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Ge 33:1-11.
英文原文
Ge 33:1-11.
KINDNESS OF JACOB AND ESAU.
1. behold, Esau came, and with him four hundred men--Jacob having crossed the ford and ranged his wives and children in order--the dearest last, that they might be the least exposed to danger--awaited the expected interview. His faith was strengthened and his fears gone
(Ps 27:3).
Having had power to prevail with God, he was confident of the same power with man, according to the promise (compare
Ge 32:28).
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3. 他一連七次俯伏——這樣行的方式，是面向着尊長鞠躬，上身彎下與地面平行，然後向前走幾步再鞠躬，如此重複他的敬禮，直到第七次，懇求者便站在尊長的面前。他的家人也照樣行了。這是極大敬意的表示，雖然十分顯著，卻顯得很自然；因為以掃是哥哥，照東方的習俗，有資格受弟弟的恭敬對待。他的隨從會對此印象深刻，並且按東方的習慣，會在他們主人聽到之處加以誇大。
英文原文
3. he bowed himself . . . seven times--The manner of doing this is by looking towards a superior and bowing with the upper part of the body brought parallel to the ground, then advancing a few steps and bowing again, and repeating his obeisance till, at the seventh time, the suppliant stands in the immediate presence of his superior. The members of his family did the same. This was a token of profound respect, and, though very marked, it would appear natural; for Esau being the elder brother, was, according to the custom of the East, entitled to respectful treatment from his younger brother. His attendants would be struck by it, and according to Eastern habits, would magnify it in the hearing of their master.
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4. 以掃跑來迎接他——何等突然而令人驚訝的改變！究竟是因看見那尊貴的禮物和雅各極深的敬意而產生的效果，還是出於以掃衝動的性情，二十年的宿怨在一瞬間消失了；打仗的兵器被擱在一旁，弟兄之間彼此以最熱切的親情相待。但無疑地，有效的原因乃是那隱秘而令人降服的恩典之功
(Pr 21:1)，
它把以掃從仇敵變成了朋友。
英文原文
4. Esau ran to meet him--What a sudden and surprising change! Whether the sight of the princely present and the profound homage of Jacob had produced this effect, or it proceeded from the impulsive character of Esau, the cherished enmity of twenty years in a moment disappeared; the weapons of war were laid aside, and the warmest tokens of mutual affection reciprocated between the brothers. But doubtless, the efficient cause was the secret, subduing influence of grace
(Pr 21:1),
which converted Esau from an enemy into a friend.
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5. 這些和你同行的是誰呢？——他本可只回答「是我的孩子」就夠了；但雅各是個敬虔的人，連一個普通的回答也不能不用敬虔的言語
(Ps 127:3; 113:9; 107:41)。
英文原文
5. Who are those with thee?--It might have been enough to say, They are my children; but Jacob was a pious man, and he could not give even a common answer but in the language of piety
(Ps 127:3; 113:9; 107:41).
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11. 雅各求他，他就收下了——在東方，尊者接受禮物是友誼的證明，仇敵接受則是和好的證明。雅各之所以如此渴望他哥哥收下那些牲畜，正是因這兩個緣故；而在以掃的接受中，他得了東方觀念所能承認的、良好感情已建立的最有力證據。
英文原文
11. He urged him and he took it--In the East the acceptance by a superior is a proof of friendship, and by an enemy, of reconciliation. It was on both accounts Jacob was so anxious that his brother should receive the cattle; and in Esau's acceptance he had the strongest proofs of a good feeling being established that Eastern notions admit of.
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Ge 33:12-20.
Ge 33:12-20.
分別。
12. 以掃說，我們可以起身前行——以掃提議陪同雅各和他的家人穿過那地，既作為友誼的記號，也作為護送的衛隊。但這提議被審慎地婉拒了。雅各不需要任何屬世的排場或儀仗。儘管目前情意懇切，弟兄們在性情、品格和習慣上卻如此不同——一個如此屬世，另一個卻是屬神的人——很可能發生甚麼事來擾亂和諧。雅各提出了一個非常合理的藉口來解釋他行動的緩慢，弟兄們便和平地分別了。
英文原文
Ge 33:12-20.
