## Zohar, Lech Lecha

###### Zohar, Lech Lecha 23:1
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פָּתַח וְאָמַר, (תהילים פ״ג:ב׳) אֱלהִים עַל דֳּמִי לָךְ אַל תֶּחרָשׁ וְאַל תִּשְׁקוֹט אֵל. דָּא הוּא אִתְעֲרוּתָא דִלְתַתָּא בְּגִין לְשַׁלְטָאָה. אָמַר דָּוִד, אֱלֹהִים אַל דֳּמִי לָךְ, לְאַתְעָרָא לְגַבֵּי עִלָּאָה וּלְאִתְחַבְּרָא גַּבֵּי יָמִינָא.

**The Zohar; London, Soncino Press, 1933:**
He illustrated this from the text: *O God, keep thou not silence, hold not thy peace, and be not still, O God* (Ps. 83, 2), which he expounded thus. ‘David said: “O God, keep thou not silence.” These words represent an impulse to *Elohim* to exert His sway. David said in effect: “*Elohim*, cease not to rouse the Highest and to associate thyself with the Right.”


###### Zohar, Lech Lecha 23:2
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מַאי טַעְמָא בְּגִין (תהילים פ״ג:ו׳) כִּי הִנֵּה אוֹיְבֶיךָ יֶהֱמָיוּן וְגו' (וכתיב) כִּי נוֹעֲצוּ לֵב יַחְדָּיו עָלֶיךָ בְּרִית יִכְרוֹתוּ, וּבְגִין כָּךְ אֱלהִים אַל דֳּמִי לָךְ לְאַתְעָרָא לְגַבֵּי עֵילָא, דְּהָא כְּדֵין אִתְעָרַת יָמִינָא וּקְטִירַת לָהּ בַּהֲדָהּ. וְכַד אִתְקַשְׁרַת בְּיָמִינָא כְּדֵין אִתְבַּר שָׂנְאִין דִּכְתִיב (שמות ט״ו:ו׳) יְמִינְךָ יְיָ נֶאְדָּרִי בַּכֹּחַ יְמִינְךָ יְיָ תִּרְעַץ אוֹיֵב.

**The Zohar; London, Soncino Press, 1933:**
Wherefore so? Because “thine enemies make a tumult, etc.”, they have consulted together with one consent, against Thee do they make a covenant. “Therefore, O God, be not silent,” as explained. For when *Elohim* is joined with the Right, then the enemies are crushed, as it is written, “Thy right hand, O Lord, is glorious in power, thy right hand, O Lord, dasheth in pieces the enemy.”


###### Zohar, Lech Lecha 23:3
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וְתָא חֲזֵי בְּשַׁעֲתָא דְּאִתְחַבָּרוּ כָּל אִנּוּן מַלְכִין לְאַגָּחָא קְרָבָא עֲלֵיהּ דְּאַבְרָהָם, אִתְיָיעֲטוּ לְאַעֲבָרָא לֵיהּ מִן עָלְמָא, וְכֵיוָן דְּשָׁלְטוּ בְּלוֹט בַּר אַחוּהָ דְּאַבְרָהָם מִיָּד אֲזְלוּ, דִּכְתִיב וַיִּקְחוּ אֶת לוֹט וְאֶת רְכוּשׁוֹ בֶּן אֲחִי אַבְרָם וַיֵּלֵכוּ. מַאי טַעְמָא, בְּגִין דְּדִיוּקְנֵיהּ דְּלוֹט הֲוָה דָמֵי לְאַבְרָהָם, וּבְגִין כָּךְ וַיֵּלֵכוּ, דְּכָל הַהוּא קְרָבָא בְּגִינֵיהּ הֲוָה.

**The Zohar; London, Soncino Press, 1933:**
Note that, when all those kings joined together to make war on Abram, they designed to make away with him. But so soon as they got possession of Lot, his brother’s son, they went off (as it is written, AND THEY TOOK LOT, ABRAM’S BROTHER’S SON, AND HIS GOODS AND DEPARTED), the reason being that Lot closely resembled Abram, so that thinking they had Abram, they went off.


###### Zohar, Lech Lecha 23:4
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מַאי טַעְמָא. בְּגִין דְּהֲוָה אַבְרָהָם אַפִּיק בְּנֵי עָלְמָא מִפּוּלְחָנָא נוּכְרָאָה וְאָעִיל לוֹן בְּפוּלָחָנָא דְקוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא. וְתוּ קוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא אַתְעַר לוֹן בְּעָלְמָא בְּגִין לְגַדְּלָא שְׁמָא דְאַבְרָהָם בְּעָלְמָא וּלְקָרְבָא לֵיהּ לְפוּלְחָנֵיהּ.

**The Zohar; London, Soncino Press, 1933:**
The reason of their enmity to Abram was that Abram weaned men from idolatry and taught them to worship God. Also God incited them to make their invasion in order to aggrandise Abram and to attract him to his service.


###### Zohar, Lech Lecha 23:5
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וְרָזָא דְמִלָּה כֵּיוָן דְּאַבְרָהָם אִתְעַר לְמִרְדַּף אֲבַּתְרַיְיהוּ כְּדֵין אֱלֹהִים אַל דֳּמִי לָךְ עַד דְּאִתְקַשַּׁר כֹּלָּא בְּאַבְרָהָם, וְכַד אִתְקַשַּׁר כֹּלָּא בְּאַבְרָהָם כְּדֵין אִתְבָּרוּ כֻּלְהוּ מַלְכִין מִקַּמֵּיהּ כְּדְקָא אֲמָרָן דִּכְתִיב יְמִינְךָ יְיָ תִּרְעַץ אוֹיֵב וְגו':

**The Zohar; London, Soncino Press, 1933:**
Esoterically speaking, when Abram started to pursue them, then God “did not keep silent” until the whole was linked up with Abram; then when the whole was linked up with Abram, then all those kings were crushed before him, as we have said.’