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Genesis 30

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2 Iggaz t alham-net iṇṇ'as: «Nak wər əṃosa Məššina. Ənta a dam igdalan təla n aratan.»

3 Təṇṇ'as Raxil: «Əkfeq qay taklit in Bilha, tənəməṇsa dər-əs, tile dər-əs bararan, əssədwəlaq qan, agaqqan bararan in. Əddi nak da ad əqqəla anna.»

4 Iqbal Yaqub a wa das təṇṇa Raxil. Təkf'ay Bilha, isawwahay tat, inamaṇsa dər-əs aṃaran.

5 Təga Bilha tadist təgraw du barar i Yaqub.

6 Təzzar təṇṇa Raxil: «Məššina izazzalalaɣ i əššəriɣa, iqbal təwaṭray nin, aṃaran ikf'i barar». Adi da fəl das təg'eṣəm Dan.

7 Təga Bilha tadist tolas təgraw du barar wa n əššin i Yaqub.

8 Təṇṇa Raxil: «Əgeɣ əməgər iṣṣohen əd tamaqqart in, orne.» Təg-as eṣəm Naftali.

9 As din təgra Leyya as ənta təmməzzay d ara təkfa Yaqub taklit-net Zilfa a tat isəwwəhəy.

10 Təzzar təgraw du Zilfa, taklit ən Leyya, barar i Yaqub.

11 Təṇṇa Leyya aṃaran: «Aṇṇasara nin oṣa ddu!», təg as eṣəm Gad.

12 Dəffər a wen təgraw du Zilfa, taklit ən Leyya, barar wa n əššin i Yaqub.

13 Təṇṇa Leyya tolas: «Əkneɣ aṇṇasara wəllen! Ad əsəttəhəqqətnat təḍoden əs tədəwit in.» Təzzar təg'as eṣəm Ašer.

14 Əzəl iyyan daɣ azzaman n allay n alkama eway Ruben d əṣṣuf har d'igraw aratan n annabat wa išatan aššahwat immigal y əggəgru. Eway tan du y anna-nnet Leyya. Təzzar təṇṇa Raxil i Leyya: «Oṇsayaq qam a di tan takfa.»

15 Təṇṇas Leyya: «Awak wər dam igda as ɣur-əm təlla əṇṇiyat n aləs-in, təṣṣərtəyaɣ a wen d əmmud ən barar in?» Təjjəwwab as Raxil: «Ənəy! Aslu! Oyyeɣ Yaqub a ɣur əm aṇsu ahada, fəl ad idu takfa aratan n annabat win d omad barar nam.»

16 As d'edwa Yaqub alməz ifal du təməḍint təssəlkad-as Leyya, təṇṇ as: «Nak ɣur za taṇsa ahada, eṭəs nak əzzinzaq qu əmmud ən barar in.» Təzzar iṇsa ɣur-əs ahad wədi.

17 Iqbal Məššina təwaṭray ən Leyya. Təzzar təga tadist. Təgraw du i Yaqub barar wa n ṣəmmos.

18 Təlas təṇṇa: «Məššina ikf i alxaqq in fəlas əkfeɣ aləs in taklit in.» Təg'i barar eṣəm Issakar.

19 Təlas igi ən tədist, təgraw d'i Yaqub barar wa n ṣədis.

20 Aṃaran təṇṇa: «Məššina ikf i təhəkkut təqqitasat. Əmərədda aləs in ad i agu almaqam id əkfeq qu ṣədis bararan. Adi da fəl das təga eṣəm Zəbulun.

21 Dəffər a wen təgraw du tabarart, təg'as eṣəm Dina.

22 Məššina ikittəw Raxil. Iqbal təwaṭray-net, ikf et fərregat ən təla ən bararan.

23 Təga tadist təgraw barar təṇṇa: «Məššina ikkas i daɣ takarakit.»

24 Təg'as eṣəm Yusəf, təṇṇa: «Ya Əməli šit'i du iyyan barar!»

25 Ihu Yusəf ɣas, iṇṇa Yaqub i Laban: «Sallam i ad akkaɣ aytedan in daɣ akal nana.

26 Akf i šiḍoden in əd bararan in win a fəl ak əšɣala, ad agla, fəlas təṣṣana kay iṃan nak as əgəɣ ak aššəɣəl ihossayan.»

27 Iṇṇ as Laban: «Oṇsayaq qay a di təqbəla tara nin a: "qam harwa", id tənafləyt in əddəlil nak afəl tat əgrawa, if'ik Məššina albaraka.»

