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Ge 33:1-11.
英文原文
Ge 33:1-11.
KINDNESS OF JACOB AND ESAU.
1. behold, Esau came, and with him four hundred men--Jacob having crossed the ford and ranged his wives and children in order--the dearest last, that they might be the least exposed to danger--awaited the expected interview. His faith was strengthened and his fears gone
(Ps 27:3).
Having had power to prevail with God, he was confident of the same power with man, according to the promise (compare
Ge 32:28).
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3. 他……一连七次俯伏在地——其行礼之法为面向尊者鞠躬，上身弯至与地平行，然后前移数步再鞠躬，如此重复行礼，至第七次时，求告者便站在尊者的近前。他的家人也照样行。这是至深尊敬的表示，虽十分显著却显得自然；因以扫既是哥哥，按东方的习俗，理当受弟弟的敬重。他的随从必为之动容，并按东方的习性，在其主人面前将此事夸大渲染。
英文原文
3. he bowed himself . . . seven times--The manner of doing this is by looking towards a superior and bowing with the upper part of the body brought parallel to the ground, then advancing a few steps and bowing again, and repeating his obeisance till, at the seventh time, the suppliant stands in the immediate presence of his superior. The members of his family did the same. This was a token of profound respect, and, though very marked, it would appear natural; for Esau being the elder brother, was, according to the custom of the East, entitled to respectful treatment from his younger brother. His attendants would be struck by it, and according to Eastern habits, would magnify it in the hearing of their master.
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4. 以扫跑来迎接他——何等突然而出人意外的改变！是因见那君王般的礼物和雅各至深的恭敬产生了这效果，还是因以扫冲动的性格，二十年所怀的积怨顷刻消散；兵器放下，兄弟之间彼此交换了最热烈的亲情表记。但无疑，其有效的原因是恩典隐秘而征服人的作为
(Pr 21:1)，
将以扫从仇敌变为朋友。
英文原文
4. Esau ran to meet him--What a sudden and surprising change! Whether the sight of the princely present and the profound homage of Jacob had produced this effect, or it proceeded from the impulsive character of Esau, the cherished enmity of twenty years in a moment disappeared; the weapons of war were laid aside, and the warmest tokens of mutual affection reciprocated between the brothers. But doubtless, the efficient cause was the secret, subduing influence of grace
(Pr 21:1),
which converted Esau from an enemy into a friend.
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5. 这些与你同行的是谁呢？——他本可以仅仅说，他们是我的孩子；但雅各是个敬虔人，连普通的回答也不能不用敬虔的话
(Ps 127:3；113:9；107:41)。
英文原文
5. Who are those with thee?--It might have been enough to say, They are my children; but Jacob was a pious man, and he could not give even a common answer but in the language of piety
(Ps 127:3; 113:9; 107:41).
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11. 雅各再三地求他，他才收下——在东方，受者若是尊者，便是友谊的凭据；若是仇敌，便是和好的凭据。雅各之所以如此焦急要他哥哥收下牛群，正是因为这两层缘故；以扫的接受，使他在东方观念所容许的范围内，得到了善意已经建立的最有力凭据。
英文原文
11. He urged him and he took it--In the East the acceptance by a superior is a proof of friendship, and by an enemy, of reconciliation. It was on both accounts Jacob was so anxious that his brother should receive the cattle; and in Esau's acceptance he had the strongest proofs of a good feeling being established that Eastern notions admit of.
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Ge 33:12-20.
Ge 33:12-20.
离别。
12. 以扫说，我们可以起身前行——以扫提议陪同雅各和他全家经过那地，既为友谊的记号，也为护卫。但那提议被审慎地谢绝了。雅各并不需要任何世俗的排场和随从。尽管眼前的情谊诚挚，兄弟二人在灵、品格、习惯上却如此不同——一个如此属世，另一个却是属神的人——极有可能发生扰乱和谐的事。雅各提出一个非常合理的理由说明自己行动迟缓之后，兄弟二人便和平地分别了。
英文原文
Ge 33:12-20.
THE PARTING.
12. And he said, Let us take our journey--Esau proposed to accompany Jacob and his family through the country, both as a mark of friendship and as an escort to guard them. But the proposal was prudently declined. Jacob did not need any worldly state or equipage. Notwithstanding the present cordiality, the brothers were so different in spirit, character, and habits--the one so much a man of the world, and the other a man of God, that there was great risk of something occurring to disturb the harmony. Jacob having alleged a very reasonable excuse for the tardiness of his movements, the brothers parted in peace.
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14. 直到我到我主那里——雅各似有意绕过死海，往西珥去看他哥哥，然后不经约但河，便往别是巴到以撒那里；但他改了计划；这意图当时是否实行，或日后才实行，并未记载。
英文原文
14. until I come unto my lord--It seems to have been Jacob's intention, passing round the Dead Sea, to visit his brother in Seir, and thus, without crossing the Jordan, go to Beer-sheba to Isaac; but he changed his plan, and whether the intention was carried out then or at a future period has not been recorded.
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17. 雅各迁到疏割——意为“棚”，是雅各到迦南后所停的头一站。他的后裔在住石屋之后，在那里建了一座城，起名叫疏割，以记念他们的祖宗“一个将亡的亚兰人”
[De 26:5]
乐于住棚。
英文原文
17. Jacob journeyed to Succoth--that is, "booths," that being the first station at which Jacob halted on his arrival in Canaan. His posterity, when dwelling in houses of stone, built a city there and called it Succoth, to commemorate the fact that their ancestor, "a Syrian ready to perish"
[De 26:5],
was glad to dwell in booths.
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18. 沙淋——意为“平安”；意思可能是雅各到了迦南，平平安安地来到示剑城——这是对那应许如此归回之主的称颂（参
Ge 28:15)。
但大多数作者视沙淋为专有名词——示剑的一座城，其遗址由示枚东北约二里的一座小村所标记。再往示剑下方的谷中，“他买了一把地”，于是成为在迦南获得土地产业的第一位列祖。
英文原文
18. Shalem--that is, "peace"; and the meaning may be that Jacob came into Canaan, arriving safe and sound at the city Shechem--a tribute to Him who had promised such a return (compare
Ge 28:15).
But most writers take Shalem as a proper name--a city of Shechem, and the site is marked by one of the little villages about two miles to the northeast. A little farther in the valley below Shechem "he bought a parcel of a field," thus being the first of the patriarchs who became a proprietor of land in Canaan.
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19. 一百块银子——直译“羊羔”；大概是一种印有羊羔图形的硬币。
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19. an hundred pieces of money--literally, "lambs"; probably a coin with the figure of a lamb on it.
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20. 他筑了……一座坛——这是他个人敬虔的美好明证，是他旅途最恰当的总结，也是在"以色列的神"这个名里一份显著恩惠的永久记念。我们无论在哪里支搭帐棚，神都当有一座坛。
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20. and he erected . . . an altar--A beautiful proof of his personal piety, a most suitable conclusion to his journey, and a lasting memorial of a distinguished favor in the name "God, the God of Israel." Wherever we pitch a tent, God shall have an altar.
Ge 33:1-11.
雅各与以扫的厚待。
1. 看哪，以扫来了，同他一起的有四百人——雅各既已过了渡口，又把妻子孩子们按次序排好——最亲爱的排在最后，使他们最少暴露在危险中——便等候那预期的会面。他的信心得了坚固，惧怕也消失了
(Ps 27:3)。
既已有了与神较力得胜的能力，他便确信对人也能有同样的能力，正如应许所言（参
Ge 32:28）。