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Ge 6:1-22.
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Ge 6:1-22.
WICKEDNESS OF THE WORLD.
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2. 神的兒子們看見人的女子美貌——前者指塞特家族，他們是名義上敬虔的人；後者指背道的該隱後裔。原則和行為相反之人混合通婚，必然成為廣泛敗壞的根源。女子本身雖敬虔，卻會在為妻為母之時，對其家中宗教的存在產生致命的影響；結果那後期世代的人便墮落到最低劣的邪惡。
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2. the sons of God saw the daughters of men--By the former is meant the family of Seth, who were professedly religious; by the latter, the descendants of apostate Cain. Mixed marriages between parties of opposite principles and practice were necessarily sources of extensive corruption. The women, religious themselves, would as wives and mothers exert an influence fatal to the existence of religion in their household, and consequently the people of that later age sank to the lowest depravity.
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3. 屬乎血氣——徹底地、無望地敗壞了。
耶和華說，人既屬乎血氣，我的靈就不永遠住在他裏面——基督作為神，曾藉着祂的靈默示以諾、挪亞，也許還有其他先知
(1Pe 3:20； 2Pe 2:5； Jude 14)，
向洪水以前的人傳悔改的道；但他們卻是不可救藥。
然而他的日子還可到一百二十年——世界的敗壞既已達到極點，可能已是長久而漸漸加增的，這觀念從所賜予的長久寬限得到支持。
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3. flesh--utterly, hopelessly debased.
And the Lord said, My spirit shall not always strive--Christ, as God, had by His Spirit inspiring Enoch, Noah, and perhaps other prophets
(1Pe 3:20; 2Pe 2:5; Jude 14),
preached repentance to the antediluvians; but they were incorrigible.
yet his days shall be an hundred and twenty years--It is probable that the corruption of the world, which had now reached its height, had been long and gradually increasing, and this idea receives support from the long respite granted.
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4. 偉人——這詞在希伯來文中所暗示的，與其說是身材高大的觀念，不如說是不顧一切的兇殘、不敬而膽大妄為的性情，這些人在遠近各處散佈毀壞和殺戮。
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4. giants--The term in Hebrew implies not so much the idea of great stature as of reckless ferocity, impious and daring characters, who spread devastation and carnage far and wide.
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5, 6. 神看見……後悔……憂傷——神不能改變
(Mal 3:6； Jas 1:17)；
但藉着適合我們的本性和經驗的語言，祂被描述為即將改變祂對待人類的可見作為——從憐憫和久忍，祂即將顯明自己是審判的神；而那不敬虔的世代既已惡貫滿盈，祂即將施行一次可怕的公義彰顯
(Ec 8:11)。
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5, 6. God saw it . . . repented . . . grieved--God cannot change
(Mal 3:6; Jas 1:17);
but, by language suited to our nature and experience, He is described as about to alter His visible procedure towards mankind--from being merciful and long-suffering, He was about to show Himself a God of judgment; and, as that impious race had filled up the measure of their iniquities, He was about to introduce a terrible display of His justice
(Ec 8:11).
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8. 惟有挪亞在耶和華眼前蒙恩——得寵。當如今在那些自稱為神兒子的人中間，只有一個人或一個家有敬虔和美德，這是何等可怕的境況！
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8. But Noah found grace in the eyes of the Lord--favor. What an awful state of things when only one man or one family of piety and virtue was now existing among the professed sons of God!
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9. 挪亞……是個義人……完全人——不是絕對的；因為自亞當墮落以後，除了耶穌基督之外，沒有人是無罪的。但作為因信而活的人，他是義人
(Ga 3:2； Heb 11:7)，
也是完全人——即真誠地願意遵行神的旨意。
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9. Noah . . . just . . . and perfect--not absolutely; for since the fall of Adam no man has been free from sin except Jesus Christ. But as living by faith he was just
(Ga 3:2; Heb 11:7)
and perfect--that is, sincere in his desire to do God's will.
