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Genesis 31

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2 Iay Yaqub əṃəttəy daɣ mazalan ən Laban fəl win n anin.

3 Iṇṇa Əməli i Yaqub: «Əqqəl akal ən marawan nak, ɣur aɣaywan n abba nnak, əṣṣana daɣ ak.»

4 Iɣra ddu Yaqub Raxil əd Leyya s əṣuf wa iha ənta d aharay-net wa ənḍərran.

5 Iṇṇ asnat: «Əgrəɣ in as šiṃətəkwəyen n abba nnakmat wər di əṇfenat šilat n anin, mišan Məššina n abba nin illa ɣur-i.

6 Təṣṣanmat iṃan nakmat as wər din əglema daɣ təɣurad in wala, y əššəɣəl n abba nnakmat.

7 Mišan iyyəwan i təkaddilt, iyyəwan əsəṃṃəttəy n alxaqq in. Mišan wər t'ikfa Məššina turagat n a di agu əššur.

8 S əmmək en da kud a iṇṇa win šaɣarnen a əṃosnen alxaqq in, ket-nasnat təntawen erawnat du ikərwatan šaɣarnen, kudeɣ iṇṇa win golənditan a iṃosan alxaqq in ənta da təntawen erawnat du ikərwatan əganen igolənditan.

9 Məššina iṃan-net as di ikfa daɣ aharay n abba nnakmat

10 Daɣ tamert ta n sabdar ən təmenesen ad ənaya daɣ tərgət isawalan əganen əgolənditan əd wiyyad šaɣarnen əd wiyyad farfoznen, as əzagan təntawen n aharay a.

11 Iṇṇ'i angalos ən Məššina daɣ tərgət "Yaqub" Əṇṇeɣ-as "hun".

12 Iṇṇ'i: "Ədkəl aṣawad nak, ad tagga isawalan win əzagnen təntawen n aharay əgan əgolənditan, šaɣera madeɣ farfoza. Adi wər t id'eway ar as ənaya a wa dak iga Laban.

13 Nak Məššina ən Betel wa dak d'inafalalan ɣur Betel edag wa daɣ tənɣala widi fəl təhunt, edag wa daɣ i tədkala arkawal. Əmərədda, əṇkər,əg̣məd akal a, əqqəl akal ən marwan nak.»

14 Təṇṇa Raxil əd Leyya i Yaqub: «Wər nəla tadagart ən təkasit daɣ abba nnana.

15 Idkal ana šilat ən təmagaren id inazzan danaɣ in iga, inɣa azrəf wa din nənza, awalla za ar inɣ ay, azrəf wa as imməkkan a tu nilu.

16 Daɣ adi təgərgist kul ta dd'ibaz Məššina daɣ abba nnana šin maddan-nəna. Əmərədda agu a w'as dak iṇṇa Məššina.»

17 Isammatag Yaqub i təzrek, issəwan maddan-əs əd təḍoden-net olaman,

18 izzərgaz ihərwan-net, eway ərrəzəɣan kul win sər-əs əggaznen daɣ Mesofotami, ikk' akal wa n Kanan ɣur Isxaq abba nnet.

19 Ikka Laban edagg ən talazay ən təḍuft n aharay nnet, tokar du Raxil aṣṣənaṃan-net dəffər-əs.

20 Ikkərras Yaqub Laban wa n aw Aram s as iḍḍəggag dəffər-əs wər das imel.

21 Iḍḍəggag d a wa ila kul, iɣras agarew wa n Fərat, innəmad ikallan n ədɣaɣan win Gilhad.

22 Əzəl wa n karad igraw Laban isalan n əḍəggəg ən Yaqub.

23 Ilkam as ənta əd meddan ən šəqqaɣan-net ewadan tu dəffər əṣṣ' aḍan n əšikəl daɣ ədɣaɣan win Gilhad.

24 As ig' ahad inafalal Məššina i Laban daɣ tərgət iṇṇ'as: «Ənkəd y ad taga arat i Yaqub gər olaɣ wala ibrar.»

25 As ewad Laban Yaqub ikras ahaket-net daɣ akal wa n ədɣaɣan ən Gilhad. Iga Laban əd meddan-net a wen da.

26 Iṇṇa Laban i Yaqub: «Ma təge da? Təkkərrasaɣ i, tewaya šibararen in as taṇṇa šiməskasa n əməgər?

27 Ma fəl du təḍəggaga daɣ əssir? Mas di təkkərrasa sas di wər təmela? Ənnar di təmala ayyaq qay tagla du daɣ tədəwit d aṣak daw maslan ən tandiwen d əṇzadan.

