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Ge 13:1-18.
英文原文
Ge 13:1-18.
RETURN FROM EGYPT.
1. went up . . . south--Palestine being a highland country, the entrance from Egypt by its southern boundary is a continual ascent.
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2. 極其富足——是與亞伯拉罕所屬的遊牧部族相比。一個阿拉伯酋長若有百來個或兩百個帳棚，六十至一百匹駱駝，各一千隻綿羊和山羊，便算為富有。亞伯蘭既極其富足，其牧業財產必然遠超此數。「金銀」在這些民族中既甚稀少，他的財富大概源自在埃及出售他的出產。
英文原文
2. very rich--compared with the pastoral tribes to which Abraham belonged. An Arab sheik is considered rich who has a hundred or two hundred tents, from sixty to a hundred camels, a thousand sheep and goats respectively. And Abram being very rich, must have far exceeded that amount of pastoral property. "Gold and silver" being rare among these peoples, his probably arose from the sale of his produce in Egypt.
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3. 往他在路上所到的地方——亞伯蘭的前進是緩慢的行軍和頻繁的紮營，因為他必須根據水和草料的展望來調節他的行動。
到了……伯特利和艾的中間——「一座顯眼的山——其最高的峰頂依傍在下方的岩石坡上，因橄欖樹叢而著稱——為祭壇提供了天然的基座，也為先祖的帳棚提供了合宜的蔭蔽」〔STANLEY〕。
英文原文
3. went on his journeys--His progress would be by slow marches and frequent encampments as Abram had to regulate his movements by the prospect of water and pasturage.
unto the place . . . between Beth-el and Hai--"a conspicuous hill--its topmost summit resting on the rocky slopes below, and distinguished by its olive groves--offering a natural base for the altar and a fitting shade for the tent of the patriarch" [STANLEY].
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4. 亞伯蘭就在那裏求告耶和華的名——他強烈希望在從前敬拜之處重新挑旺他的信心和敬虔：也許是為他在埃及的失檢行為表示謙卑和悔改，或是為脫離危難而獻上感恩——要在回到迦南之時，抓緊第一個機會帶領他的家人重新向神效忠，並獻上那指向應許之福氣的預表性祭物。
英文原文
4. there Abram called on the name of the Lord--He felt a strong desire to reanimate his faith and piety on the scene of his former worship: it might be to express humility and penitence for his misconduct in Egypt or thankfulness for deliverance from perils--to embrace the first opportunity on returning to Canaan of leading his family to renew allegiance to God and offer the typical sacrifices which pointed to the blessings of the promise.
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7. 當時有爭吵——亞伯拉罕的品格在此顯得極為可親。他既有強烈的宗教感，便害怕作任何可能損害宗教品格或使其名蒙羞的事，而他判斷得很對，若兩個被天然和恩典如此緊密相連的人決裂的話，便會產生這些不幸的後果
[Ge 13:8]。
他放棄了發號施令的權利，把選擇的自由給了羅得。亞伯拉罕的行為不僅是無私而和平的，更是異乎尋常地慷慨而謙讓的，為聖經的教訓作了榜樣
(Mt 6:32； Ro 12:10, 11； Php 2:4)。
英文原文
7. And there was a strife--Abraham's character appears here in a most amiable light. Having a strong sense of religion, he was afraid of doing anything that might tend to injure its character or bring discredit on its name, and he rightly judged that such unhappy effects would be produced if two persons whom nature and grace had so closely connected should come to a rupture
[Ge 13:8].
Waiving his right to dictate, he gave the freedom of choice to Lot. The conduct of Abraham was not only disinterested and peaceable, but generous and condescending in an extraordinary degree, exemplifying the Scripture precepts
(Mt 6:32; Ro 12:10, 11; Php 2:4).
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10. 羅得舉目——旅行者說，從這山的山頂——在「伯特利東邊」一點點的地方
[Ge 12:8]——
可以看見約但河、兩岸廣闊的草地，以及那標示着河水流程的搖曳綠帶。
英文原文
10. Lot lifted up his eyes--Travellers say that from the top of this hill, a little "to the east of Beth-el"
[Ge 12:8],
they can see the Jordan, the broad meadows on either bank, and the waving line of verdure which marks the course of the stream.
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11. 於是羅得選擇了約但河的全平原——從屬世的觀點來看，這是個極佳的選擇，但對他最大的利益而言卻極不恰當。他似乎是個好人，卻太受自私和貪婪之靈的影響：唉！有多少人為了屬世的利益，而危害了自己靈魂的好處。
英文原文
11. Then Lot chose him all the plain--a choice excellent from a worldly point of view, but most inexpedient for his best interests. He seems, though a good man, to have been too much under the influence of a selfish and covetous spirit: and how many, alas! imperil the good of their souls for the prospect of worldly advantage.
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14, 15. 你舉目……觀看……一切所看見的地——如此廣闊地俯瞰那地，在所有方向上，從附近任何別的一點都做不到；而那些當時在這孤獨先祖眼前荒涼的平原和山岡，將要住滿一個強大的國，「數目如同地上的塵沙那樣多」，正如所羅門時代一樣
(1Ki 4:20)。
英文原文
14, 15. Lift up now thine eyes . . . all the land which thou seest--So extensive a survey of the country, in all directions, can be obtained from no other point in the neighborhood; and those plains and hills, then lying desolate before the eyes of the solitary patriarch, were to be peopled with a mighty nation "like the dust of the earth in number," as they were in Solomon's time
(1Ki 4:20).
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18. 幔利的平原……築了……一座壇——亞伯蘭以新的敬虔感恩為祭，承認了應許的更新。
英文原文
18. the plain of Mamre . . . built . . . an altar--the renewal of the promise was acknowledged by Abram by a fresh tribute of devout gratitude.
Ge 13:1-18.
從埃及上來。
1. 往南地上去——巴勒斯坦既是高原，從埃及循其南界進入，便是一路攀升。