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Ge 12:1-20.
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Ge 12:1-20.
CALL TO ABRAM.
1. Now the Lord had said unto Abram--It pleased God, who has often been found of them who sought Him not, to reveal Himself to Abraham perhaps by a miracle; and the conversion of Abraham is one of the most remarkable in Bible history.
Get thee out of thy country--His being brought to the knowledge and worship of the true God had probably been a considerable time before. This call included two promises: the first, showing the land of his future posterity; and the second, that in his posterity all the earth was to be blessed
(Ge 12:2).
Abraham obeyed, and it is frequently mentioned in the New Testament as a striking instance of his faith
(Heb 11:8).
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5. 到了迦南地……他們就來了——帶着他的妻子和一個孤兒姪兒。亞伯蘭平安到達了目的地，如此第一個應許便得了應驗。
英語原文
5. into the land of Canaan . . . they came--with his wife and an orphan nephew. Abram reached his destination in safety, and thus the first promise was made good.
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6. 示劍地方——或作 Shechem，一個當時無人居住的牧業山谷（參
Ge 33:18）。
摩利平原——更恰當地說，是摩利的「篤耨香樹」，這在巴勒斯坦很常見，以它伸展廣闊的枝子和高大的深綠色枝葉而著稱。可能在摩利有一片這種樹的樹林，它那迷人的蔭蔽使亞伯蘭選擇它作為紮營之地。
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6. the place of Sichem--or Shechem, a pastoral valley then unoccupied (compare
Ge 33:18).
plain of Moreh--rather, the "terebinth tree" of Moreh, very common in Palestine, remarkable for its wide-spreading branches and its dark green foliage. It is probable that in Moreh there was a grove of these trees, whose inviting shade led Abram to choose it for an encampment.
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7. 我要把這地賜給你的後裔——神對待亞伯蘭，不僅是按他私人的個人身分，而是着眼於未來世代中崇高而重要的利益。那地，他的後裔要作為獨特的子民在其中居住數世紀；神聖知識的種子將在那裏撒下，為全人類的益處；而從其地理位置來看，它是憑神聖的智慧被選為最適合的地方，作為那為全世界而設之神聖啟示的搖籃。
他就在那裏為向他顯現的耶和華築了一座壇——藉着這莊嚴的敬拜之舉，亞伯蘭公開宣認了他的宗教，設立了對真神的敬拜，並表明了他對應許的信心。
英語原文
7. Unto thy seed will I give this land--God was dealing with Abram not in his private and personal capacity merely, but with a view to high and important interests in future ages. That land his posterity was for centuries to inhabit as a peculiar people; the seeds of divine knowledge were to be sown there for the benefit of all mankind; and considered in its geographical situation, it was chosen in divine wisdom as the fittest of all lands to serve as the cradle of a divine revelation designed for the whole world.
and there builded he an altar unto the Lord--By this solemn act of devotion Abram made an open profession of his religion, established the worship of the true God, and declared his faith in the promise.
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10. 那地遭遇饑荒……亞伯蘭就下埃及去——他沒有回到他出生之地，好像後悔他的客旅生涯、輕看應許之地
(Heb 11:15)，
而是暫時退到鄰近的國家。
英語原文
10. there was a famine . . . and Abram went down into Egypt--He did not go back to the place of his nativity, as regretting his pilgrimage and despising the promised land
(Heb 11:15),
but withdrew for a while into a neighboring country.
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11-13. 撒萊的膚色，來自山區，與埃及婦女那微黃的臉色相比，必然是清新而白皙的。亞伯蘭對她的勸告在言辭上是真的，卻是個欺騙，意在給人一個印象，以為她不過是他的妹妹。他的行為是可責的，與他作為神僕人的身分不符：這顯示出他倚靠屬世的計謀，過於信靠應許；他不僅自己犯罪，更引誘撒萊也犯罪。
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11-13. Sarai's complexion, coming from a mountainous country, would be fresh and fair compared with the faces of Egyptian women which were sallow. The counsel of Abram to her was true in words, but it was a deception, intended to give an impression that she was no more than his sister. His conduct was culpable and inconsistent with his character as a servant of God: it showed a reliance on worldly policy more than a trust in the promise; and he not only sinned himself, but tempted Sarai to sin also.
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14. 亞伯蘭到了埃及——從那國的古蹟看來，亞伯蘭到訪之時，當地已有一個存在了數世紀的王國。政府的所在地在三角洲，即該國最北的部分，正是亞伯蘭必須到達的區域。他們是牧羊王朝，與迦南人有密切的聯盟。
英語原文
14. when Abram was come into Egypt--It appears from the monuments of that country that at the time of Abram's visit a monarchy had existed for several centuries. The seat of government was in the Delta, the most northern part of the country, the very quarter in which Abram must have arrived. They were a race of shepherd-kings, in close alliance with the people of Canaan.
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15. 婦人被帶進法老的宮裏去——東方的王數世紀以來都聲稱有特權，可以把他們所喜歡的未婚女子帶入後宮。父親或兄弟也許會為這強取視為災禍而哀歎，但這王權從來不受抵抗，也不受質疑。
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15. the woman was taken into Pharaoh's house--Eastern kings have for ages claimed the privilege of taking to their harem an unmarried woman whom they like. The father or brother may deplore the removal as a calamity, but the royal right is never resisted nor questioned.
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16. 法老因這婦人的緣故厚待亞伯蘭——這些禮物正是一個牧業首領給另一個首領的禮物。
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16. he entreated Abram well for her sake--The presents are just what one pastoral chief would give to another.
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18-20. 這裏是一個最令人羞愧的責備，亞伯蘭當受此責。若不是神干預，他可能受誘惑留在埃及，忘記了應許
(Ps 105:13, 15)。
神至今仍常常責備祂的百姓，並藉着仇敵提醒他們，這世界不是他們的安息之所。
英語原文
18-20. Here is a most humiliating rebuke, and Abram deserved it. Had not God interfered, he might have been tempted to stay in Egypt and forget the promise
(Ps 105:13, 15).
Often still does God rebuke His people and remind them through enemies that this world is not their rest.
Ge 12:1-20.
呼召亞伯蘭。
1. 耶和華對亞伯蘭說——那常常被無心尋求之人尋見的神，樂於也許藉著神蹟向亞伯拉罕啟示自己；而亞伯拉罕的歸正是聖經歷史中最令人矚目的之一。
你要離開本地——他被帶到對真神的認識和敬拜之前，大概已有一段相當長的時間。這呼召包含兩個應許：第一個指出他後裔未來的地業；第二個指明萬國必因他的後裔得福
(Ge 12:2)。
亞伯拉罕聽從了，這在新約中常被提及，作為他信心的顯著例子
(來 11:8)。