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Ge 27:1-27.
英文原文
Ge 27:1-27.
INFIRMITY OF ISAAC.
1. when Isaac was old, and his eyes were dim--He was in his hundred thirty-seventh year; and apprehending death to be near, Isaac prepared to make his last will--an act of the gravest importance, especially as it included the conveyance through a prophetic spirit of the patriarchal blessing.
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4. 作……美味——也許是為了使他恢復精神、加添力量來盡此本分；更可能是，由於「吃喝」在一切宗教場合都被使用，他若不先吃那為此目的而預備、由將要領受祝福之人所供備的肉，就不能傳遞這權利〔ADAM CLARKE〕（參
Ge 18:7）。
使我的心……給你祝福——很難想像他竟不知道神的目的（參
Ge 25:23）。
但天然的感情，因着年老和衰弱而得勝，促使他把長子名分的尊榮和權力歸給他的長子；也許他並不知道以掃所作的事
(Ge 25:34)。
英文原文
4. make . . . savory meat--perhaps to revive and strengthen him for the duty; or rather, "as eating and drinking" were used on all religious occasions, he could not convey the right, till he had eaten of the meat provided for the purpose by him who was to receive the blessing [ADAM CLARKE] (compare
Ge 18:7).
that my soul may bless thee--It is difficult to imagine him ignorant of the divine purpose (compare
Ge 25:23).
But natural affection, prevailing through age and infirmity, prompted him to entail the honors and powers of the birthright on his elder son; and perhaps he was not aware of what Esau had done
(Ge 25:34).
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6-10. 利百加對雅各說——她視那祝福為無價之寶；她知道神定意要把它賜給小兒子
[Ge 25:23]；
在她急於確保祝福能賜給對象——賜給一個看重宗教的人——之時，她是在信心的真誠中行事；卻是以彎曲的計謀——帶着未蒙光照的熱心；本着一個錯誤的原則，以為目的可以使手段成聖。
英文原文
6-10. Rebekah spake unto Jacob--She prized the blessing as invaluable; she knew that God intended it for the younger son
[Ge 25:23];
and in her anxiety to secure its being conferred on the right object--on one who cared for religion--she acted in the sincerity of faith; but in crooked policy--with unenlightened zeal; on the false principle that the end would sanctify the means.
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11. 雅各對他母親說，我哥哥以掃是個有毛的人——值得注意的是，他的顧慮不是基於行為本身的邪惡，而是基於欺騙的風險和後果。
英文原文
11. Jacob said, Esau my brother is a hairy man--It is remarkable that his scruples were founded, not on the evil of the act, but on the risk and consequences of deception.
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13-17. 他母親對他說，我兒，你招的咒詛歸到我身上——他的良心既被母親安撫，便急忙為實行這計謀作預備；這包括：第一，一隻山羊的肉，作成燉肉，用鹽、蔥、蒜和檸檬汁調味，很容易在一個感官遲鈍的瞎眼老人面前冒充野味；第二，幾塊山羊皮綁在他的手上和頸項上，其柔軟如絲的毛，與年輕人臉頰上的毛相似；第三，那件白色的長袍——長子的衣袍——這袍從父傳子，存放在一個箱子裏，內有東方常用以驅除蛀蟲的芳香草料和香花——是他母親為他預備的。
英文原文
13-17. and his mother said unto him, Upon me be thy curse--His conscience being soothed by his mother, preparations were hastily made for carrying out the device; consisting, first, of a kid's flesh, which, made into a ragout, spiced with salt, onions, garlic, and lemon juice, might easily be passed off on a blind old man, with blunted senses, as game; second, of pieces of goat's skin bound on his hands and neck, its soft silken hair resembling that on the cheek of a young man; third, of the long white robe--the vestment of the first-born, which, transmitted from father to son and kept in a chest among fragrant herbs and perfumed flowers used much in the East to keep away moths--his mother provided for him.
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18-27. 他到了他父親那裏——母親所策劃的計謀要由兒子在父親的寢室中執行；想到他所訴諸的那些蓄意的謊言，以及膽大妄為的褻瀆，是令人痛心的。那偽裝雖然缺少了一樣東西——這幾乎破壞了整個計劃——卻成功地誤導了以撒；當他給予父親的擁抱之時，這老人被激起至高度滿足和喜樂的狀態。
英文原文
18-27. he came unto his father--The scheme planned by the mother was to be executed by the son in the father's bedchamber; and it is painful to think of the deliberate falsehoods, as well as daring profanity, he resorted to. The disguise, though wanting in one thing, which had nearly upset the whole plot, succeeded in misleading Isaac; and while giving his paternal embrace, the old man was roused into a state of high satisfaction and delight.
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27. 我兒子的香氣如同耶和華賜福之田地的香氣一般——敘利亞田野與草地的芬芳氣味，常使人和衣服帶上濃郁的香氣，這是許多旅行者都曾注意到的。
英文原文
27. the smell of my son is as of a field--The aromatic odors of the Syrian fields and meadows, often impart a strong fragrance to the person and clothes, as has been noticed by many travellers.
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Ge 27:28-46.
Ge 27:28-46。
祝福。
28. 願神賜你天上的甘露——在東方人的心目中，這話意味著最高的繁榮。露水充沛下降，是土地結果實所不可少的；否則在烈日炎炎之下，土地必乾旱不毛。露水在山嶺地帶最為豐富，迦南正是這種地，因此被稱為「美地」
(Ne 9:25, 35)。
豐富的穀物和新酒——巴勒斯坦以葡萄園著稱，也出產多種穀物，即小麥、大麥、燕麥和黑麥。
英文原文
Ge 27:28-46.
