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Ge 25:1-6.
英文原文
Ge 25:1-6.
SONS OF ABRAHAM.
1. Abraham took a wife--rather, "had taken"; for Keturah is called Abraham's concubine, or secondary wife
(1Ch 1:32);
and as, from her bearing six sons to him, it is improbable that he married after Sarah's death; and also as he sent them all out to seek their own independence, during his lifetime, it is clear that this marriage is related here out of its chronological order, merely to form a proper winding up of the patriarch's history.
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5, 6. 亞伯拉罕將一切所有的都給了以撒……亞伯拉罕把財物給……妾的眾子——雖然產業的主要部分歸了以撒；其餘的眾子（包括以實瑪利）遷到「東方之地」，即亞拉伯，但每人也各得一份產業，也許是牲畜和其他東西；而亞伯拉罕這樣的安排必定令人滿意，因為至今遊牧部族仍遵循這規矩。
英文原文
5, 6. Abraham gave all that he had unto Isaac . . . unto the sons of the concubines . . . Abraham gave gifts--While the chief part of the inheritance went to Isaac; the other sons (Ishmael included) migrated to "the East country," that is, Arabia, but received each a portion of the patrimony, perhaps in cattle and other things; and this settlement of Abraham's must have given satisfaction, since it is still the rule followed among the pastoral tribes.
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Ge 25:7-11.
Ge 25:7-11.
亞伯拉罕去世。
7. 亞伯拉罕一生的日子——這裏記載了他的去世，雖然他活到雅各和以掃十五歲之時，即來到迦南之後恰好一百年；「信心之父」、「神的朋友」
[Jas 2:23]
死了；甚至在他去世之時，應許也得了應驗（參
Ge 15:15）。
我們本可能希望有一些他臨終經歷的記念；但神的靈將其隱藏了——這也不是必需的；因為（見
Mt 7:16）
他從地上進入了天堂
(Lu 16:22)。
他雖然死了，卻仍活着
(Mt 22:32)。
英文原文
Ge 25:7-11.
DEATH OF ABRAHAM.
7. these are the days of . . . Abraham--His death is here related, though he lived till Jacob and Esau were fifteen years, just one hundred years after coming to Canaan; "the father of the faithful," "the friend of God"
[Jas 2:23],
died; and even in his death, the promises were fulfilled (compare
Ge 15:15).
We might have wished some memorials of his deathbed experience; but the Spirit of God has withheld them--nor was it necessary; for (see
Mt 7:16)
from earth he passed into heaven
(Lu 16:22).
Though dead he yet liveth
(Mt 22:32).
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9, 10. 他的兒子們……把他埋葬了——死亡常常結束紛爭，使疏遠的人和好，並使敵對的親屬，如同在這個例子中，在父親的墳墓前一同流淚。
英文原文
9, 10. his sons . . . buried him--Death often puts an end to strife, reconciles those who have been alienated, and brings rival relations, as in this instance, to mingle tears over a father's grave.
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Ge 25:12-18.
Ge 25:12-18.
以實瑪利的後裔。
在轉到應許之後裔的譜系之前，史學家簡短地記述以實瑪利，為要表明關於亞伯拉罕這個兒子的應許已經應驗——第一，在他後裔的繁多上（參
Ge 17:20）；
第二，在他們的獨立上。
英文原文
Ge 25:12-18.
DESCENDANTS OF ISHMAEL.
Before passing to the line of the promised seed, the historian gives a brief notice of Ishmael, to show that the promises respecting that son of Abraham were fulfilled--first, in the greatness of his posterity (compare
Ge 17:20);
and, secondly, in their independence.
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18. 他死了——更恰當地說，「它〔他們的產業〕落在」他弟兄的面前（參
Ge 16:12）。
英文原文
18. he died--rather, "it [their lot] fell" in the presence of his brethren (compare
Ge 16:12).
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Ge 25:19-34.
Ge 25:19-34。
以撒的歷史。
19. 亞伯拉罕的後代——即他一生中主要事件的記述。
英文原文
Ge 25:19-34.
HISTORY OF ISAAC.
19. these are the generations--account of the leading events in his life.
