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Genesis 25

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2 Igraw dər-əs bararan əṃosnen Zimran, Yokšan, Mədan, Midiyan, Išbak əd Šuhax,

3 Yokšan iqqal abba ən Šəba əd Dədan. Əzzurriya ən Dədan iṃos Kəl Aššur, Kəl Lətuš əd Kəl Ləhum.

4 Maddanəs ən Midiyan əṃosan Efa, Efer, Xanok, Abida d Elda. Kul win da əṃosan əzzurriya ən Kətura.

5 Ibrahim oyya y Isxaq a wa ila kul.

6 Iga šihəkkuten i bararan-net win taknaten. Təzzar issəgag-tan, harwa iddar, barar-net Isxaq s akal ən dənnəg.

7 Ibrahim iga teṃeday n awaṭay d əṣṣayat təṃərwen əd ṣəmmos,

8 as t-aba. Daɣ a di dəffər təməddurt zagrət əd tušaray daɣ issiday, ig̣maḍ aytedan, ilkam i marawan-net.

9 Bararan-net Isxaq d Ismaɣil a t-iṇbalan daɣ əɣəɣi wa n Makfela, ihan tawagost n Efron, rures ən Tsoxar aw Xet, dagma ən Mamre.

10 Tawagost ta izzənza Ibrahim ɣur maddanəs ən Xet, itawaṇbal daɣ-as ənta əd tənṭut-net Sarata.

11 Dəffər iba n Ibrahim iga Məššina albaraka daɣ barar-net Isxaq. Iɣsar Isxaq dagma n aṇu ən Laxay-Roy. ƏZZURRIYA n ISMAƔIL

12 Ənta da əzzurriya n Ismaɣil rur-es n Ibrahim, wa igraw əd Hajara wələt Maṣar təṃosat taklit ən Sarata.

13 Əntanay da iṣmawan ən maddanəs n Ismaɣil s əməzuzar ən təhut-nasan: Aɣaffaday-nnet eṣəm-net Nebayot, Kedar, Adəbel, Mibsam,

14 Mišma, Duma, Massa,

15 Hadad, Tema, Yetur, Nafiš, Kedma.

16 Əntanay əddi iṣmawan ən ṃaraw bararan d əššin n Ismaɣil. Akk iyyan iṃos əmənokal ən tawšet, ila šiɣarmaten əd ɣawnatan.

17 Ismaɣil iga ṭemeday n awatay əd karadat təṃərwen d əṣṣa as t-aba, ilkam i marawan-net.

18 Əzzurriya n Ismaɣil iɣsar gər Xabila əd Šur. Šur təddinnag i Maṣar daɣ tarrayt n Aššur. Iwar aganna daɣ əzzurriya wahadan n Ibrahim.

19 Əntada əttarix n Isxaq agg Ibrahim.

20 Isxaq iga əkkozat təṃərwen n awatay as izlaf Raqqiyetu elles ən Bətuhel wa n aw Aram ən Mesofotami, təṃos tamaḍrayt ən Laban.

21 Isxaq oṇsay Əməli fəlas ṭantut-net a təggəgrat. Təzzar təqbal təwaṭray-net, təga taɣurəs Raqqiyetu tadist n eknewan.

22 Ad ətanazmaman bararan daɣ tədist-net, təzzar təṇṇa: «Ənnar əddəlil igraw i awa?» Təgla təṣṣəstan Əməli.

23 Iṇṇ'as Əməli: «ṣanatat təmattiwen a əhanen tadist nam ṣanatat tawšeten əṃosnen bararan win z ammazzaynen da da a kam d əg̣madan. Barar wa issəlkaman ad ixkəm wa dd azzaran.»

