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Genesis 29

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2 Daɣ əšikəl-net inay Yaqub aṇu daɣ əṣuf təhar təhunt zəwwərat, igan ɣur-əs aharay wa ənḍərran iṃosan karad səgan, əṣassinen den da faw.

3 Maran a wa ətaggan ṃadanan as d əddəwan hərwan nasan kul ad əntəgan təhunt ta təharat imi n aṇu, as əššəšwan əssuɣəlan tat edag-net.

4 As din ewad Yaqub aṇu iṣṣəstan iṃadanan: «Ma iṃos aɣaywan nawan, išəqqaɣan in?» «Nakkanay in Xaran», əṇṇan as.

5 Iṣṣəstan tan tolas: «Təzdayam Laban, ahaya ən Naxor?» «Awalla, nəzday tu,» əṇṇan as.

6 Iṇṇ'asan Yaqub: «Ma ixlak?», əṇṇan as: «Əlxar ɣas, aṃaran elles den Raxil təlkamat y aharay nnasan den.

7 Iṇṇ'asan: «Mas təqqalam da? Əzəl izagren, wər iga alwaq n əsəgən n aharay, šašwat tu təwətam tu əs təməḍint.»

8 Əjjəwwaban as ṃadanan: «wər nəfreg əšəšwəy-net iket wər d oṣen midawan nana kul, nəntəg təhunt ta təharat imi n aṇu.

9 Immigrad dər-san den da as du tewad Raxil, təlkam y əharay n abba nnet, id ənta a təṃosat tamaḍant-net.

10 Ogga Yaqub Raxil ɣas ta n elles ən Laban wa n aŋŋatṃas, təlkam y aharay nnet, ikk'aṇu intag təhunt ta təharat imi nnet, iššəšwa eharay n aŋŋatṃas Laban.

11 Təzzar izalammat Raxil, təkkas du daɣ-as tədəwit iṃəttawan.

12 Iṇṇa Yaqub i Raxil: «Nak tegazay nn-abba-nnam, id əṃosa rures ən Raqqiyetu.» Tozal təg'isalan y abba nnet.

13 Təga Raxil isalan n aṣṣa ən Yaqub i Laban ɣas, ozal, issəlkad as, izalammat tu. Təzzar ilway tu s aṃṃas n ahan-net. Imməgrad Yaqub sa wa fall-as igan. Iṇṇ'as Laban: «Illikan as kay iɣasan nin d əzni nin a təṃosa.» Iqqim ɣur-əs Yaqub har iga tallit.

15 Dəffər a wen iṇṇ'as Laban: «Wərge a wa as təṃosa tegazay nin a fəl di za təšɣəla bannan. Əməl i a wa iṃos alxaq nak.»

16 Ənta Laban ila šibararen ṣanatat, ta waššarat Leyya, ta ənḍərrat Raxil.

17 Leyya šiwinəɣat, mišan Raxil təhossay azzat-net, ihossay udəm-net.

18 Yaqub ira Raxil. Iṇṇa i Laban: «A dak aga əššəɣəl n əṣṣa elan iqqəl taggalt ən tabarart nak ta əṇḍərrat Raxil.

19 Iṇṇ'as Laban: «Əṣṣofa əkfeɣ ak kat, əkfeq qat y iyyan. Qam ɣur-i da da.»

20 Əmmək en da as iga Yaqub əššəɣəl n əṣṣa elan fəl əddəlil ən Raxil mišan a wa das iga daɣ tara əqqalan sər-əs arat n aḍan.

21 Dəffər adi iṇṇa Yaqub i Laban; «Təmastant tənda. Əmərədda akf'i taṇtut t'as ərzama taggalt-net.»

22 Daɣ a di iššedaw du Laban aytedan kul win n əɣrəm wa, issəkras as.

23 Mišan as iga ahad issok'ay Leyya.

24 Iššedaw tat əd təklit-net Zilfa fəl ad as təšɣəl. Inamaṇsa Yaqub əd Leyya.

25 Tufat aɣora iqqan aɣaf ən Yaqub fəl as Leyya a t id itwakfan. Igla, ikka Laban, iṇṇ'as: «Awak ma di təge da? Nak wərgeɣ əddəlil ən Raxil fəl dak əšɣala? Ma fel tətakaddalaɣ i?»

26 Iṇṇ'as Laban: «Adi wər itəwəggu daɣ-na əzəzləf ən tamaḍrayt dat tamaqqart.

27 Səkkəsəw takrəst ən Leyya dəffər a wen a kay nakfu Raxil təzləfaq qat. Eges a di taga əṣṣa elan wiyyad n əššəɣəl.»

28 Iga Yaqub adi da. As əɣradan əṣṣa aḍan ən təkrəst ən Leyya, ikf'ay Laban Raxil, izlaf tat.

29 Raxil iššedaw tat abba-net əd təklit-net Bilha fəl ad as təšɣəl.

30 Inamaṇsa Yaqub əd Raxil, ir'et, iṣṣof ənta Leyya. Išɣal i Laban har ig' əṣṣ' elan.

31 Inay Əməli as Ləyya wər tətawara ikf'et fərregat ən təla ən bararan, aṃaran Rahkil ənta təggəgra.

32 Təga Ləyya tadist, təgraw barar, tag'as eṣəm Ruben. «Fəlas, təṇṇa, Əməli ogga arkaṇay nin d as əmərədda aləs in ad i iru.»

33 Təlas igi ən tədist, təgraw barar, təṇṇa: «Fəlas Əməli isla as wər ətawara adi da fəl-i ilas tehakkay ən barar.» Təg'as eṣəm Šimehon.