28 Wər di toyyeɣ ad əzələmmeɣ ihayawan in əd təbararen in, agaɣ asan šiwaṭriwen. Təgeɣ təṃətəkwəyt n əmeskəl!

29 Əleɣ fərregat n ad awan əɣšada. Mišan ənḍod imməgrad sər-i Məššina n abba nnak, iṇṇ'i: "Ənkəd y ad tagaɣ arat i Yaqub gər olaɣ wala ibrar."

30 Əgreɣ teklay nak fəlas əṣuf a kay iggazan n aɣaywan nawan mišan ma fəl tokara du aṣṣanaman in?»

31 Iṇṇa Yaqub i Laban: «Awalla, təksəda a əgeɣ as a daɣ i tabəza ašš-ek əs təɣurad.

32 Daɣ batu n aṣṣanaman nak i ɣur tan du təgrawa ad aṃṃat! Səffətəktək a wa əle tədkəla a wa təle dat təgiyyawen n aytedan nana!» Wər iṣṣen Yaqub as Raxil a du tokarat aṣṣanaman.

33 Igla Laban isaffataktak ehan wa n Yaqub d ahan wa n Leyya əd wa n təwahayen-net an ṣanatat, wər igrew wala. Ɣur ag̣amad-net ehan wa n Leyya iggaz wa n Raxil. Ənta Raxil a tədkalat aṣṣanaman təɣbar tan daɣ təxawit-net, təqqim daɣ-as. Adi da fəl təṇṇa y abba-net assaɣa wa d'iggaz šin əsəffətəktək n ahaket-net: «Ad wər təššəka abba nin as wər əbdeda ɣur iguz nak fəlas alɣadat a di təgrawat.» Isaffataktak Laban ahaket-net kul mišan wər igrew aṣṣanaman-net.

36 Iggaz alham Yaqub təzzar imməṣtan əd Laban iṇṇa: «Məni a wa əɣšada? Ma iṃos abakkad in as di təhhore?

37 Daɣ adi əmərədda ad təsaffataktaka ilalan nin kul ma du təgrawa təleq qu? Sakn'ay y aytedan in əd win nak ad aggayen fəl a wa illan gar-ena!

38 Əmərədda ṣanatat təṃərwen n awatay a əge əlle ɣur-ək. Wər kala əgarnat ayfəd nak wala wəlli nnak, wər kala ətšeɣ ijəɣal n əsəgən nak.

39 Teɣsay nak ətšan wəxsan wər dak du tiwəya iləzgan-net, nak tat irazzaman daɣ təɣurad in id təḍgazaɣ i gər təmmitša ehad wala ezal.

40 Nak a təkaggay təfuk s azal, inɣ'i asamed s ahad, aṃaran faw iṃṃokar eṭəs in.

41 Əmmək en da as daɣ ṣanatat təṃərwen n awatay šin əge ɣur-ək: Maraw elan d əkkoz taggalt ən təbararen nak ṣanatat, ṣədis elan fəl aharay-nnak, təyyəwanaɣ əsəṃṃəttəy n alxaqq in.

42 Kundab' as Məššina n abba nin Ibrahin, wa iksud abba nin Isxaq as əheɣ taɣlift-net, illikan as əmərədda təstaɣaɣ i da əqquran fassan nin. Mišan Məššina ogga arkaṇay nin d iket n əššəɣəl iṣṣohen wa dak əge, adi da fəlas əṇdod, immigrad daɣ batu nin.»

43 Iṇṇa Laban i Yaqub: «Šibararen a ši nnu, bararan a i nnu, eharay a i nnu, a wa təhaṇṇaya da kul i nnu. Mišan, əmərədda, wər əle batu fəl təbararen in əd bararan nasnat.

44 «Daɣ a di əmərədda nənəmətkəlet arkawal ən tassaq ad iqqal təgiyya gar-i dər-ək.

45 Təzzar itkal Yaqub təhunt issəɣt-et əs təzzəgrət-net, təqqal təṃətirt.

46 Təzzar iṇṇa Yaqub y aytedan-net: «Amədat-du šihun!» Əgan-tanat sakfaw, ətšan fall-as.

47 Iga Laban i sakfaw wen eṣəm Yəgar-Sahaduta (almaɣna sakfaw wa n təgiyya), daɣ awal-net, ig-as Yaqub eṣəm əntada Galed (almaɣna sakfaw wa n təgiyya).

