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Ge 16:1-16.
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Ge 16:1-16.
BESTOWMENT OF HAGAR.
1. Now, Sarai . . . had a handmaid--a female slave--one of those obtained in Egypt.
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3. 撒莱……给了……亚伯兰为妾——“妻”在此用于一种次等（虽非贬抑）的关系，这是在多妻盛行的国家中通用的。这些女奴既是其主母的私产，或婚前所买，或作为特别的礼物赠予她，则未经主母的同意或许可，谁也不能成为丈夫的次妻。这惯例似通行于列祖时代；夏甲既是撒莱的奴仆，撒莱有完全的处置权，便由主母自发地献给亚伯兰为次妻，盼望借此得那久盼的继承人。这是一步错棋——表明缺乏对神单纯的信靠——撒莱最先尝到了自己计谋的苦果。
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3. Sarai . . . gave her to . . . Abram to be his wife--"Wife" is here used to describe an inferior, though not degrading, relation, in countries where polygamy prevails. In the case of these female slaves, who are the personal property of his lady, being purchased before her marriage or given as a special present to her, no one can become the husband's secondary wife without her mistress consent or permission. This usage seems to have prevailed in patriarchal times; and Hagar, Sarai's slave, of whom she had the entire right of disposing, was given by her mistress' spontaneous offer, to be the secondary wife of Abram, in the hope of obtaining the long-looked-for heir. It was a wrong step--indicating a want of simple reliance on God--and Sarai was the first to reap the bitter fruits of her device.
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5. 撒莱对亚伯兰说，我因你受屈——发怒或殴打（原文可作此解）屡有发生；最终夏甲见这不相称之争无望得胜，便决意逃离那实际上已成了她奴役之家的地方。
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5. And Sarai said . . . My wrong be upon thee--Bursts of temper, or blows, as the original may bear, took place till at length Hagar, perceiving the hopelessness of maintaining the unequal strife, resolved to escape from what had become to her in reality, as well as in name, a house of bondage.
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7. 耶和华的使者在水泉旁遇见她——这口井，传统所指出，位于商队大道旁，在书珥的沙漠中；书珥是阿拉伯彼得雷亚以西的一片沙荒，长约一百五十里，介于巴勒斯坦与埃及之间。她取这方向，似有意回到她在该国的亲属那里。若非骄傲、怒气和顽固的固执，没有什么能驱使一个独行的人去冒这样荒野的危险；若非天使及时的显现和言语使她回想本分，她必已死在那里。
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7. And the angel of the Lord found her by a fountain--This well, pointed out by tradition, lay on the side of the caravan road, in the midst of Shur, a sandy desert on the west of Arabia-Petræa, to the extent of a hundred fifty miles, between Palestine and Egypt. By taking that direction, she seems to have intended to return to her relatives in that country. Nothing but pride, passion, and sullen obstinacy, could have driven any solitary person to brave the dangers of such an inhospitable wild; and she would have died, had not the timely appearance and words of the angel recalled her to reflection and duty.
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11. 以实玛利——像其他希伯来名字一样，这名字有含义，由两个字组成——“神听见”。其理由已有解释。
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11. Ishmael--Like other Hebrew names, this had a signification, and it is made up of two words--"God hears." The reason is explained.
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12. 他必为人野驴——直译“野驴之人”，表达以实玛利及其后裔的野性如何像野驴一般。
他的手必攻打人——描述亚拉伯人粗野、动荡、劫掠的品性。
住在他众弟兄的对面——住，即扎帐棚；其意是：尽管有人企图剿灭或制服他们，他们仍维持独立。
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12. he will be a wild man--literally, "a wild ass man," expressing how the wildness of Ishmael and his descendants resembles that of the wild ass.
his hand will be against every man--descriptive of the rude, turbulent, and plundering character of the Arabs.
dwell in the presence of all his brethren--dwell, that is, pitch tents; and the meaning is that they maintain their independence in spite of all attempts to extirpate or subdue them.
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13. 称……名——古人常因情形而给地方起名；给这井所起的名，是对夏甲在困苦之时神恩之显现的感谢承认。
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13. called the name--common in ancient times to name places from circumstances; and the name given to this well was a grateful recognition of God's gracious appearance in the hour of Hagar's distress.
Ge 16:1-16.
赐夏甲。
1. 撒莱……有一个使女——一个女奴，是从埃及得来的那些使女之一。