34 Təga tadist tolas, təgraw barar. Təṇṇa: «Daɣ a ilkaman aləs in ad i aknu iḍuf, id əmərədda karad bararan ad t əkfe.» A wen da fəl das təga eṣəm Lafi.

35 Təlas igi ən tədist, təgraw barar, təṇṇa: «Əmərədda ad əɣbəda Əməli.» Adi da fəl das təg' eṣəm Yuda. Təmməzzay d ara.

   

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Arcana Coelestia #3819

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3819. 'The name of the elder was Leah' means the nature of the affection for external truth; 'and the name of the younger Rachel' means the nature of the affection for internal truth. This is clear from the representation of 'Leah' as the affection for external truth, and of 'Rachel' as the affection for internal truth, both dealt with in 3793; and from the meaning of 'the name' as the nature of, dealt with in 144, 145, 1754, 1896, 2009, 2724, 3006. Leah is called 'the elder' because external truth is learned first, and Rachel 'the younger' because internal truth is learned from then on after that; or what amounts to the same, a person first of all feels an affection for external truths, and from then on after that an affection for internal truths. external truths provide the basic outline for internal truths, for they are the general outlines into which particular details are added. Unless a person has a general outline of the idea of a thing he does not make sense of any particular aspect of it. This explains why the literal sense of the Word contains general truths but the internal sense particular truths. General truths are called external, but particular truths internal. And because truths devoid of affection are not truths because there is no life to them, the affections for them are therefore meant when external and internal truths are referred to.

  
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Arcana Coelestia #2724

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2724. 'And there he called on the name of [Jehovah,] the God of Eternity' means worship from it. This is clear from the meaning of 'calling on the name of God' as worship, dealt with in 440. Those who belonged to the Ancient Church did not understand merely name by the word 'name' but the entire nature, see 144, 145, 340, 768, 1754, 1896, 2009. Thus by 'the name of God' they understood everything in one embrace by which God was worshipped, consequently everything of love and faith. But once the internal aspect of worship perished and only the external was left people began to understand nothing else by 'the name of God' than the name. Indeed they went so far as to worship the name itself, being quite indifferent to what the love and the faith were in which their worship was grounded. As a result of this nations began to identify themselves by the names of their gods, the Jews and Israelites setting themselves above the rest because they worshipped Jehovah. They made the utterance and the calling upon the name itself the essential feature of worship; but in fact worship of the name alone is not worship at all, for that practice may exist even among the worst of people who in worshipping the name alone become greater profaners.

[2] Now because 'the name of God' means the entirety of worship, that is, the love and faith in their entirety from which He is worshipped, it is therefore clear what is meant by hallowed be Your name - in the Lord's Prayer, Matthew 6:9, and what by the following words spoken by the Lord,

You will be hated by everyone for My name's sake. Matthew 10:22.

If two of you agree in My name on earth about anything they ask, it will be done for them by My Father who is in heaven. Where two or three are gathered in My name, there am I in the midst of them. Matthew 18:19-20.

He who leaves houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or wife or children or fields, for My name's sake, will receive a hundredfold and will be allotted the inheritance of eternal life. Matthew 19:29.

Hosanna to the son of David! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord. Matthew 21:9.

Jesus said, You will not see Me from now on until you say, Blessed is the one coming in the name of the Lord. Matthew 23:39.

You will be hated by all nations for My name's sake. Then many will stumble and betray one another, and hate one another, and all for My name's sake. 1 Matthew 24:9-10.

As many as received Him, to them He gave power to be sons of God, to those believing in His name, John 1:12.

He who does not believe is judged already because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. John 3:17-18.

Jesus said, Whatever you ask in My name, I will do it. John 14:14-15; 15:16; 16:23-24, 26-27.

Jesus said, I have manifested Your name to men. John 17:6.

Holy Father, keep them in Your name whom You have given Me, that they may be one as We are one. John 17:11-12.

I made known to them Your name, and I will make known that the love with which You have loved Me may be in them, and I in them. John 17:26.

That you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that believing you may have life in His name. John 20:31.

There are in addition very many places in the Old Testament in which the name of Jehovah and of God is not used to mean the name but love and faith in their entirety in which worship is grounded.

[3] But those who worship the name alone, without love and faith, are spoken of in Matthew as follows,

Many will say to Me on that day, Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy through Your name, and cast out demons through Your name, and do many mighty works in Your name? But I will confess to them, I do not know you; depart from Me, you workers of iniquity. Matthew 7:22-23.

As has been stated, once the member of the Church from being internal became external, and began to make worship consist in a name alone, people no longer acknowledged one God but many. For it was a custom among the ancients to add something after the name of Jehovah and by doing that to call to mind some benefit or attribute of His, as in the present verse, 'He called on the name of [Jehovah,] the God of Eternity'. Another example occurs in the next chapter,

Abraham called the name of that place Jehovah Jireh (that is, Jehovah will see). Genesis 22:14.

And the following, among others, are further examples,

Moses built an altar and called the name of it Jehovah Nissi (that is, Jehovah is my banner). Exodus 17:15.

Gideon built an altar to Jehovah and called it [the altar] of Jehovah Shalom (that is, of peace). Judges 6:24.

It was from this custom that those who made worship consist in a name alone came to acknowledge so many gods, and also that among the gentiles, especially those in Greece and Rome, so many gods came to be acknowledged and worshipped, whereas the Ancient Church from which those attributive names derived always worshipped but one God who was revered under so many names, for the reason that by 'name' they understood the essential nature.

Footnotes:

1. These six words which Swedenborg apparently copied from the Schmidius Latin version do not occur in the original Greek.

  
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