48 Iṇṇa Laban i Yaqub: «Sakfaw a ən təhun a da ənta iṃosan təgiyya gar-i dər-ək azalada», a di da fəl iga eṣəm Galed.

49 Iga eṣəm tolas Mitsfa (almaɣna edag n ag̣g̣az), id Laban iṇṇa tolas: «Aglet Əməli išišawalana a nəga daɣ ənəməggag.

50 «As təjajjargana šibararen-in madeɣ təzlafa šiyyad šiḍoden, aktəw iṃan-nak as kud ɣur-na wər illa awedan da Məššina a iṃosan təgiyya n arkawal wa nənamatkal!» Təzzar iṇṇa Laban i Yaqub: «Təhunt ta əssəɣta da əs təzzəgrət-net əd sakfaw wa,əssəbdadaq-qan gar-i dər-ək, ad aggayyen as wər ana z-iggəz i tan z-akəyan əhan tu arak ṃan.

53 «Məššina n Ibrahim d Əməli ən Naxor ələkanet-ana!» Dəffər a wen ihad Yaqub əs Məššina wa iksud abba-nnet Isxaq ar ad-iṭṭəf arkawal.

54 Təzzar iga Yaqub takutay fəl adɣaɣ, iššedaw du sər-əs iššəqqaɣan-net. Ədrawan-tat, ənamaṇsan ahad wə di fəl adɣaɣ.

   

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Arcana Coelestia #3974

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3974. 'Give me my womenfolk' means that the affections for truth belonged to that natural, 'and my children' means as did the truths born from those affections. This is clear from the meaning of 'womenfolk' or 'wives' as affections for truth - his wife 'Leah' meaning the affection for external truth, and 'Rachel' the affection for internal truth, both dealt with often above; and from the meaning of 'children' as truths born from those affections. For 'sons' means truths, 489, 491, 533, 1147, 2623, 3373, and the children born of the womenfolk truths that spring from those affections.

It was a regulation among the Ancients that women given to slaves belonged to the master with whom they served, and so did the children born from them, as may be seen in Moses,

If you buy a Hebrew slave he shall serve for six years; and in the seventh he shall go out free, for nothing. If his master has given him a wife and she has borne him sons or daughters, the wife and her children shall belong to her master, and he shall go out by himself. 1 Exodus 21:2, 4.

It was because this was also a regulation in the Ancient Church and was therefore well known to Laban that he laid claim to Jacob's wives and children, as is evident in the next chapter,

Laban said to Jacob, The daughters are my daughters, and the sons are my sons, and the flock is my flock, and all that you see belongs to me. Genesis 31:43.

And because Jacob knows this he says to Laban, 'Give me my womenfolk and my children'. But this regulation as stated in Moses in the verses quoted above represented the right of the internal or rational man to the goods and truths of the external or natural man which the latter has obtained for itself. For a slave represented the truth of the natural man as that truth exists at first before genuine truths are instilled. The truth which is present at first is not truth but the outward appearance of it. Nevertheless it serves as the means by which genuine truths and goods are introduced, as has been shown already. For this reason once goods and truths have been instilled through that truth present at first, that is, through the service it renders, it is dispensed with, but the genuine truths obtained in that way are retained. It was for the sake of this representation that this law about slaves was laid down.

[2] But as for Jacob, he was not a slave who had been purchased, but a man from a more distinguished family than Laban. He himself - that is to say, Jacob - purchased Laban's daughters, and so also the children by them, through the service he rendered; for they were his instead of wages. Consequently Laban's assumptions concerning them were not correct. Furthermore 'a Hebrew slave' means the truth which serves to introduce genuine goods and truths, and his wife the affection for natural good. But Jacob's position was different from that of a slave. He represented the good of natural truth, and his wives the affections for truth. Nor does Laban have the same representation as the master in the law that has been quoted relating to a Hebrew slave. That is to say, he does not represent the rational, but a parallel good, 3612, 3665, 3778, which is such that it is not genuine good but the outward appearance of the genuine, serving to introduce truths, 3665, 3690, which were accordingly 'Jacob's'.

[3] These details which have been presented are indeed such as fall within the mental grasp of none but a very few, for most people do not know what the truth and good of the natural are, and that these are different from the truth and good of the rational. Still less do they know that goods and truths which are not genuine but only so to external appearance serve to introduce genuine truths and goods, especially at the outset of regeneration. All the same, as these details are contained in the internal sense of these words, and also in the internal sense of those that follow concerning Laban's flock from which Jacob obtained a flock for himself, they ought not to be passed over in silence. There will perhaps be some who grasp them. Any who have a strong desire to know such things, that is, who are stirred by an affection for spiritual good and truth, receive enlightenment in such matters.

Footnotes:

1. literally, with his own body

  
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Thanks to the Swedenborg Society for the permission to use this translation.