28 Iššewal harwa da, iṇṇ as: «Əfrəs i alxaq nak, ad ak k ərzəma.»

29 Iṇṇ as Yaqub: «Iṃan nak təṣṣana a wa dər ola aššəɣəl wa dak əge, d a wa dər tola təttit n aharay nnak ɣur-i.

30 «Aṃaran təṣṣanaɣ as dat aṣṣa nin təla nnak ši əṇdərrat. Mišan əmərədda təga təttit tagget, issiwar kay Məššina albaraka edagg oṣəɣ. Mišan əmərədda ewad alwaq n ad əšɣəla i tələqqawen in.»

31 Iṇṇ as Laban: «Ma kay z akfa?» Ijjəwwab as Yaqub: «Wər di za takfa wala. Aṃaran ad agla, og̣azaɣ ak eharay nnak as təqbala əššərəd wa dak z aga da.

32 «A di tayya, azalada, ərzəga eharay nnak a daɣ-as d əkkəsa ijamaran kul win šaɣarnen əd win bardaɣnen madeɣ win kawalnen daɣ ayfəd əd sagayan kul win šaɣarnen əd win bardaɣnen daɣ wəlli nnak. Ad əqqəlan alxaqq in.

33 «Dəffər a wa as təššəggaraɣ alxaqq in ad təṣṣənaɣ as nak aw tidət: as təgrawa daɣ aharay nin asagay wər nəšaɣar madeɣ wər nəbardaɣ, madeɣ əjemar wər nəkawal, təṣṣənaɣ as əmikər add əgan.

34 Iṇṇa Laban: «Ənta ddi da! Ardəɣ s a wa təṇṇe.»

35 Mišan əzəl wen da ad iṣkat daɣ aharay-net izulaɣ kul win golənditan əd win bardaɣnen, əd wəlli kul šin šaɣarnen əd šin bardaɣnen, kul a wa əhanat təməllawen daɣ aharay nnet. Iṣkat tolas ayfəd kul šin kawalnen. Ig'en daɣ fassan ən maddan əs.

36 Dəffər a wen issaggalat tan s igəg ən karad aḍan n əšikəl gər essan əd Yaqub. Inəṭṭaf Yaqub d a w a dd iqqiman daɣ aharay ən Laban.

37 Iɣtas-du Yaqub iləgwan win əbdagnen daɣ karad rawan n eškan əṃosnen libne, luz d ermon. Təzzar ig'asan izalwakan mallolnen s əzənzəf.

38 Təzzar iṣṣəns'en daɣ təšəšwit ən təjəngərert ta daɣ iṣṣasu aharay nnet.Amazay wen iṃos wan təməzik ən təntawen-net.

39 Ad əzzagnat əhaṇṇaynat iləgwan win issəṇsa Yaqub, a du tarawnat ikərwatan əganen igolənditan, əd win šaɣarnen əd win bardaɣnen.

40 Iššota Yaqub tolas as izammazay ayfəd, təzzar izzəzak kanat i karran dat šin Laban kawalnen əd šin mallolnen n əlkəzan. Idkal Yaqub maddanəs ən tazzog a, iga sər-san əsəgən.

41 Id əssəbdarnat taɣsiwen šin əngaynen ad assaṇsu dat-əsnat ɣur təšəšwit iləgwan win zalwakan mallolnen fəl ad əzəgnat əhaṇṇaynat tan.

42 Mišan wər tan isəṇsu dat šin ənšašnen əmmək en da as eharay wa inšašan kul iqqal in Laban, wa ingayan il'ay Yaqub

43 Adi da a iknan əsəggərgəs ən Yaqub wəllen, iga daɣ aharay wa ənḍərran isəgan zawwarnen,əd ṃənas dəzdan d eklan əd taklaten.

   

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Arcana Coelestia #3857

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3857. 'And Rachel was barren' means that interior truths were not received. This is clear from the representation of 'Rachel' as the affection for interior truth, dealt with already, and from the meaning of 'barren' as not giving rise to doctrines, nor thus Churches. This statement expresses the opposite of what is said in reference to Leah, that is, that 'Jehovah opened her womb', meaning that the affection represented by her gave rise to the doctrines taught by the Churches. The reason interior truths were not received is that interior truths are such as go above the range of man's belief, that is to say, they do not fall into ideas he has and are not conditioned by the outward appearances or the illusions of the senses by which everyone allows himself to be led. He does not believe interior truths unless in some way they coincide with those appearances or illusions.

