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Genesis 32

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2 Wa iššokal Yaqub əsalkadan as du angalosan.

3 As tan inay Yaqub, iṇṇa: «A wa aɣaywan ən Məššina!» Adi da fəlas iga adagg en eṣəm Maxanayim (almaɣna əššin ɣawnatan).

4 Izozar du Yaqub inəmmuzal s amaqqar-net Esaw daɣ ədɣaɣan ən Sehir, akal n Edom.

5 Oṃar tan, iṇṇ'asan: «Ad taṇṇim i məšš-i Esaw a wa: "Iṇṇ'ak əkli nnak Yaqub: nak əqqimaɣ in ɣur Laban har azalada!

6 Əggaznat du sər-i šitan, d əzdan, d aharay wa ənḍərran, d eklan əd taklaten. Əzzozaraɣ in inəmmuzal in ad ak əməlan məšš-i, fəl ad əgrəwa ətəwəqbal ɣur-ək."»

7 Əqqalan du nəmmuzal Yaqub, əṇṇan as: «Noṣ'in amaqqar nak Esaw, ənta iṃan-net issilkad ak du, iddəw d əkkozat təṃad n aləs.»

8 As isla Yaqub y a wa, təggaz-tu ṭasa wəllen, inkad, izun aytedan-net d aharay-nnet wa ənḍərran əd šitan əd ṃənas, ig-en ṣanatat tərəkfen.

9 Id orda as as ikənnas Esaw əd tərəkəft iyyat, tahadatad təg̣məd.

10 Təzzar iṭṭar Yaqub: «Məššina n abba-nin Ibrahim, Məššina n abba-nin Isxaq, Əməli, kay a di-iṇṇan: "Əqqəl akal-nak, ɣur marwan-nak fəl ad ak-aga alxer!" wa di-təgeɣ d iḍuf n arkawal wa di təṣṣəkna, nak ann əkli-nnak ogaran-i. Id fəlas ɣur teklay-nin təburək ɣas a dər əɣrasa Yordan a, mišan, azala, as d-əqqala əṃosa ṣanatat tərəkfen.

12 «Oṇsayaq-qay ad-i tag̣əza daɣ amaqqar-in Esaw fəlas əksudaɣ ad-i-iṣrəy ihlək-i nak əd bararan əd təḍoden.

13 «Id kay iṃan-nak ad-i-iṇṇan: "A dak-aga alxer wəllen, əssəgeɣ əzzurriya-nnak šilat ən təblalen n aṃadal ən ṭama n agarew wər nəla aṃadin".»

14 Iga ṭanat n ad-aṇsu den da ahad wədi. Isaṇṇafran daɣ təla-nnet a iga ṣusay y amaqqar-net Esaw.

15 Sanatat təṃad ən taɣat əd ṣanatat təṃərwen n əzolaɣ, ṣanatat təṃad ən tilay əd ṣanatat təṃərwen n akar,

16 karadat təṃərwen ən talamt əd waran-nasnat, əkkozat təṃərwen ən ṭəst əd ṃaraw zəgran, ṣanatat təṃərwen ən tajat əd ṃaraw bangitan.

17 Izammazay isəgan isoḍaf-tan y eklan-net, iṇṇ-asan: «Izarat-i, tagim taffawt gar-ewwan.»

18 Dəffər a wen oṃar akli-nnet wa izzərgazan əsəgən wa zzaran: «As təṃənaya d amaqqarr-in Esaw iṣəstan kay: "Ma kay ilan? Mənis tədaga? Ma ilan eharay wa təzzərgaza?"

19 Taṇṇaɣ-as: "In məšši akli-nnak Yaqub. Isəgan a ṣusay a əṃosan i məšši Esaw. Yaqub iṃan-net ilkam-ana-du.»

20 Iga alamar wen da y eklan-net kul win əzzərgaznen isəgan win ṣusay.

21 «Taṇṇim-as tolas: "Akli-nnak Yaqub izay-du"» Id orda-as ad issəṣmad əs ṣusay wa din azzaran.Az-z-aṃṃanayan da mijas igraw ɣur-əs Yaqub ətəwəqbal.»

22 Issəgla Yaqub isəgan win iga ṣusay y amaqqar-net ad as in izaran.Ənta iṇsa ahad wen daɣ aɣaywan. Iṇkar ahad wədi da itkal šiḍoden-net an ṣanatat, əd təwahayen-net ṣanatat əd bararan-net ṃaraw d iyyan, issəɣras tan angi wan Yaboq. Dəffər a wen issəɣras a wa ila.

