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Genesis 28

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2 Əbəz ṭarrayt, takka Mesofotami daɣ aɣaywan n abba n anna nnak Bətuhel, təzləfa iyyat daɣ təbararen n aŋŋatṃak Laban.

3 Məššina di maqqaran təssiwaraq qay albaraka, ikf'ik bararan, təzzar issəgat əzzurriya nnak, issuɣəl kay əmaraw ən giman ən təmattiwen.

4 Akf'ik albaraka kay d əzzurriya nnak wa ikfa Ibrahim fəl ad təqqəla məššis n akal wa daɣ təṃosa amagar s ənta a ikfa Məššina Ibrahim.» Dəffər a wen ig'as šiwaṭriwen.

5 Dəffər as t'issillam Isxaq, iṃatakway Yaqub ikka Mesofotami ɣur Laban iṃosan ag Bətuhel wa n aw Aram, iṃos tolas amaqqar ən Raqqiyetu, anna ən Yaqub d Esaw.

6 Igra Esaw as Isxaq issəwar Yaqub albaraka təzzar issok'ay Mesofotami a daɣ-as izləf, aṃaran ɣur əsəwər wa t'iga albaraka den omar tu s ad wər izlef iyyat daɣ təḍoden n akal wa n Kanan.

7 Igra tolas as Yaqub ikkiwan y abba-net d anna nnet, ikka Mesofotami.

8 Denda ad iṣṣan Esaw as šiḍoden ən Kanan wər tanat ira abba nnet.

9 Təzzar ikka Esaw Ismaɣil agg Ibrahim, izlaf ell-es Maxalat, tamaḍrayt ən Nəbayot, iššota sər-əs šiḍoden-net šin hadatnen.

10 Ig̣mad du Yaqub Ber-Šeba issəṇta əšikəl-net əs Xaran.

11 Oṣa dd'edagg iyyan izzəbbat ɣur ag̣adal ən ṭəfuk. Idkal du šihun ig'enat ifi y aɣaf-net den da.

12 Daɣ eṭəs orga inay šisəffəttan əɣtanen daɣ aṃadal har jənnawan. Inay tolas angalosan tanat faṭṭanen tazabben tanat du.

13 Əməli illa ɣur təzərəst nasnat s afalla. Iṇṇa: «Nak Əməli, Məššina ən wa kay isahayyawan Ibrahim d abba nnak Isxaq. Aṃadal wa fəl təṇseɣ əkfeɣ ak ku, kay d əzzurriya nnak.

14 Əzzurriya nnak ad iqqəl arat aggen har agdu əd təblalen n aṃadal, ilal akal-net daɣ təsədag kul: gər dənnəg d aṭaram wala gər tamasna d agala. Aytedan n əddənet kul ad əgrəwan albaraka fəl udəm nak d udəm n əzzurriya nnak.

15 Əmərədda əṣṣana daɣ-ak. Og̣azaq qay id təkkeɣ tolas əssuɣəlaq-qay-du aṃadal a, id fəlas wər kay z əfəla iket wər əssənda arkawal wa ədkala.»

16 Iṇkar du Yaqub, iṇṇa: «Zaɣnin! Əməli illa da, mišan nak wər əṣṣena!»

17 Daɣ tərəmmeq iṇṇa: «Wər ifreg awedan ar a tu təggəz ṭasa daɣ adagg a! Id wər t'illa a iqqal ar ehan ən Məššina, təsəhərt jənnawan!»

18 Tufat aɣora iga Yaqub taṇakra tənzayat idkal du təhunt ta iṣṣomat issəɣt'et sas təzzəgrət-net inɣal widi fəl afalla-net təqqal tasaktawt ən Məššina.