[2] For example, it is an interior truth that intervals of time and of space do not exist in the next life, but states instead. Man who is within time and space while he lives in the world forms all his ideas from these, so much so that he cannot have any thought without them, 3404. Consequently unless the states which exist in the next life were described by means of the intervals of time and space which man experiences, that is, by means of the kind of things that are moulded by time and space, he would perceive nothing and so believe nothing, and as a consequence would receive nothing. Doctrine would in that case be barren and no Church would arise from it.

[3] Take another example. Unless celestial and spiritual affections were described by means of such things as constitute worldly and bodily affections man would not perceive anything, for these are the affections he experiences, and it is from them that he is able to have notions about celestial and spiritual affections. Yet the two types of affections are as different from each other, or as far apart, as heaven from earth. Take for example the glory of heaven, that is, of the angels in heaven, 3839. Unless man modelled his idea of the glory of heaven on the idea of the glory which exists in the world he would not grasp it at all and so would not acknowledge it. The same applies to all other interior or heavenly things.

[4] For this reason the Lord has spoken in the Word in accordance with man's own ability to grasp things and with the appearances that go with that grasp of them. The literal sense of the Word is such, yet at the same time is of such a nature that it holds within it the internal sense which contains interior truths. This then explains why it is said in reference to Leah that 'Jehovah opened her womb', and that 'Rachel was barren'; for as has been stated, 'Leah' represents the affection for exterior truth, 'Rachel' the affection for interior truth. But because exterior truths are the first truths which a person learns, the Lord has provided that by means of them he can be introduced into interior truths. This provision is meant by the statement in Genesis 30:22 that God at last remembered Rachel, hearkened to her, and opened her womb.

[5] The truth of all this may be seen from the Churches which existed in ancient times, and from their doctrinal teachings, namely that their teachings were formed from external truths. With the Ancient Church which existed after the Flood their doctrinal teachings were for the most part external representatives and meaningful signs which had internal truths stored within them. For the majority of its members holy worship consisted in those external representatives and signs. If anyone had told them that the essential ingredients of Divine worship were not those representatives and meaningful signs but the spiritual and celestial realities represented and meant by these, they would have rejected them altogether, and so the Church would have ceased to exist. This applied even more to the Jewish Church. If anyone had told them that their religious observances received their holiness from the Divine things that were the Lord's within them they would not have acknowledged them at all.

[6] Such also was mankind when the Lord came into the world. They had grown even more bodily-minded, especially so those who were members of the Church. This is quite evident even from the disciples who, though with the Lord constantly and hearing so many things about His kingdom, were as yet unable to perceive interior truths. They were still unable to have any other concept of the Lord than such as exists with the Jews at the present day about the Messiah whom they are still awaiting. They imagined that He would promote that people to a position of dominion and glory over all nations throughout the world. And after hearing so many things from the Lord about the heavenly kingdom the disciples were still unable to think anything else than that the heavenly kingdom would be like an earthly kingdom, where God the Father would be supreme, after Him the Son, and then themselves the twelve, and so would reign in this order. For the same reasons also James and John asked to sit one on His right and the other on the left, Mark 10:35-37; and the rest of the disciples were angry at these two wishing to be greater than the rest, Mark 10:41; Matthew 20:24. For the same reason also, after teaching them what it was to be greatest in heaven, Matthew 20:25-28; Mark 10:42-45, the Lord still spoke in the way that they themselves thought. That is to say, He spoke of them sitting on twelve thrones and judging the twelve tribes of Israel, Luke 22:24, 30; Matthew 19:28.

[7] If they had been told that the word 'disciples' was not used to mean themselves but all people in whom the good of love and faith dwells, 3354, 3488, and also that in the Lord's kingdom there are no thrones, nor positions of government and dominion, as in the world, and that they would not be able to pass judgement on even the smallest aspect of any one person, 2129, 2553, they would have rejected that saying, and each would have left the Lord and gone back to his own employment. The reason why the Lord spoke in the way He did was so that they would receive those things and through them be introduced into internal truths. For within the external truths which the Lord spoke internal truths lay stored away which in course of time are laid bare. And when these are laid bare those external truths are dispelled and serve solely as the objects or the means for thought about internal ones. From these considerations one may recognize what is meant by the fact that Jehovah opened Leah's womb first and she bore sons to Jacob, and that Rachel did so subsequently.

  
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