25 Iqqim-du ɣas-net, har t-id oṣa aləs iyyan Ibbəllan dər əs har affaw.

26 As inay aləs wa as wər ifreg əsənbəg ən Yaqub iḍas-tu daɣ təməllay ən taɣma, tərrəffat tətoɣast-net igla Yaqub iṭṭaf tu.

27 Iṇṇ-as aləs: «Šalw-i ad agla ezal iga!» Mišan iṇṇ-as Yaqub: «Wər kay z-ayya wər fall-i təgeɣ albaraka.»

28 Iṇṇ-as aləs: «Ma eṣəm-nak?» Ijjəwwab-as: «Yaqub.»

29 Aṃaran iṇṇ-as aləs: «Dəffər azala, aba as təgəɣ eṣəm Yaqub id təbbillana əd Məššina, əd meddan, təssənbaga. A di da fəlas əmərədda ad tagaɣ eṣəm Israyel (almaɣna ibbəllan əd Məššina)

30 Dəffər a wen iṣṣəstan-tu Yaqub: «Oṇsayaq-qay ad-i təməlaɣ eṣəm-nak» Miššan iṇṇ-as: «Ma fel təṣastana d eṣəm-in?» Iga fall-as albaraka.

31 Iga Yaqub y adagg-en eṣəm Fənyel (almaɣna udəm ən Məššina), id iṇṇa: «Əṇaya Məššina udəm s udəm, əgleɣ, əddara!»

32 As ig̣mad Yaqub Fənyel, əg̣əzzəy ən təfuk. Iṣigadal əs tətoɣast-net.

33 Əddəlil n a wen da as har azala Kəl Israyel wər təṭṭin azar wa n taɣma osaɣan isəmməɣras ən tətoɣast daɣ ṣan as ənɣan teɣsay, fəlas ənta a itawaḍasan daɣ Yaqub.

   

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Arcana Coelestia #4013

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4013. 'Jacob took for himself fresh rods of poplar' means the power proper to natural good. This is clear from the meaning of 'a rod' as power, and from the meaning of 'poplar' as the good of the natural, dealt with below. 'A rod' is referred to in various places in the Word, and in every case it means power, for one reason because of its use by shepherds in the exercise of power over their flocks, and for another because it served to support the body, and existed so to speak for the sake of the right hand - for 'the hand' means power, 878, 3387. And because it had that meaning a rod was also used in ancient times by a king; and the royal emblem was a short rod and also a sceptre. And not only a king used a rod, but also a priest and a prophet did so, in order that he too might denote by means of his rod the power which he possessed, as Aaron and Moses did. This explains why Moses was commanded so many times to stretch out his rod, and on other occasions his hand, when miracles were performed, the reason being that 'a rod' and 'the hand' means Divine power. And it is because 'a rod' means power that the magicians of Egypt likewise used one when performing magical miracles. It is also the reason why at the present day a magician is represented with a rod in his hand.

[2] From all these considerations it may be seen that power is meant by 'rods'. But in the original language the word used for the rod that a shepherd, or else a king, or else a priest or a prophet possessed, is different from that used for the rods which Jacob took. The latter were used by wayfarers and so also by shepherds, as becomes clear from other places, such as Genesis 32:10; Exodus 12:11; 1 Samuel 17:40, 43; Zechariah 11:7, 10. In the present verse, it is true, the rod is not referred to as one supporting the hand but as a stick cut out from a tree, that is to say, from the poplar, hazel, or plane, to be placed in the troughs in front of the flock. Nevertheless the word has the same meaning, for in the internal sense it describes the power of natural good and from that the good that empowers natural truths.

[3] As regards 'the poplar' from which a rod was made, it should be recognized that trees in general mean perceptions and cognitions - perceptions when they have reference to the celestial man, but cognitions when they have reference to the spiritual man, see 103, 2163, 2682, 2722, 2972. This being so, trees specifically mean goods and truths, for it is these that are involved in perceptions and cognitions. Some kinds of trees mean the interior goods and truths which belong to the spiritual man, such as olives and vines, other kinds mean the exterior goods and truths which belong to the natural man, such as the poplar, the hazel, and the plane. And because in ancient times each tree meant some kind of good or truth, the worship which took place in groves accorded with the kinds of trees there, 2722. The poplar referred to here is the white poplar, so called from the whiteness from which it gets its name. Consequently 'poplar' means good which was a product of truth, or what amounts to the same, the good of truth, as also in Hosea 4:13, though in this instance the good has been falsified.

  
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