19 Iga y adagg en eṣəm Bet-El (almaɣna ehan ən Məššina) kuddeɣ as əstizarat eṣəm n aṃadal di Luz.

20 Təzzar idkal Yaqub taṇat təṃosat as iṇṇa: «Kud Əməli Məššina iṣṣan daɣ-i, kud og̣az i daɣ əšikəl a əge da, kud ikf'i a ətše d a əlse,

21 kud əqqala aɣaywan n abba nin alxer ad iqqəl Əməli Məššina nin.

22 Təhunt tədi əssəɣta əs təzzəgrat-net əgeq qat tasaktawt ən Məššina. Edag wa təha ad iqqəl edag n əlɣibada ən Məššina. Aṃaran das a di təkfə a kay akfa təzunt-net ta n marawat.

   

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Arcana Coelestia #1453

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1453. Having Bethel toward the sea, and Ai on the East, signifies that the Lord’s state was still obscure, that is to say, in regard to the knowledges of celestial and spiritual things; for it is one thing to be in celestial things, and another to be in the knowledges of celestial things. Infants and children are in celestial things more than adults, because they are in love toward their parents, and in mutual love, and also in innocence; but adults are in the knowledges of celestial things more than infants and children, while very many of them are not in the celestial things of love. Before man is instructed in the things of love and faith, he is in an obscure state, that is, in regard to knowledges; which state is here described by having Bethel toward the sea, that is on the west, and Ai on the east. By “Bethel,” as has been said, is signified the knowledges of celestial things; but by “Ai” the knowledges of worldly things. The knowledges of celestial things are said to be “on the west” when they are in obscurity, for in the Word “the west” signifies what is obscure; and the knowledges of worldly things are said to be “on the east” when they are in clearness, for relatively to the west, the east is clearness. That the west and the east have this signification needs no confirmation, for it is evident to everyone without confirmation.

[2] And that “Bethel” signifies the knowledges of celestial things, may be seen from other passages in the Word where Bethel is named; as in the next chapter, where it is said that

Abram went on his journeys from the south even to Bethel, unto the place where his tent was in the beginning, between Bethel and Ai, unto the place of the altar which he made there (Genesis 13:3-4); where “on his journeys from the south to Bethel,” signifies progression into the light of knowledges, on which account it is not here said that Bethel was on the west and Ai on the east. When Jacob saw the ladder, he said:

This is none other but the House of God, and this is the gate of heaven; and he called the name of that place Bethel (Genesis 28:17, 19); where the knowledge of celestial things is in like manner signified by “Bethel;” for man is a Bethel, that is a House of God, and also a gate of heaven, when he is in the celestial things of knowledges. When a man is being regenerated, he is introduced by means of the knowledges of spiritual and celestial things; but when he has been regenerated, he has then been introduced, and is in the celestial and spiritual things of the knowledges. Afterwards:

God said unto Jacob, Arise, go up to Bethel, and dwell there; make there an altar to God who appeared unto thee (Genesis 35:1, 6-7); where in like manner “Bethel” signifies knowledges.

[3] That the ark of Jehovah was in Bethel, and that the sons of Israel came thither and inquired of Jehovah (Judges 20:18, 26-27; 1 Samuel 7:16; 10:3) signify similar things; also that the king of Assyria sent one of the priests whom he had brought from Samaria, and he dwelt in Bethel, and taught them how they should fear Jehovah (2 Kings 17:27-28).

In Amos:

Amaziah said unto Amos, O thou seer, go flee thee away into the land of Judah, and there eat bread, and there shalt thou prophesy; but prophesy not again any more at Bethel, for this is the king’s sanctuary, and this is the house of the kingdom (Amos 7:12-13).

[4] After Jeroboam had profaned Bethel (1 Kings 12:32; 13:1-8; 2 Kings 23:15) it had an opposite representation (see Hosea 10:15; Amos 3:14-15; 4:5-7). But that “Ai” signifies the knowledges of worldly things, may also be confirmed from the historical and the prophetical parts of the Word (see Joshua 7:2; 8:1-28; Jeremiah 49:3-4).

  
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