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21. 以撒因他妻子不生育，就為她祈求耶和華——他雖然與他父親受到類似的試驗，卻沒有行那同樣彎曲的策略。二十年之久，他一直未蒙賜子，而那後裔卻應許要「如同星那樣多」
[Ge 26:4]。
但因著他們共同的祈求
(1Pe 3:7)，
利百加從神得著啟示：她將懷雙生子，這對雙子要作兩個獨立國家的先祖；並且小的後裔要更為強盛，勝過大的後裔
(Ro 9:12； 2Ch 21:8)。
英文原文
21. Isaac entreated the Lord for his wife--Though tried in a similar way to his father, he did not follow the same crooked policy. Twenty years he continued unblessed with offspring, whose seed was to be "as the stars"
[Ge 26:4].
But in answer to their mutual prayers
(1Pe 3:7),
Rebekah was divinely informed that she was to be the mother of twins, who should be the progenitors of two independent nations; that the descendants of the younger should be the more powerful and subdue those of the other
(Ro 9:12; 2Ch 21:8).
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27. 兩個孩子漸漸長大——從一開始，他們在品格、風度、習慣上便彼此相反。
英文原文
27. the boys grew--from the first, opposite to each other in character, manners, and habits.
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28. 父母的愛心分歧；至少父親偏愛的理由是薄弱的；對孩子們所作的區別對待，正如這種行為一向會引致的那樣，帶來了不幸的後果。
英文原文
28. The parents were divided in their affection; and while the grounds, at least of the father's partiality, were weak, the distinction made between the children led, as such conduct always does, to unhappy consequences.
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29. 雅各熬湯——用扁豆或小豆所熬，這些在埃及和敘利亞都很常見。這湯大概是埃及豆熬的——雅各特意弄來作美味；因為以掃對之很陌生。這湯非常可口；對疲乏飢餓的獵人而言，其香氣必具有不可抵擋的誘惑力。
英文原文
29. Jacob sod pottage--made of lentils or small beans, which are common in Egypt and Syria. It is probable that it was made of Egyptian beans, which Jacob had procured as a dainty; for Esau was a stranger to it. It is very palatable; and to the weary hunter, faint with hunger, its odor must have been irresistibly tempting.
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31. 雅各說：你把……長子的名分賣給我——即長子的權利和特權，這些極為重要；其首要的就是他們作家族的祭司
(Ex 4:22)，
並且可以得雙倍的產業
(De 21:17)。
英文原文
31. Jacob said, Sell me . . . thy birthright--that is, the rights and privileges of the first-born, which were very important, the chief being that they were the family priests
(Ex 4:22)
and had a double portion of the inheritance
(De 21:17).
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32. 以掃說……我將要死——即：我每天冒著喪命的危險；長子的名分對我有何用處？這樣，他與滿足口腹之慾相比，就輕看、不在乎那名分——為一點小事丟棄了他的宗教特權；因此他被稱為「貪戀世俗的人」
(Heb 12:16；
亦見
伯 31:7, 16; 6:13； 腓 3:19)。
「除了禁果之外，從來沒有一塊肉像雅各這鍋紅豆湯那樣昂貴。」[BISHOP HALL]。
英文原文
32. Esau said . . . I am at the point to die--that is, I am running daily risk of my life; and of what use will the birthright be to me: so he despised or cared little about it, in comparison with gratifying his appetite--he threw away his religious privileges for a trifle; and thence he is styled "a profane person"
(Heb 12:16;
also
Job 31:7, 16; 6:13; Php 3:19).
"There was never any meat, except the forbidden fruit, so dear bought, as this broth of Jacob" [BISHOP HALL].
Ge 25:1-6.
亞伯拉罕的眾子。
1. 亞伯拉罕又娶了一妻——更恰當地說，是"曾娶了"；因為基土拉被稱為亞伯拉罕的妾，即次妻
(代上 1:32)；
而她既為他生了六個兒子，亞伯拉罕在撒拉死後再娶便不太可能；又因他在生前就把他們都打發出去自立，可見這樁婚事在此記述，是出於年代順序之外，僅為了給先祖的歷史作一個適當的總結。