זוהר, לך לך כ״גZohar, Lech Lecha 23

Segment 1א׳

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.

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.”

Segment 2ב׳

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.

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.”

Segment 3ג׳

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.

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.