24 As təggaz aṃzur itawaṣṣan as eknewan a əhanen tadist-net.

25 Wa dd'azzaran təhut ig̣mad du ijigalgal alam-net s aṇzadan zaggaɣnen a di da fəl as itawagga eṣəm Esaw.

26 Dəffər adi ig̣mad du amaḍray-net as əfus-net iṭtaf erəz n amaqqar-net Esaw adi da fəl as itawagga eṣəm Yaqub. Isxaq iga ṣədisat təṃərwen n awatay as əhuwan.

27 Ədwalan bararan a. Esaw iqqal ənagmar isaḍasan, iṃos awedan n əṣuf. Mišan Yaqub iqqal amaḍan iɣassaran daɣ həktan.

28 Iṣṣof Isxaq Esaw fəlas tara a iga iṣan ən tawaqqast ṃaran Raqqiyetu təṣṣof Yaqub.

29 Əzəl iyyan ad issəŋŋa Yaqub ameṇsay, Esaw ifal d' əṣuf ikn' iḍuz.

30 Iṇṇa Esaw i Yaqub: «Ayy'i əgmaya daɣ-ak ad atša daɣ ameṇsay di zaggaɣan di». Adi da fəl itawagga y Esaw eṣəm Edom.

31 Iṇṇ'as Yaqub: «Kundab' a di təzzənza təla nnak fall-i temsay.»

32 Ijjəwwab Esaw «Nak əmərədda taṃattant as əbuka ma di z aknu təla nin fall-ak temsay?»

33 Təzzar iṇṇ'as: «Əhəd i as wər fall-i təle temsay əmərədda».Ihad as Esaw. Əmmək wa da as din izzənza təla-net temsay fəl Yaqub i Yaqub.

34 Təzzar ikfa Yaqub Esaw taggəlla əd tanzant. Itša išwa, ibdad, igla. Əmmək wa da as wər issəfrar təla-net temsay fəl Yaqub.

   

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Arcana Coelestia #3268

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3268. 'Nebaioth, Ishmael's firstborn, and Kedar, and Abdeel, and Mibsam; and Mishma, and Dumah, and Massa; Hadad, and Tema, Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah' means everything that constitutes the spiritual Church, in particular among the gentiles. This is clear from the representation of these individuals whose names are given. Some of them are mentioned again in the Word, in particular in the prophetical part, such as Nebaioth, Kedar, Dumah, and Tema. There they mean such things as constitute the spiritual Church, in particular among gentiles. This is in addition evident from the fact that there are twelve of them, and 'twelve' means all things that make up faith, and so the Church, to be dealt with below. In verse 16 below it is therefore said that they were 'twelve princes of their peoples'.

[2] That 'Nebaioth and Kedar' represent those things that constitute the spiritual Church, in particular among gentiles, that is to say, its goods and its truths derived from these, is clear in Isaiah,

A drove of camels will cover you, dromedaries of Midian and Ephah; all those from Sheba will come. They will bring gold and frankincense, and will proclaim the praises of Jehovah. The whole flock of Kedar will be gathered to you, the rams of Nebaioth will minister to you; they will come up with acceptance on My altar. Isaiah 60:6-7.

This refers in the highest sense to the Lord, and in the relative sense to His kingdom. 'The flock of Kedar' stands for spiritual good - 'a flock' being spiritual good, see 343, 415, 2566. 'The rams of Nebaioth' stands for spiritual truth - 'a ram' being spiritual truth, 2833.

[3] Kedar is Arabia, as is evident from the places quoted below; and Arabia was named Kedar after Ishmael's son, as becomes clear from the fact that the names mentioned in these two verses are those of countries or nations which were all named after the sons and grandsons of Abraham, as Midian, Ephah, and Sheba above in verses 2-4, and so Kedar and Nebaioth here. In Ezekiel,

Arabia and all the princes of Kedar, these were the merchants of your hand in lambs, and in rams, and in he-goats. In these they were your merchants. Ezekiel 27:21.

