성경 주석서

Then said the high priest, Are these things so?

Are these things so? — A Fire hearing Stephen should have, but his death was beforehand resolved on.

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And he said, Men, brethren, and fathers, hearken; The God of glory appeared unto our father Abraham, when he was in Mesopotamia, before he dwelt in Charran,

The God of glory — Before whom seraphims (those heavenly salamanders) clap their two wings, as a double scarf, on their faces, as not able to bear his brightness, Isaiah 6:2 ; or as men are wont to clap their hands on their eyes, in a sudden flash of lightning. Sol reliqua sidera occultat, quibus et lumen suum faenerat, saith Pliny, ii. 6.

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And said unto him, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and come into the land which I shall shew thee.

Get thee out, … — Both Abraham’s great temptations began thus. See Trapp on " Genesis 12:1 " See Trapp on " Genesis 12:2 " See Trapp on " Genesis 12:3 " …

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Then came he out of the land of the Chaldaeans, and dwelt in Charran: and from thence, when his father was dead, he removed him into this land, wherein ye now dwell.

5 And he gave him none inheritance in it, no, not so much as to set his foot on: yet he promised that he would give it to him for a possession, and to his seed after him, when as yet he had no child.

No, not so much as — A holy proverb:Deuteronomy 2:5; Deuteronomy 2:5 ; "Even to the treading of the sole of the foot." The first purchase that Abraham made was for a burial place.

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And God spake on this wise, That his seed should sojourn in a strange land; and that they should bring them into bondage, and entreat them evil four hundred years.

Four hundred years — Beginning at the birth of Isaac.

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And the nation to whom they shall be in bondage will I judge, said God: and after that shall they come forth, and serve me in this place.

And serve me in this place — Servati sumus ut serviamus, Luke 1:74 . The redeemed (among the Romans) was to be at the service of the redeemer all his days.

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And he gave him the covenant of circumcision: and so Abraham begat Isaac, and circumcised him the eighth day; and Isaac begat Jacob; and Jacob begat the twelve patriarchs.

Ver. 8-18 — See Trapp on " Genesis 17:11 " See Trapp on " Genesis 37:28 " See Trapp on " Genesis 41:37 " See Trapp on " Genesis 42:1 " See Trapp on " Genesis 45:4 " See Trapp on " Genesis 45:16 " See Trapp on " Genesis 46:27 "

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And the patriarchs, moved with envy, sold Joseph into Egypt: but God was with him,

10 And delivered him out of all his afflictions, and gave him favour and wisdom in the sight of Pharaoh king of Egypt; and he made him governor over Egypt and all his house.

11 Now there came a dearth over all the land of Egypt and Chanaan, and great affliction: and our fathers found no sustenance.

12 But when Jacob heard that there was corn in Egypt, he sent out our fathers first.

13 And at the second time Joseph was made known to his brethren; and Joseph’s kindred was made known unto Pharaoh.

14 Then sent Joseph, and called his father Jacob to him , and all his kindred, threescore and fifteen souls.

15 So Jacob went down into Egypt, and died, he, and our fathers,

16 And were carried over into Sychem, and laid in the sepulchre that Abraham bought for a sum of money of the sons of Emmor the father of Sychem.

17 But when the time of the promise drew nigh, which God had sworn to Abraham, the people grew and multiplied in Egypt,

18 Till another king arose, which knew not Joseph.

19 The same dealt subtilly with our kindred, and evil entreated our fathers, so that they cast out their young children, to the end they might not live.

Dealt subtilly — "Let us deal wisely," saith he, Exodus 1:10 ; "subtilly," saith this text, κατασοφισαμενος . The world’s wisdom is but subtilty, sophistry, fallacy. And God took this wizard in his own craftiness, 1 Corinthians 3:19 ; for your labouring men have the lustiest children.

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