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Ge 14:1-24.
英語原文
Ge 14:1-24.
WAR.
1. And it came to pass--This chapter presents Abram in the unexpected character of a warrior. The occasion was this: The king of Sodom and the kings of the adjoining cities, after having been tributaries for twelve years to the king of Elam, combined to throw off his yoke. To chastise their rebellion, as he deemed it, Chedorlaomer, with the aid of three allies, invaded the territories of the refractory princes, defeated them in a pitched battle where the nature of the ground favored his army
(Ge 14:10),
and hastened in triumph on his homeward march, with a large amount of captives and booty, though merely a stranger.
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12. 他们把罗得……和他的财物掳掠去了——这年轻人此刻的良心必怎样责备他自私的愚妄和对慈爱敬虔亲戚的忘恩！每当我们偏离本分的道路，便把自己置于神的保护之外，不能指望我们的选择会成为我们长久的福。
英語原文
12. they took Lot . . . and his goods, and departed--How would the conscience of that young man now upbraid him for his selfish folly and ingratitude in withdrawing from his kind and pious relative! Whenever we go out of the path of duty, we put ourselves away from God's protection, and cannot expect that the choice we make will be for our lasting good.
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13. 有一个逃出来的人——亚伯拉罕本可以推卸对他“兄弟”（即侄儿）的关心，这侄儿不大值得他为他招惹麻烦或危险。但亚伯拉罕非但没有以恶报恶，反而决意立即采取措施营救罗得。
英語原文
13. there came one that had escaped--Abram might have excused himself from taking any active concern in his "brother," that is, nephew, who little deserved that he should incur trouble or danger on his account. But Abram, far from rendering evil for evil, resolved to take immediate measures for the rescue of Lot.
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14. 亚伯兰听见他侄儿被掳去，就率领他家里生养的精练壮丁——即家奴，至今东方国家中仍常见，被视为并待为家中的一员。亚伯兰既能抽出三百一十八名奴仆，又留下足够的人看顾群畜，他的家业必是何等大。
英語原文
14. And when Abram heard that his brother was taken captive, he armed his trained servants--domestic slaves, such as are common in Eastern countries still and are considered and treated as members of the family. If Abram could spare three hundred and eighteen slaves and leave a sufficient number to take care of the flocks, what a large establishment he must have had.
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15, 16. 他夜间……分队——古迦南小君王之间的这场战争，与今日亚拉伯酋长之间的争斗和小战完全相同。被击败的一方若决定追击敌人，便等他们熟睡之时；他们既不设哨兵，便从不同方向冲上去，砍倒帐棚的柱子——若有任何战斗，也只是混乱群众的混战——通常随之以惊慌，整场争战便告终，双方损失都不多。
英語原文
15, 16. he divided himself . . . by night--This war between the petty princes of ancient Canaan is exactly the same as the frays and skirmishes between Arab chiefs in the present day. When a defeated party resolves to pursue the enemy, they wait till they are fast asleep; then, as they have no idea of posting sentinels, they rush upon them from different directions, strike down the tent poles--if there is any fight at all, it is the fray of a tumultuous mob--a panic commonly ensues, and the whole contest is ended with little or no loss on either side.
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18. 麦基洗德——这场胜利给那部分地方带来了公众的益处；亚伯拉罕回来时大受尊敬礼遇，特别是所多玛王和麦基洗德；后者似乎是少数本地君王（若不是唯一的一位）中认识并敬拜亚伯拉罕所事奉之“至高神”的一位。这位王是救主的预表
(Heb 7:1)，
来为所已得的胜利称颂神，并奉神的名祝福以武器成就此事的亚伯拉罕——这种敬虔的承认，是我们每次在任何合法事业中成功时所当效法的。
英語原文
18. Melchizedek--This victory conferred a public benefit on that part of the country; and Abram, on his return, was treated with high respect and consideration, particularly by the king of Sodom and Melchizedek, who seems to have been one of the few native princes, if not the only one, who knew and worshipped, "the most high God," whom Abram served. This king who was a type of the Saviour
(Heb 7:1),
came to bless God for the victory which had been won, and in the name of God to bless Abram, by whose arms it had been achieved--a pious acknowledgment which we should imitate on succeeding in any lawful enterprise.
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20. 亚伯兰就把所得的拿出十分之一来给他——这既是亚伯兰敬虔的明证，也是他英勇的明证；因为亚伯兰将掳物的十分之一献给一位祭司，就是神与他之间正式的中保——这是他感恩的记号，也是对神圣定规的尊崇
(箴 3:9)。
英語原文
20. he gave him tithes of all--Here is an evidence of Abram's piety, as well as of his valor; for it was to a priest or official mediator between God and him that Abram gave a tenth of the spoil--a token of his gratitude and in honor of a divine ordinance
(Pr 3:9).
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21. 所多玛王对他说……把人给我——按照阿拉伯部落至今仍存的战争惯例，亚伯兰本可以保留所夺回的财物，他的权利也得到所多玛王的承认。但他带着正直的尊严，并以那地方所不知的慷慨，用东方常见的有力措辞回答说："我已经向天举手〔即起誓〕，指着耶和华说，我不会拿一缕线，连一根鞋带也不拿，我也不拿任何属于你的东西，免得你说，我使亚伯兰富足"
[Ge 14:22, 23]。
英語原文
21. the king of Sodom said . . . Give me the persons--According to the war customs still existing among the Arab tribes, Abram might have retained the recovered goods, and his right was acknowledged by the king of Sodom. But with honest pride, and a generosity unknown in that part of the world, he replied with strong phraseology common to the East, "I have lifted up mine hand" [that is, I have sworn] unto the Lord that I will not take from a thread even to a sandal-thong, and that that I will not take any thing that [is] thine, lest thou shouldst say, I have made Abram rich"
[Ge 14:22, 23].
Ge 14:1-24.
战争。
1. 当那些日子——本章把亚伯兰呈现在一个出人意料的战士角色上。事情的缘由是这样的：所多玛王和邻近诸城的王，在向以拦王进贡十二年之后，联合起来要脱离他的轭。基大老玛带着三个盟友，为了惩治（他所认为的）他们的叛乱，入侵了那些桀骜不驯的君王的领土，在地形有利于他军队的阵地战中击败了他们
(Ge 14:10)，
并在凯旋的归途上带着大批俘虏和战利品匆匆前行，尽管亚伯兰不过是个外人。