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Ge 21:1-13.
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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. 亞伯拉罕給兒子起名叫……以撒……並行了割禮——藉着那奉神之命、為記念而賜的名字，神得了承認（參
Ge 17:19），
並且藉着給孩子行割禮這立約的印記將他獻給神，神同樣得了承認（參
Ge 17:10-12）。
英文原文
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. 孩子漸長，就斷了奶——東方的孩子哺乳的時間比西方長——男孩通常兩三年。
亞伯拉罕設擺盛大的筵席等等——在東方國家，這總是家庭喜慶的時節，剛斷奶的孩子要在親友齊聚時被正式帶出來，吃一些簡單的食物。以撒穿着那象徵性的袍子，即長子名分的徽章，隨即被接納為部族的繼承人〔ROSENMULLER〕。
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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. 撒拉看見埃及人夏甲的兒子……戲笑——以實瑪利知道自己的前景有了極大的改變，在受刺激或怨恨的情緒驅使下（他母親大概也參與其中），他以譏笑對待那年幼的繼承人，可能還加上一些暴力
(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. 就對亞伯拉罕說，把這使女和她兒子趕出去——如今只有把兩人都趕出去，才能維持家中的和睦。亞伯拉罕的為難因着神旨意的宣告而得着解脫，這旨意凡敬畏神、行在祂道中的人，無論如何違背肉體之情，都會像他那樣迅速順服。這故事，正如使徒告訴我們的，是「寓表」
[Ga 4:24]，
而那埃及人之子的「逼迫」，是亞伯拉罕的後裔受埃及人苦待四百年的開始。
英文原文
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. 凡撒拉對你說的話——這被稱為聖經
(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. 至於使女的兒子，我也必使他的後裔成為一國——如此，護理使一場家庭爭執演變為兩個偉大而特別的民族。
英文原文
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.
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Ge 21:14-21.
以實瑪利被逐。
14. 亞伯拉罕清早起來等等——早起，為使那兩個飄流的人在中午之前到達一個避難之所。餅包括各種食物——皮袋，是一個皮革器皿，用整張羊或山羊的皮縫成，以腿作把手，通常掛在肩上攜帶。以實瑪利是個十七歲的少年，而亞拉伯首領在這樣的年齡把兒子打發出去自立，是十分尋常的：往往只帶幾天的口糧在袋中。
在別是巴的曠野走迷了路——在巴勒斯坦的南界，但不在通常的方向，是一片遼闊的沙漠，他們在那裏迷失了路。
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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. 皮袋的水用盡了等等——以實瑪利因疲乏和口渴而力竭——他母親把他放在一棵小樹底下，使他能聞到潮氣，而她自己因不忍看他的痛苦，便坐在稍遠之處，在絕望的憂傷中。
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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. 神使她眼睛明亮——她難道忘記了應許
(Ge 16:11)
嗎？無論她是否仰望神，祂都顧念她，並引導她到近旁的一處水泉，那水泉可能隱藏在灌木叢中，她幾乎奄奄一息的兒子因那水而甦醒過來。
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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. 神與這童子同在等——巴蘭（即阿拉伯），他的後裔一直居住在那裏
（比較
Ge 16:12；
亦見
Isa 48:19； 1Pe 1:25）。
他母親為他娶了一個妻——父親去世後，母親便為兒子物色妻子，無論兒子年紀多輕；以實瑪利如今實際上失去了父親，他母親便著手為他締結婚姻，看來是在她本族的親屬中間安排的。
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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.
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Ge 21:22-34。
立約。
22. 亞比米勒同軍長非各——這裏是應許
(Ge 12:2)
應驗的明證：一位本地君王願與亞伯拉罕締結嚴肅盟約。這建議是合理的，便被接受
[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. 亞伯拉罕為一口井責備亞比米勒——井對牧首極為重要；每鑿成一口新井，主人必親自被鄭重告知。然而，井若任其失修，修復者便取得其使用權。在無人佔據之地，擁有井便賦予該地的業權；亞伯拉罕責備亞比米勒的冒犯，正是出於這種顧慮。有人說別是巴有四口井，也有人說有五口。
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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. 亞伯拉罕栽上一棵垂絲柳樹——希伯來文作「垂絲柳樹叢」，在其中獻上祭祀的敬拜，如同在無頂的殿中。
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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. 亞伯拉罕在非利士人的地寄居——這是牧生活的一幅圖畫，也是基督徒生活的象徵。
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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.
以撒出生。
1. 耶和華按著先前的話眷顧撒拉——歷史家的措辭似乎特意為了高舉神的大能和祂對應許的信實。是神的恩典促成了這事，正如亞伯拉罕得著屬靈的兒女一樣；這兒子的出生正是其預表〔CALVIN〕。