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Ge 21:1-13.
英文原文
Ge 21:1-13.
BIRTH OF ISAAC.
1. the Lord visited Sarah--The language of the historian seems designedly chosen to magnify the power of God as well as His faithfulness to His promise. It was God's grace that brought about that event, as well as the raising of spiritual children to Abraham, of which the birth of this son was typical [CALVIN].
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3, 4. 亚伯拉罕给他的儿子起名叫……以撒……行了割礼——借着神所吩咐作为记念的名字（参
Ge 17:19），
也借给孩子行立约的印记来奉献他（参
Ge 17:10-12），
神都得了承认。
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3, 4. Abraham called the name of his son . . . Isaac . . . and circumcised--God was acknowledged in the name which, by divine command, was given for a memorial (compare
Ge 17:19),
and also in the dedication of the child by administering the seal of the covenant (compare
Ge 17:10-12).
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8. 孩子渐长，就断了奶——东方给孩子哺乳的时间比西方长——男孩通常两三年。
亚伯拉罕设摆丰盛的筵席，等——在东方国家，这总是家人欢乐的时节；刚断奶的孩子要正式地在聚集的亲友面前被带进来，吃些简单的食物。以撒那时穿上象征性的袍子——长子名分的徽号——便被立为部族的继承人〔ROSENMULLER〕。
英文原文
8. the child grew, and was weaned--children are suckled longer in the East than in the Occident--boys usually for two or three years.
Abraham made a great feast, &c.--In Eastern countries this is always a season of domestic festivity, and the newly weaned child is formally brought, in presence of the assembled relatives and friends, to partake of some simple viands. Isaac, attired in the symbolic robe, the badge of birthright, was then admitted heir of the tribe [ROSENMULLER].
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9. 撒拉看见夏甲的儿子……戏笑——以实玛利知道自己的前途有了大变，在受激或愤恨之情的冲动下（他母亲大概也参与了），嘲笑并可能施以暴力对待那年幼的继承人
(Ga 4:29)。
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9. Sarah saw the son of Hagar . . . mocking--Ishmael was aware of the great change in his prospects, and under the impulse of irritated or resentful feelings, in which he was probably joined by his mother, treated the young heir with derision and probably some violence
(Ga 4:29).
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10. 所以对亚伯拉罕说，把这使女和她儿子赶出去——如今只有把两人都赶出，才能保住家中的和谐。亚伯拉罕的为难，因神旨的宣告而得解；凡敬畏神、行在他道中的人，无论何事痛苦难当，都必像他一样立刻顺服。这故事，如使徒所说，是“比方”
[Ga 4:24]，
而埃及女子之子所作的“逼迫”，正是亚伯拉罕后裔受埃及人苦待四百年的开始。
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10. Wherefore she said unto Abraham, Cast out this bondwoman--Nothing but the expulsion of both could now preserve harmony in the household. Abraham's perplexity was relieved by an announcement of the divine will, which in everything, however painful to flesh and blood, all who fear God and are walking in His ways will, like him, promptly obey. This story, as the apostle tells us, in "an allegory"
[Ga 4:24],
and the "persecution" by the son of the Egyptian was the commencement of the four hundred years' affliction of Abraham's seed by the Egyptians.
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12. 凡撒拉对你说的——这被称为圣经
(Ga 4:30)。
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12. in all that Sarah hath said--it is called the Scripture
(Ga 4:30).
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13. 至于使女的儿子，我也必使他的后裔成为一国——神旨就这样借一次家中的争吵，兴起了两个伟大而非凡的民族。
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13. also of the son of the bondwoman will I make a nation--Thus Providence overruled a family brawl to give rise to two great and extraordinary peoples.
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Ge 21:14-21.
Ge 21:14-21.
以实玛利被逐。
14. 亚伯拉罕清早起来，等——清早，为使流浪者在午前可到一处避难所。饼包括各种食物；皮袋是用整只羊或山羊羔的皮缝成、以腿为柄的皮器，通常搭在肩上携带。以实玛利是个十七岁的少年，亚拉伯酋长在这样的年纪差儿子出去自立，并不稀奇：往往只带几天的干粮在袋中。
在别是巴的旷野走迷了路——在巴勒斯坦南界，但偏离寻常方向，是一片广阔的沙漠，他们在那里迷了路。
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Ge 21:14-21.
EXPULSION OF ISHMAEL.