THE PARTING.
12. And he said, Let us take our journey--Esau proposed to accompany Jacob and his family through the country, both as a mark of friendship and as an escort to guard them. But the proposal was prudently declined. Jacob did not need any worldly state or equipage. Notwithstanding the present cordiality, the brothers were so different in spirit, character, and habits--the one so much a man of the world, and the other a man of God, that there was great risk of something occurring to disturb the harmony. Jacob having alleged a very reasonable excuse for the tardiness of his movements, the brothers parted in peace.
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14. 直到我平平安安地到我主那裏——雅各似乎有意繞過死海，去西珥探望他哥哥，這樣便不用渡過約但河，可直往別是巴去見以撒；但他改變了計劃，至於這心意當時是否實現，或是在後來才實現，則沒有記載。
英文原文
14. until I come unto my lord--It seems to have been Jacob's intention, passing round the Dead Sea, to visit his brother in Seir, and thus, without crossing the Jordan, go to Beer-sheba to Isaac; but he changed his plan, and whether the intention was carried out then or at a future period has not been recorded.
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17. 雅各往疏割去——即「棚」，是雅各抵達迦南後停留的第一站。他的後裔在用石頭建造房屋之後，在那裏建了一座城，稱之為疏割，為要記念他們的祖先「一個將亡的亞蘭人」
[De 26:5]，
曾樂於住在棚中。
英文原文
17. Jacob journeyed to Succoth--that is, "booths," that being the first station at which Jacob halted on his arrival in Canaan. His posterity, when dwelling in houses of stone, built a city there and called it Succoth, to commemorate the fact that their ancestor, "a Syrian ready to perish"
[De 26:5],
was glad to dwell in booths.
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18. 撒冷——意即「平安」；意思可能是雅各來到迦南，平平安安地到了示劍城——這是對那應許如此歸回之神的頌讚（參
Ge 28:15）。
但大多數作者把撒冷當作專有名詞——示劍的一座城，其位置由示劍東北約兩英里的一個小村莊所標示。在示劍下方山谷稍遠處，「他買了一塊地」，如此成了在迦南頭一個成為地主的先祖。
英文原文
18. Shalem--that is, "peace"; and the meaning may be that Jacob came into Canaan, arriving safe and sound at the city Shechem--a tribute to Him who had promised such a return (compare
Ge 28:15).
But most writers take Shalem as a proper name--a city of Shechem, and the site is marked by one of the little villages about two miles to the northeast. A little farther in the valley below Shechem "he bought a parcel of a field," thus being the first of the patriarchs who became a proprietor of land in Canaan.
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19. 一百塊錢——字面作「羊羔」；大概是一枚刻有羊羔圖樣的錢幣。
英文原文
19. an hundred pieces of money--literally, "lambs"; probably a coin with the figure of a lamb on it.
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20. 他在那裏築了一座壇——這是他個人敬虔之美妙的明證，是他旅程最合宜的結束，也是在「神——以色列的神」這名裏所得特殊恩典的永久記念。我們無論在何處支搭帳棚，神都當有一座壇。
英文原文
20. and he erected . . . an altar--A beautiful proof of his personal piety, a most suitable conclusion to his journey, and a lasting memorial of a distinguished favor in the name "God, the God of Israel." Wherever we pitch a tent, God shall have an altar.
Ge 33:1-11。
雅各與以掃的友善。
1. 看哪，以掃來了，同著他的四百人——雅各既渡了渡口，又把妻子兒女按次序排好——最親愛的放在最後，使他們最少暴露於危險——便等候那預期的會面。他的信心得了堅固，恐懼已除
(詩 27:3)。
既已得著與神較力的能力，他自信與人較力也必有同樣的能力，這正合乎應許（參
Ge 32:28）。