46. When did this key unlock the gates, and serve and produce offspring? When Abraham appeared, AS HE IS THE SECRET OF CHESED. As it is written: "These are the generations of the heavens and of the earth when they were created (BeHibar'am)" (Beresheet 2:4). And we have already learned, DO NOT PRONOUNCE IT BEHIBAR'AM BUT Be-Abraham (Eng. 'with Abraham'). Then, the letters that were entirely concealed in the word bara WERE OPENED to hear. And the Pillar of Procreation, the sacred limb of Yesod, upon which the world is established was revealed. BECAUSE THE WORD BARA (ENG. 'CREATED') IS FORMED BY THE LETTERS, BET-RESH- ALEPH. THUS, IT CONSISTS OF THE SAME LETTERS AS EVAR (ENG. 'LIMB' IN ALEPH-BET- RESH).
46. אֵימָתַי הַהוּא מַפְתְּחָא פְּתַח תַּרְעִין וְאִזְדַּמַּן לְשִׁמּוּשָׁא וּלְמֶעְבַּד תּוֹלְדִין, כַּד אֲתָא אַבְרָהָם. דִּכְתִיב אֵלֶּה תּוֹלְדוֹת הַשָּׁמַיִם וְהָאָרֶץ בְּהִבָּרְאָם, וְתָנִינָן, בְּאַבְרָהָ"ם, וּמַה דַּהֲוָה כֹּלָּא סָתִים בְּמִלַּת בָּרָא, אִתְהַדְּרוּ אָתְוָון לְשִׁמּוּשָׁא, וּנְפַק עַמּוּדָא דַּעֲבַד תּוֹלְדִין, אֵבָ"ר יְסוֹדָא קַדִּישָׁא, דְּעָלְמָא קַיְימָא עֲלֵיהּ.