14. Abraham rose up early, &c.--early, that the wanderers might reach an asylum before noon. Bread includes all sorts of victuals--bottle, a leathern vessel, formed of the entire skin of a lamb or kid sewed up, with the legs for handles, usually carried over the shoulder. Ishmael was a lad of seventeen years, and it is quite customary for Arab chiefs to send out their sons at such an age to do for themselves: often with nothing but a few days' provisions in a bag.
wandered in the wilderness of Beer-sheba--in the southern border of Palestine, but out of the common direction, a wide extending desert, where they lost their way.
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15. 皮袋的水用尽了，等——以实玛利因疲乏和口渴而倒下——他母亲把他的头放在一棵灌木下，使他闻到潮气；她自己因不忍见他受苦，便在不远处坐下，满怀无望的忧愁。
英文原文
15. the water was spent, &c.--Ishmael sank exhausted from fatigue and thirst--his mother laid his head under one of the bushes to smell the damp while she herself, unable to witness his distress, sat down at a little distance in hopeless sorrow.
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19. 神开了她的眼睛——她忘记那应许了吗
(Ge 16:11)？
无论她仰望神与否，他顾念她，指示她近旁的一处水泉（也许藏在灌木丛中），她几乎断气的儿子因那水得了复苏。
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19. God opened her eyes--Had she forgotten the promise
(Ge 16:11)?
Whether she looked to God or not, He regarded her and directed her to a fountain close beside her, but probably hid amid brushwood, by the waters of which her almost expiring son was revived.
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20, 21. 神与这童子同在，等等——巴兰（即阿拉伯），他的后裔从此一直居住在那里（参
Ge 16:12；
又
赛 48:19； 彼前 1:25）。
他母亲给他娶了一个妻子——父亲去世后，母亲便为儿子物色妻子，无论儿子多么年轻；既然以实玛利实际上已失去了父亲，他母亲便着手为他结一门亲事，似乎是在她本族亲属中间。
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20, 21. God was with the lad, &c.--Paran (that is, Arabia), where his posterity has ever dwelt (compare
Ge 16:12;
also
Isa 48:19; 1Pe 1:25).
his mother took him a wife--On a father's death, the mother looks out for a wife for her son, however young; and as Ishmael was now virtually deprived of his father, his mother set about forming a marriage connection for him, it would seem, among her relatives.
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Ge 21:22-34.
Ge 21:22-34.
立约。
22. 亚比米勒同……非各——这是应许
(Ge 12:2)
应验的明证，连当地的王也愿意与亚伯拉罕郑重结盟。这提议是合理的，也就被接受了
[Ge 21:24]。
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Ge 21:22-34.
COVENANT.
22. Abimelech and Phichol--Here a proof of the promise
(Ge 12:2)
being fulfilled, in a native prince wishing to form a solemn league with Abraham. The proposal was reasonable, and agreed to
[Ge 21:24].
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25-31. 亚伯拉罕为水井的缘故责备亚比米勒——水井对一位牧首极为重要；新挖一口井若成功，便亲自正式告知主人。但若任其失修，则修复者便取得使用权。在无人占用的地上，水井的所有权便赋予土地的产权，正是因惧怕这一点，才发生了亚伯拉罕责备亚比米勒的过错。有人描述别是巴有四口井，有人说有五口。
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25-31. And Abraham reproved Abimelech because of a well--Wells were of great importance to a pastoral chief and on the successful operation of sinking a new one, the owner was solemnly informed in person. If, however, they were allowed to get out of repair, the restorer acquired a right to them. In unoccupied lands the possession of wells gave a right of property in the land, and dread of this had caused the offense for which Abraham reproved Abimelech. Some describe four, others five, wells in Beer-sheba.
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33. 亚伯拉罕栽上一片树林——希伯来文是"垂柳"，在其中献祭敬拜，如同在一个无顶的庙宇中。
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33. Abraham planted a grove--Hebrew, "of tamarisks," in which sacrificial worship was offered, as in a roofless temple.
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34. 亚伯拉罕在非利士人的地寄居——这是一幅牧放生活的图画，也是基督徒生活的象征。
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34. Abraham sojourned in the Philistines' land--a picture of pastoral and an emblem of Christian life.
Ge 21:1-13.
以撒的出生。
1. 耶和华眷顾撒拉——史家的措辞似乎特意要彰显神的大能，以及他对所应许之事的信实。是神的恩典促成了这件事，正如他赐下属灵的儿女给亚伯拉罕一样，而这儿子的出生正是其预表〔CALVIN〕。