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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 #4255

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4255. 'For with just my staff I passed over this Jordan, and now I have become two camps' means that from having little He now had much. This is clear from the meaning of 'a staff' as power - a word used in reference to truth, and dealt with in 4013, 4015; from the meaning of 'Jordan' as introduction into cognitions of good and truth, dealt with below; and from the meaning of 'two camps' as goods and truths, as above in 4250 - the two camps referred to here consisting of the people, flocks, herds, and camels, which he split into two groups. From this one may see what these words mean in the proximate sense - that when being introduced into cognitions He had only a small amount of truth but subsequently He had many truths and goods; or what amounts to the same, from having little He now had much. From the explanations given up to now it is evident that the subject in the internal sense has been the way in which the Lord made the Human within Him Divine, doing so step by step in keeping with order. So the subject has been His advance into intelligence and wisdom, at length into Divine intelligence and wisdom. This shows what the phrase 'from having little He now had much' is used to mean.

[2] The reason 'the Jordan' means introduction into cognitions of good and truth is that it was a boundary to the land of Canaan. For all the boundaries of that land meant things that are first and last in the Lord's kingdom, and also those that are first and last in the Church, and so those that are first and last in the celestial and spiritual things which constitute the Lord's kingdom and His Church, see 1585, 1866, 4116, 4240. Therefore, being a boundary, 'the Jordan' meant introduction into cognitions of good and truth, for these come first; but when at length a person becomes in himself a Church or the Lord's kingdom they come to be last.

[3] That 'the Jordan' means things that are first and those that are last may be seen from other places in the Word, as in David,

O my God, my soul bows itself down within me; 1 therefore I remember You from the land of Jordan, and the Hermons from the little mountain. Psalms 42:6.

'Remembering from the land of Jordan' stands for doing so from what is last and so from a position of humbleness. In the same author,

Judah became His sanctuary, Israel His dominions. The sea saw and fled; the Jordan turned about backwards. Psalms 114:2-3, 5.

'Judah' stands for the good of celestial love, and 'Israel' for the good of spiritual love, 3654. 'The sea' stands for cognitions of truth, 28, 'the Jordan' stands for cognitions of good which are said 'to turn about backwards' when the good of love gains dominion, for in that case cognitions are viewed from that good, not the good from those cognitions - in accordance with the things that have often been shown already.

[4] In the Book of Judges,

Gilead dwelling at the crossing of the Jordan; and Dan, why will he fear ships? Judges 5:17.

'Gilead' stands for the sensory good or pleasure by means of which a person is first introduced into the path of his regeneration, 4117, 4124. 'Dwelling at the crossing of the Jordan' stands for the things effecting that introduction, and so things that are first and last in the Church and the Lord's kingdom. These introductory things were also represented by 'the Jordan' when the children of Israel entered the land of Canaan, Joshua 3:14-end; 4:1-end; for 'the land of Canaan' represented the Lord's kingdom, 1413, 1437, 1607, 3038, 3481, 3686, 3705.

And the dividing of the Jordan and their passing through on dry ground meant the removal of evils and falsities and the admission into the Lord's kingdom of those who are governed by goods and truths. Similar in meaning is the dividing of the waters of the Jordan by Elijah when he was carried up into heaven, 2 Kings 2:8, and by Elisha when he entered in place of Elijah into the prophetic role, 2 Kings 2:14.

[5] The cure of Naaman's leprosy, effected by his having washed himself seven times in the Jordan according to Elisha's command, 2 Kings 5:1-14, represented baptism, for baptism means introduction into the Church and into the things that belong to the Church, and so into regeneration and the things that belong to regeneration. Not that anyone is regenerated by baptism; rather it is the sign of it, which he should call to mind. And because the things which constitute the Church are meant by baptism, and baptism is meant by 'the Jordan', as mentioned above, it was the Jordan therefore in which people were baptized by John, Matthew 3:6; Mark 1:5. And the Lord too was willing to be baptized in it by John, Matthew 3:13-17; Mark 1:9.

[6] Because 'the Jordan' means things that are first and last in the Lord's kingdom and in the Church - such as the cognitions of good and truth, since these serve to introduce a person into His kingdom and Church - the Jordan is also for that reason referred to as a boundary of the new earth or holy land, in Ezekiel 47:18. The new earth or holy land means the Lord's kingdom and also the new Church which is the Lord's kingdom on earth, see 1733, 1850, 2117, 2118 (end), 3355 (end).

Footnotes:

1. literally, upon me

  
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