This refers to Tyre, that is, to people who possess cognitions of good and truth - 'Tyre' being such persons, see 1201. 'Arabia' stands for spiritual good, 'the princes of Kedar' for spiritual truths. 'Lambs, rams, and he-goats' are spiritual goods and truths.

[4] In Jeremiah,

Arise, go up to Kedar, and lay waste the sons of the east. They will take their tents and their flocks, their curtains and all their vessels, and bear their camels away from them. Jeremiah 49:28-29.

This refers to the vastation of the spiritual Church meant by 'Kedar' and 'the sons of the east'. 'Tents and flocks' stands for the goods of that Church, 'curtains and vessels' for its truths. The sacred things of worship are meant by 'tents and flocks', and by 'curtains and vessels'; but the sacred things of worship are all related to good and truth.

[5] Those however who have no truth because no good resides with them are represented by Arabs and Kedarites in the wilderness, as in Isaiah,

Babel will not be dwelt in for ever, the Arab will not remain there. Isaiah 13:20.

In the same prophet,

Let the wilderness and its cities lift up [their voice], the villages which Kedar inhabits. Isaiah 42:10-11.

In Jeremiah,

By the wayside you have sat waiting for them, like an Arab in the wilderness. Jeremiah 3:2.

In David,

Woe is me, for I sojourn in Meshech; I delay among the tents of Kedar. Psalms 120:5.

In Isaiah,

In the forest in Arabia you will spend the night, O bands of Dedanites. To the thirsty bring water; O inhabitants of the land of Tema, meet with his bread the fugitive, for they will flee before the swords, before the drawn sword, before the bent bow, and before the grievousness of war. For thus said the Lord to me, Within a year, according to the year of a hireling, and all the glory of Kedar will come to an end; and the remainder of the number of the bows of the mighty men of the sons of Kedar [will be few]. Isaiah 21:13-17.

'Spending the night in the forest of Arabia' stands for being vastated as regards truth, and 'the bands of Dedanites' stands for those who possess cognitions, 3240, 3241 (end). 'The inhabitants of the land of Tema' stands for those in whom simple good is present, such as exists with upright gentiles - people, it is clear, who were descended from Ishmael's son called Tema. 'Kedar' stands for those who possess simple truth, of whom it is said that 'they are going to flee before the swords, and before the grievousness of war', which means that they will not experience the conflicts that are brought about by temptations because good does not exist with them any longer.

[6] In Jeremiah,

Pass over to the islands of the Kittians and see, and send to Kedar and examine closely, and see whether there has been such a thing, whether a nation has changed its gods, which are no gods. Jeremiah 2:10-11.

'The islands of the Kittians' stands for those who are more remote from worship, that is, for gentiles in whom simple good and consequently natural truth are present, 1156, 1158 - 'Kedar' also meaning, it is evident, such people. In the same prophet,

I took the cup from Jehovah's hand and made all the nations to whom Jehovah sent me drink it - Dedan and Tema, and Buz, and all who have cut the corners [of their hair]; and all the kings of Arabia, and all the kings of the west, dwelling in the wilderness. Jeremiah 25:17, 23-24.

This too refers to the vastation of the spiritual Church which among other names is called Tema and Arabia. From this it is evident that Tema, like Arabia, means those who belong to the spiritual Church. To Arabia however kings and also cities are attributed, but to Kedar princes and villages.

[7] In addition to these Dumah is also mentioned, in Isaiah 21:11-12. The reason why those nations mean the things that constitute the spiritual Church is that the Ancient Church, which was a spiritual Church, existed among them also, 1238, 2385, though their doctrinal teachings and religious observances varied. Nevertheless there was only one Church because those people made charity, not faith, the essential thing. In course of time however, as charity came to an end, that special feature of the Church which existed with them died out. Nevertheless a representative of the Church through them was maintained which differed according to that form of the Church that had once existed among them. Consequently when these nations are mentioned in the Word it is not these nations that are meant but only that form of the Church in general which had once existed there.

  
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