THE BLESSING.
28. God give thee of the dew of heaven--To an Oriental mind, this phraseology implied the highest flow of prosperity. The copious fall of dew is indispensable to the fruitfulness of lands, which would be otherwise arid and sterile through the violent heat; and it abounds most in hilly regions, such as Canaan, hence called the "fat land"
(Ne 9:25, 35).
plenty of corn and wine--Palestine was famous for vineyards, and it produced varieties of corn, namely, wheat, barley, oats, and rye.
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29. 願眾民事奉你——應驗於那些在曠野中抵擋以色列人的敵對部族之潰敗，以及他們在應許之地立國後所達到的優越地位與權勢。這福沒有應驗在雅各本人身上，而是應驗在他的後裔身上；所應許的屬世福分，不過是那些使雅各後裔卓然不同的屬靈福分的影兒。
英文原文
29. Let people serve thee--fulfilled in the discomfiture of the hostile tribes that opposed the Israelites in the wilderness; and in the pre-eminence and power they attained after their national establishment in the promised land. This blessing was not realized to Jacob, but to his descendants; and the temporal blessings promised were but a shadow of those spiritual ones, which formed the grand distinction of Jacob's posterity.
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30-35. 以掃打獵回來——前一場景剛結束，欺騙就被揭穿了。以撒和以掃的情緒可想而知——一方的驚訝、警覺與悲傷；另一方的失望與憤慨。但老先祖經過片刻的反思，便確信這祝福的轉移「乃出於主」，如今已不可挽回。然而以掃的強求使他不能自已；當預言之靈仍在先祖身上之時，他便加上一些話，那些話對以掃那樣品格的人，大概與先前那祝福同樣令人快慰。
英文原文
30-35. Esau came in from his hunting--Scarcely had the former scene been concluded, when the fraud was discovered. The emotions of Isaac, as well as Esau, may easily be imagined--the astonishment, alarm, and sorrow of the one; the disappointment and indignation of the other. But a moment's reflection convinced the aged patriarch that the transfer of the blessing was "of the Lord," and now irrevocable. The importunities of Esau, however, overpowered him; and as the prophetic afflatus was upon the patriarch, he added what was probably as pleasing to a man of Esau's character as the other would have been.
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39, 40. 看哪，你的居所必得地上的肥土——第一部分是屬世興盛的應許，所用字句與雅各所得的相同
[Ge 27:28]
——第二部分是指他和他的後裔所要過的、四處流蕩的獵盜生活。以掃本人雖未親身臣服於他兄弟，他的後裔卻向以色列人進貢，直到約蘭王年間才叛離，自立為國
(2Ki 8:20; 2Ch 21:8-10)。
英文原文
39, 40. Behold, thy dwelling shall be the fatness of the earth--The first part is a promise of temporal prosperity, made in the same terms as Jacob's
[Ge 27:28]
--the second part refers to the roving life of hunting freebooters, which he and his descendants should lead. Though Esau was not personally subject to his brother, his posterity were tributary to the Israelites, till the reign of Joram when they revolted and established a kingdom of their own
(2Ki 8:20; 2Ch 21:8-10).
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41. 以掃怨恨雅各——以掃怨恨雅各的作為、並起誓報仇，這倒幾乎不足為奇。
為我父親居喪的日子近了——這是父母離世的東方常用語。
英文原文
41. Esau hated Jacob--It is scarcely to be wondered at that Esau resented the conduct of Jacob and vowed revenge.
The days of mourning for my father are at hand--a common Oriental phrase for the death of a parent.
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42-45. 有人把以掃的話告訴利百加——可憐的婦人！她如今便早早開始收割自己欺詐計謀的苦果；她不得不與為之籌劃的兒子分離，大概永不再見他一面；而他則在自己將來的家庭中，深切感到上天報應的刑罰重重地落在他身上。
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42-45. these words of Esau were told Rebekah--Poor woman! she now early begins to reap the bitter fruits of her fraudulent device; she is obliged to part with her son, for whom she planned it, never, probably, seeing him again; and he felt the retributive justice of heaven fall upon him heavily in his own future family.
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45. 我為何要失去你們二人呢？——這是指報血仇的律法，按這律法，最近的親屬有義務向雅各的兄弟為雅各的死報仇。
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45. Why should I be deprived of you both?--This refers to the law of Goelism, by which the nearest of kin would be obliged to avenge the death of Jacob upon his brother.
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46. 利百加對以撒說——利百加的狡猾又得另找藉口，才能取得丈夫同意雅各往米所波大米去；她終於如願以償，因她觸動了年邁先祖一個敏感之處——那是令他敬虔之心憂傷的——就是幼子正當的婚事。
英文原文
46. Rebekah said to Isaac--Another pretext Rebekah's cunning had to devise to obtain her husband's consent to Jacob's journey to Mesopotamia; and she succeeded by touching the aged patriarch in a tender point, afflicting to his pious heart--the proper marriage of their younger son.
Ge 27:1-27.
以撒年老衰弱。
1. 以撒年老，眼睛昏花——他年一百三十七歲；因預感死期將至，以撒便預備立下遺囑——這是最重要的事，尤其因其中包含藉先知的靈傳遞先祖祝福的事。