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11. 世界在神面前敗壞，地上滿了強暴——在沒有任何良好管理的政府的情形下，不難想像會產生甚麼樣的罪惡。人各行其眼中看為正的事，既不敬畏神，毀壞和痛苦便在他們的道路上。
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11. the earth was filled with violence--In the absence of any well-regulated government it is easy to imagine what evils would arise. Men did what was right in their own eyes, and, having no fear of God, destruction and misery were in their ways.
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13. 神就對挪亞說——那所宣告將要來的毀滅，必定令人何等驚駭！毫無外在的徵兆。自然和經驗的常理似乎都反對其發生的可能性。世人的輿論會加以譏笑。全世界都會與他作對。然而，他既確信這啟示是從神而來的，便因着信
(Heb 11:7)，
着手預備保存自己和家人免受那迫在眉睫之災禍的方法。
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13. And God said unto Noah--How startling must have been the announcement of the threatened destruction! There was no outward indication of it. The course of nature and experience seemed against the probability of its occurrence. The public opinion of mankind would ridicule it. The whole world would be ranged against him. Yet, persuaded the communication was from God, through faith
(Heb 11:7),
he set about preparing the means for preserving himself and family from the impending calamity.
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14. 你要用歌斐木造一隻方舟——方舟，一個空心的箱子
(Ex 2:3)。
歌斐木——大概是柏木，以其耐久性著稱，並盛產於亞美尼亞山上。
一間一間的——艙房或小隔間。
裏外抹上松香——礦物瀝青、柏油、石腦油，或某種瀝青質物質，當其塗上並硬化之後，能使方舟完全防水。
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14. Make thee an ark--ark, a hollow chest
(Ex 2:3).
gopher wood--probably cypress, remarkable for its durability and abounding on the Armenian mountains.
rooms--cabins or small cells.
pitch it within and without--mineral pitch, asphalt, naphtha, or some bituminous substance, which, when smeared over and become hardened, would make it perfectly watertight.
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15. 方舟的造法——根據描述，方舟不是一艘船，而是一座巨大的房子，形狀和結構像東方的房子，設計不是為航行，而是只為漂浮。假設一肘為 21.888 英寸，方舟便長五百四十七英尺，寬九十一英尺二英寸，高四十七英尺二英寸。
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15. And this is the fashion--According to the description, the ark was not a ship, but an immense house in form and structure like the houses in the East, designed not to sail, but only to float. Assuming the cubit to be 21.888 inches, the ark would be five hundred forty-seven feet long, ninety-one feet two inches wide, and forty-seven feet two inches high.
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16. 透光處——大概是一個天窗，用某種不明的透明物質製成。
上邊要留一肘——這是指示要使屋頂中間升高，看來是為形成一個平緩的斜度，使水流下。
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16. A window--probably a skylight, formed of some transparent substance unknown.
in a cubit shalt thou finish it above--a direction to raise the roof in the middle, seemingly to form a gentle slope for letting the water run off.
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17-22. 看哪，我要使洪水氾濫在地上——這宣告的重複是為了確立其確實性
(Ge 41:32)。
無論人對洪水所涉及的自然律和自然力持有何種意見，洪水是神因世人滔天的罪行而降在世上的刑罰。
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17-22. And, behold, I, even I, do bring a flood--The repetition of the announcement was to establish its certainty
(Ge 41:32).
Whatever opinion may be entertained as to the operation of natural laws and agencies in the deluge, it was brought on the world by God as a punishment for the enormous wickedness of its inhabitants.
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18. 我卻要與你立約——一項特別的拯救應許，被稱為約，為要使他確信可以信賴這約。這約的實質和條款記載於
Ge 6:19-21。
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18. But with thee will I establish my covenant--a special promise of deliverance, called a covenant, to convince him of the confidence to be reposed in it. The substance and terms of this covenant are related at
Ge 6:19-21.
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22. 挪亞就這樣行——他毫不遲延地開始預備這龐大的建築物，在每一步進展中，都忠實地遵行他所領受的神的指示。
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22. Thus did Noah--He began without delay to prepare the colossal fabric, and in every step of his progress faithfully followed the divine directions he had received.
Ge 6:1-22.
世界的邪惡。