ aṃadal ən Negab.

63 Takəst iqqab iwilallag daɣ əṣuf, as ogga iṃənas a t-idu-zaynen.

64 Assaɣa w'ad togga Raqqiyetu Isxaq, tətaraggat-du fəl alam,

65 amaran təṣṣəstan akli: «Ma iṃos aləs wa dər za-naṃṃanay daɣ əṣuf?» «A wen məšš-i,» iṇṇ-as əkli. Amazay wen da ad təssəlsa udəm-net s əfər-net.

66 Issoɣal əkli y Isxaq a wa iga kul.

67 Dəffər a wen eway Isxaq Raqqiyetu s ahaket w'as kala tu-təha anna-nnet Sarata, təzzar izlaf-tat təqqal tanṭut-net, ir-et. Əknan ṃan-net dəffər iba n anna-nnet.

   

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Arcana Coelestia #4818

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4818. 'And there Judah saw the daughter of a man, a Canaanite' means the affection for evil begotten by falsity springing from evil. This is clear from the meaning of 'the daughter' as the affection for good, dealt with in 2362, and in the contrary sense as the affection for evil, 3024; from the meaning of 'a man' as one who has intelligence and, in the abstract sense, as truth, but in the contrary sense as one who has no intelligence and as falsity, dealt with just above in 4816; and from the meaning of 'a Canaanite' as evil, dealt with in 1573, 1574. From these meanings it is evident that 'the daughter of a man, a Canaanite' means evil begotten by falsity springing from evil. What evil begotten by falsity springing from evil is will be stated below.

[2] Here the origins of the tribe of Judah must be stated first, since these are the subject in this chapter. That tribe, or the Jewish nation, has three origins, the first being Shelah, Judah's son by his Canaanite wife, the second and third being Perez and Zerah, Judah's sons by his daughter-in-law. The descent of the whole Jewish nation from these three sons of Judah is evident from the list of Jacob's sons and grandsons who accompanied him into Egypt, Genesis 46:12, and also from the grouping of them into families, referred to in Moses,

The sons of Judah according to their families were: of Shelah, the family of the Shelanites; of Perez, the family of the Parzites; of Zerah, the family of the Zarhites. Numbers 26:20; 1 Chronicles 4:21.

From this the nature of that nation's origin is evident; that is to say, a third of them were descended from a Canaanite mother and two thirds from a daughter-in-law. They were all therefore the product of an illicit union, because marriages to daughters of the Canaanites were strictly forbidden - as may be seen in Genesis 24:3; Exodus 34:16; Deuteronomy 7:3; 1 Kings 11:2; and Chapters 9, 10 of Ezra - while lying with a daughter-in-law was a capital offence, as is evident in Moses,

As regards a man who has lain with his daughter-in-law, both of them shall be killed; they have committed perversion; 1 their blood shall be upon them. Leviticus 20:12.

What Judah and his daughter-in-law had done together was linked by him to the law regarding leviratical marriages, which lays down the duty of a brother but never of a father, as is evident from verse 26 of the present chapter. Judah's linking of their deed together to this law implies that the sons of Tamar were to be recognized as the sons of Er the firstborn, who was born from the Canaanite mother, and who was evil in Jehovah's eyes and was therefore made to die, verse 7. For initially those born in a leviratical marriage did not belong to the one from whom they had been conceived but to him whose seed was being raised up, as is clear from Deuteronomy 25:5-6, and also from verses 8 and 9 of the present chapter. Furthermore, the sons whom Tamar bore were the result of whoredom, for when Judah went in to her he thought she was a prostitute, verses 15-16, 21. From all this one can see the origin of the Jewish nation and what kind of origin this was; and one can see that their words in John were founded on a lie,

The Jews said to Him, We were not born of whoredom. John 8:41.

[3] As regards what that origin implies and what it represents, this is evident from what follows. That is to say, those people's interiors were the same or had the same origin. Judah's marriage to a Canaanite implies and represents an origin that consisted in evil begotten by falsity springing from evil, for this is what is meant in the internal sense by 'the daughter of a man, a Canaanite'. And his lying through whoredom with his daughter-in-law implies and represents condemnation due to truth falsified by evil, for throughout the Word 'whoredom' means the falsification of truth, see 3703. 2 Evil begotten by falsity springing from evil is an evil life resulting from a false teaching hatched by the evil of self-love - that is, by those governed by this evil - and backed up by a use of the sense of the letter of the Word. This is what the origin of the evil in the Jewish nation is like, and what the origin of the evil is like in the Christian world, especially among those meant in the Word by Babel. The nature of that evil is such that it closes every path leading into the internal man, closing every path so completely that no conscience at all can be formed there. For if any evil done by a person is due to a false teaching, he believes that this is good because he believes that it is true. He accordingly does it, because he has warrant to do so, with a sense of freedom and delight. All this being so, heaven is closed so completely against him that it cannot be opened.

[4] As an example to explain what this evil is like, take those who from the evil of self-love believe the following: One nation alone is Jehovah's chosen people, in comparison with whom all the rest of mankind are slaves. The rest, they believe, are so base that they may be killed at will and may be treated in a cruel fashion. Such ideas, likewise backed up by a use of the sense of the letter of the Word, were the beliefs of the Jewish nation, as they are also of the Babylonish 3 nation at the present day. Whatever kind of evil done by the latter that is the result of that false teaching, and of any other false teachings built on that one as their foundation, is evil begotten by falsity springing from evil. It destroys the internal man and shuts out even the possibility of any conscience being formed there. These people are referred to in the Word as those immersed in bloodshed; for they treat in savage ways the entire human race because it does not venerate what they believe and so themselves too, and because it does not present its gifts on their altars.

[5] Take another example - those who from the evil of self-love and love of the world believe in the necessity for someone to act as the Lord's vicar on earth. They believe that this person has power to open and close heaven, and so to control everyone's mind and conscience, and they back up this falsity by a use of the sense of the letter of the Word. In their case whatever kind of evil they perform as a result of these ideas is evil begotten by falsity springing from evil, which similarly destroys the internal man in those who are led by that evil to lay claim to that power and so control others. That evil destroys the internal man so completely that people cease to know any longer what the internal man is, or to know of the existence of conscience in anyone, with the result that they cease to believe any longer in a life after death, or in the existence of hell and of heaven, however much they talk about these.

[6] The nature of this evil is such that people in the world cannot tell it apart from other evils; but in the next life angels recognize it quite clearly. For in the next life the countless differences in the essential nature and the origin of evils and falsities are in full view; and it is also the genera and species to which these evils and falsities belong that mark off the hells from one another. Of these countless differences man knows scarcely anything. He believes in the existence of evil but has no knowledge of its essential nature, for the simple reason that he does not know what good is, and does not know what good is because he does not know what charity is. If he knew what the good of charity was he would also know its opposites, which are evils, and also their differences.

Footnotes:

1. literally, confusion

2. Reading 3703 for 3708

3. i. e. Papal

  
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