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Ge 50:1-26.
英文原文
Ge 50:1-26.
MOURNING FOR JACOB.
1. Joseph fell upon his father's face, &c.--On him, as the principal member of the family, devolved the duty of closing the eyes of his venerable parent (compare
Ge 46:4)
and imprinting the farewell kiss.
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2. 約瑟吩咐伺候他的醫生，用香料薰他父親，等等——在古埃及，用香料熏屍的人自成一個階級。熏屍的過程，是在內臟取出之後，將大量樹脂類物質注入屍體的腔中，然後施加適度熱力，使濕氣乾涸，並分解先前注入的焦油物質。這道工序完成需三十天；之後再用香料膏抹四十天；從這手術中被鞣製的屍身，經洗淨後，便用多層麻布包裹——其接縫以膠粘合——然後安放在一個按人形製成的木箱中。
英文原文
2. Joseph commanded his servants the physicians to embalm his father, &c.--In ancient Egypt the embalmers were a class by themselves. The process of embalmment consisted in infusing a great quantity of resinous substances into the cavities of the body, after the intestines had been removed, and then a regulated degree of heat was applied to dry up the humors, as well as decompose the tarry materials which had been previously introduced. Thirty days were alloted for the completion of this process; forty more were spent in anointing it with spices; the body, tanned from this operation, being then washed, was wrapped in numerous folds of linen cloth--the joinings of which were fastened with gum, and then it was deposited in a wooden chest made in the form of a human figure.
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3. 埃及人為他哀哭等等。這成了一段公眾哀悼的時期，如同王室人物離世一般。
英文原文
3. the Egyptians mourned, &c. It was made a period of public mourning, as on the death of a royal personage.
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4, 5. 約瑟對法老家中的人說等等——他特意讓人知道，家族的墳地在離開迦南之前便已預備好，並且有一個誓言約束他的家人，要將遺骸運到那裏。再者，約瑟認為理當申請特別的假期；而作為一個哀悼者，他不宜出現在王面前，便藉着別人代為轉達這請求。
英文原文
4, 5. Joseph spake unto the house of Pharaoh, &c.--Care was taken to let it be known that the family sepulchre was provided before leaving Canaan and that an oath bound his family to convey the remains thither. Besides, Joseph deemed it right to apply for a special leave of absence; and being unfit, as a mourner, to appear in the royal presence, he made the request through the medium of others.
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7-9. 約瑟上去葬他父親——三百英里的路程。由貴族和軍隊連同其儀仗所組成的送殯隊伍，會呈現出威嚴的氣勢。
英文原文
7-9. Joseph went up to bury his father--a journey of three hundred miles. The funeral cavalcade, composed of the nobility and military, with their equipages, would exhibit an imposing appearance.
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10. 他們到了約但河外亞達的禾場等等——「亞達」可以作普通名詞解，意為「荊棘叢的平原」。那地在埃及和迦南的邊界上；由於最後一次抒發悲傷的機會總是最激烈的，埃及人在這地方作了長時間的停留，而雅各的家人可能自己先行前往埋葬之地。
英文原文
10. they came to the threshing-floor of Atad, &c.--"Atad" may be taken as a common noun, signifying "the plain of the thorn bushes." It was on the border between Egypt and Canaan; and as the last opportunity of indulging grief was always the most violent, the Egyptians made a prolonged halt at this spot, while the family of Jacob probably proceeded by themselves to the place of sepulture.
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15-21. 約瑟的哥哥們見父親死了，就說，或者約瑟懷恨我們等等——約瑟因這傳話深受感動。他向他們作出了最強烈的饒恕保證，藉此既表明了他自己敬虔品格的一個美麗特徵，也成為了救主的一個卓越預表。
英文原文
15-21. When Joseph's brethren saw that their father was dead, they said, Joseph will peradventure hate us, &c.--Joseph was deeply affected by this communication. He gave them the strongest assurances of his forgiveness and thereby gave both a beautiful trait of his own pious character, as well as appeared an eminent type of the Saviour.
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22, 23. 約瑟和他父的家住在埃及——他在升任首長之後
[參
Ge 41:46 註解]，
又活了八十年，親眼看見王國繁榮大增，也看見自己的家族親屬——神幼嫩的教會——大大增長。
英文原文
22, 23. Joseph dwelt in Egypt--He lived eighty years after his elevation to the chief power [see on
Ge 41:46]
witnessing a great increase in the prosperity of the kingdom, and also of his own family and kindred--the infant Church of God.
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24. 約瑟對他弟兄們說：我要死了——埃及人本國的情緒，原會反對把他葬在迦南；但他藉著「關乎自己骸骨的遺命」
[Heb 11:22]，
證明了他的信心堅強，並對應許有完全的確據。
英文原文
24. Joseph said unto his brethren, I die--The national feelings of the Egyptians would have been opposed to his burial in Canaan; but he gave the strongest proof of the strength of his faith and full assurance of the promises, by "the commandment concerning his bones"
[Heb 11:22].
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26. 他們就給他薰了——[參
Ge 50:2 註解]。
他的葬禮必按埃及最高規格的壯麗舉行，他那包了香料的不朽之軀也必被妥善保存，直到出埃及的日子。
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26. and they embalmed him--[See on
Ge 50:2].
His funeral would be conducted in the highest style of Egyptian magnificence and his mummied corpse carefully preserved till the Exodus.
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Ge 50:1-26.
為雅各哀悼。
1. 約瑟伏在他父親的面上，等等——作為家中主要的成員，為可敬的父親闔上雙眼（參
Ge 46:4）
並親吻訣別的責任，便落在他身上。