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Genesis Capítulo 44
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Ge 44:1-34.
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Ge 44:1-34.
POLICY TO STAY HIS BRETHREN.
1. And Joseph commanded the steward--The design of putting the cup into the sack of Benjamin was obviously to bring that young man into a situation of difficulty or danger, in order thereby to discover how far the brotherly feelings of the rest would be roused to sympathize with his distress and stimulate their exertions in procuring his deliverance. But for what purpose was the money restored? It was done, in the first instance, from kindly feelings to his father; but another and further design seems to have been the prevention of any injurious impressions as to the character of Benjamin. The discovery of the cup in his possession, if there had been nothing else to judge by, might have fastened a painful suspicion of guilt on the youngest brother; but the sight of the money in each man's sack would lead all to the same conclusion, that Benjamin was just as innocent as themselves, although the additional circumstance of the cup being found in his sack would bring him into greater trouble and danger.
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2. 将我的银杯……放在他的口袋里——那是一个大高脚杯，原文如此表示，因其贵重的材料或精雅的工艺而为物主所珍视，大概在前一日丰盛的筵席上曾陈设在他的席上。
Original em inglês
2. put my cup, the silver cup, in the sack's mouth--It was a large goblet, as the original denotes, highly valued by its owner, on account of its costly material or its elegant finish and which had probably graced his table at the sumptuous entertainment of the previous day.
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3. 天一亮，那些人就被打发走了——他们在天将破晓时启程回去（见
Ge 18:2
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3. As soon as the morning was light, the men were sent away--They commenced their homeward journey at early dawn (see on
Ge 18:2);
and it may be readily supposed in high spirits, after so happy an issue from all their troubles and anxieties.
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4. 他们出城不远……约瑟对家宰说——他们因得知治理者家中少了一件贵重之物这令人惊愕的消息而突然止步。那是一只银杯；对他们起了强烈的嫌疑，以致专门差人去搜查他们。
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4. When they were gone out of the city . . . Joseph said unto his steward--They were brought to a sudden halt by the stunning intelligence that an article of rare value was missing from the governor's house. It was a silver cup; so strong suspicions were entertained against them that a special messenger was despatched to search them.
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5. 这不是我主人饮酒的杯吗？——不仅为治理者私人所用，也是他借以占卜的。用杯占卜以测未来，是古埃及流行的迷信之一，至今仍存于东方诸国。约瑟既敬虔信奉真神，不太可能沉迷于这种迷信之举。但他也许利用了那流行的观念，以便成功执行他对众兄弟最后一次决定性试验的计谋。
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5. Is not this it in which my lord drinketh--not only kept for the governor's personal use, but whereby he divines. Divination by cups, to ascertain the course of futurity, was one of the prevalent superstitions of ancient Egypt, as it is of Eastern countries still. It is not likely that Joseph, a pious believer in the true God, would have addicted himself to this superstitious practice. But he might have availed himself of that popular notion to carry out the successful execution of his stratagem for the last decisive trial of his brethren.
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6, 7. 家宰追上他们，说出……这些话——家宰的话必如雷轰临到他们，他们最显著的感觉之一，必是屡次成为怀疑对象的羞辱与刺痛。他们抗议自己无辜，邀请搜查。挑战被接受
[Ge 44:10, 11]。
从最年长的开始，每一个口袋都被检查；杯在便雅悯的口袋中被发现
[Ge 44:12]，
他们便怀着难以言喻的痛苦回到治理者的家
[Ge 44:13]，
伏在他脚前
[Ge 44:14]，
作出值得注意的认罪：“神已经查出仆人的罪孽来了”
[Ge 44:16]。
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6, 7. he overtook them, and he spake . . . these words--The steward's words must have come upon them like a thunderbolt, and one of their most predominant feelings must have been the humiliating and galling sense of being made so often objects of suspicion. Protesting their innocence, they invited a search. The challenge was accepted
[Ge 44:10, 11].
Beginning with the eldest, every sack was examined, and the cup being found in Benjamin's
[Ge 44:12],
they all returned in an indescribable agony of mind to the house of the governor
[Ge 44:13],
throwing themselves at his feet
[Ge 44:14],
with the remarkable confession, "God hath found out the iniquity of thy servants"
[Ge 44:16].
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16-34. 犹大说，我们对我主说什么呢？——这番话不需批注——起初由简短破碎的句子组成，仿佛讲者在情感的压倒性力量之下哽咽难言；及至讲下去，便因讲话的努力而变得较自由流畅。每一句话都打动人心；可以想象，便雅悯那时像待宰的祭牲一样默默站着，听见犹大为赎他而甘愿为奴的慷慨提议，必因终身感激这位慷慨的兄弟而被系住，这纽带似在其支派中成了世袭。约瑟的行为不可从任何单一方面看，也不可分部看，而当从整体看——是一个经过深思、布局深密、紧密相连的计划；虽然其中某些特征确实显出严厉的外貌，但他行为的贯通原则是真实、真诚、兄弟的恩慈。如此读来，这过程的叙述描述了一个一贯的、虽是隐秘的追求一个目标；约瑟在其计谋的管理上，显出极高的智力、一颗温暖而易感的心，加上对其情感施以完全控制的判断——在为达目的而设的方法上有可喜的巧思，以及对审慎所要求之途（无论如何痛苦）的坚定持守。
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16-34. Judah said, What shall we say?--This address needs no comment--consisting at first of short, broken sentences, as if, under the overwhelming force of the speaker's emotions, his utterance were choked, it becomes more free and copious by the effort of speaking, as he proceeds. Every word finds its way to the heart; and it may well be imagined that Benjamin, who stood there speechless like a victim about to be laid on the altar, when he heard the magnanimous offer of Judah to submit to slavery for his ransom, would be bound by a lifelong gratitude to his generous brother, a tie that seems to have become hereditary in his tribe. Joseph's behavior must not be viewed from any single point, or in separate parts, but as a whole--a well-thought, deep-laid, closely connected plan; and though some features of it do certainly exhibit an appearance of harshness, yet the pervading principle of his conduct was real, genuine, brotherly kindness. Read in this light, the narrative of the proceedings describes the continuous, though secret, pursuit of one end; and Joseph exhibits, in his management of the scheme, a very high order of intellect, a warm and susceptible heart, united to a judgment that exerted a complete control over his feelings--a happy invention in devising means towards the attainment of his ends and an inflexible adherence to the course, however painful, which prudence required.
Ge 44:1-34.
留住众兄弟的策略。
1. 约瑟吩咐家宰——把杯放在便雅悯的粮袋里，目的显然是要使这个年轻人陷入困境或危险之中，借此察看其余众兄弟的弟兄之情会激发到何种程度，以与他的苦难同感，并竭力营救他。但把钱归还又是为了什么呢？首先，这是出于对父亲的善意；但另一个更深远的目的，似乎是防止对便雅悯的品格产生任何不利的印象。若仅凭他袋中搜出杯这一件事，可能会使人对这个最小的兄弟产生痛苦的罪嫌；但每个人袋中都有银子的发现，会使众人都得出同样的结论：便雅悯与他们一样无辜，尽管杯在他袋中被发现这一额外情况，会使他陷入更大的麻烦和危险之中。