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Ge 17:1-27.
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Ge 17:1-27.
RENEWAL OF THE COVENANT.
1. Abram . . . ninety years old and nine--thirteen years after the birth of Ishmael
[Ge 16:16].
During that interval he had enjoyed the comforts of communion with God but had been favored with no special revelation as formerly, probably on account of his hasty and blameable marriage with Hagar.
the Lord appeared--some visible manifestation of the divine presence, probably the Shekinah or radiant glory of overpowering effulgence.
I am the Almighty God--the name by which He made Himself known to the patriarchs
(Ex 6:3),
designed to convey the sense of "all-sufficient"
(Ps 16:5, 6; 73:25).
walk . . . and . . . perfect--upright, or sincere
(Ps 51:6)
in heart, speech, and behavior.
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3. 亞伯蘭俯伏在地——這是東方人表示最深敬畏的姿勢。其方式是全身俯伏，以手和膝支撐，臉彎下直到額頭觸地。這是自覺謙卑和深切敬畏的表達。
英語原文
3. Abram fell on his face--the attitude of profoundest reverence assumed by Eastern people. It consists in the prostrate body resting on the hands and knees, with the face bent till the forehead touches the ground. It is an expression of conscious humility and profound reverence.
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4. 我與你立約——這約在此再次被提起，作為隨後之啟示的根基。這就是與一切信靠救主之人所立的恩典之約。
英語原文
4. my covenant is with thee--Renewed mention is made of it as the foundation of the communication that follows. It is the covenant of grace made with all who believe in the Saviour.
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5. 你的名不再叫亞伯蘭，要叫亞伯拉罕——在東方國家，改換名字是宣佈那名字的主人在歷史、等級或宗教上有了新的情形。改換的方式各有不同：有時是將舊名完全廢棄而用新名，有時是把新名與舊名連用；有時只插入幾個字母，使改變了的形式可以表達其主人狀況或前景的改變。新名多快就被人知曉，其含義多快便傳遍全國，實在令人驚訝。在對待亞伯拉罕和撒萊的事上，神樂意使祂的作為配合當地當時的觀念和習俗。亞伯蘭「崇高的父」的名字，要改為亞伯拉罕「多國的父」（見
Re 2:17）。
英語原文
5. but thy name shall be Abraham--In Eastern countries a change of name is an advertisement of some new circumstance in the history, rank, or religion of the individual who bears it. The change is made variously, by the old name being entirely dropped for the new, or by conjoining the new with the old; or sometimes only a few letters are inserted, so that the altered form may express the difference in the owner's state or prospects. It is surprising how soon a new name is known and its import spread through the country. In dealing with Abraham and Sarai, God was pleased to adapt His procedure to the ideas and customs of the country and age. Instead of Abram, "a high father," he was to be called Abraham, "father of a multitude of nations" (see
Re 2:17).
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8. 我要把……這地賜給你——這地先前已應許給亞伯拉罕和他的後裔
(Ge 15:18)。
此處它是作為「永遠的產業」應許的，因此是天國的預表，即「更美的家鄉」
(Heb 11:16)。
英語原文
8. I will give unto thee . . . the land--It had been previously promised to Abraham and his posterity
(Ge 15:18).
Here it is promised as an "everlasting possession," and was, therefore, a type of heaven, "the better country"
(Heb 11:16).
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10. 你們所有的男子，都要受割禮——這是舊約教會的記號，正如新約中的洗禮，因此這約被稱為「割禮之約」
(Ac 7:8； Ro 4:11)。
這約的條款是這樣的：一方面，亞伯拉罕和他的後裔要遵守割禮之禮；另一方面，神應許在他們遵守的情形下，將迦南賜給他們作永遠的產業，作他和他的後裔的神，並使萬國都因他和他的後裔得福。
英語原文
10. Every man child among you shall be circumcised--This was the sign in the Old Testament Church as baptism is in the New, and hence the covenant is called "covenant of circumcision"
(Ac 7:8; Ro 4:11).
The terms of the covenant were these: on the one hand Abraham and his seed were to observe the right of circumcision; and on the other, God promised, in the event of such observance, to give them Canaan for a perpetual possession, to be a God to him and his posterity, and that in him and his seed all nations should be blessed.
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15, 16. 至於撒萊……我必……從她賜給你一個兒子——神的旨意是逐漸顯明的。一個兒子早就應許給亞伯拉罕了。如今，終於頭一次讓他知道，這孩子將由撒萊所生。
英語原文
15, 16. As for Sarai . . . I will . . . give thee a son also of her--God's purposes are gradually made known. A son had been long ago promised to Abraham. Now, at length, for the first time he is informed that it was to be a child of Sarai.
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17. 亞伯拉罕俯伏在地喜笑——這不是不信的譏笑，而是因這事之不可信而發的喜樂微笑
(Ro 4:20)。
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17. Abraham fell upon his face, and laughed--It was not the sneer of unbelief, but a smile of delight at the improbability of the event
(Ro 4:20).
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18. 但願以實瑪利活在你面前——這是父母天然的掛慮。但神的意念非同人的意念
[Isa 55:8]。
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18. O that Ishmael might live before thee--natural solicitude of a parent. But God's thoughts are not as man's thoughts
[Isa 55:8].
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19, 20. 聖約的福氣保留給以撒，但普通的福氣也豐豐富富地應許給以實瑪利；雖然有形的教會不是從他的家族傳下來的，然而他個人可能、也有希望確實享受了其益處。
英語原文
19, 20. The blessings of the covenant are reserved for Isaac, but common blessings were abundantly promised to Ishmael; and though the visible Church did not descend from his family, yet personally he might, and it is to be hoped did, enjoy its benefits.
Ge 17:1-27.
立約的更新。
1. 亞伯蘭……年九十九歲——即以實瑪利出生之後十三年
[Ge 16:16]。
在這段期間，他享受了與神相交的福分，卻沒有像先前那樣蒙特殊啟示，大概是因他急躁而當受責備地與夏甲成婚。
耶和華向他顯現——神聖同在的某種可見彰顯，大概是舍金那，即勢不可當之輝煌的榮光。
我是全能的神——這是祂向先祖們啟示自己所用之名
(出 6:3)，
用以傳達"全足"之意
(詩 16:5, 6；73:25)。
你當……作完全人——即心、口、行為都正直、真誠
(詩 51:6)。