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1 亞伯拉罕又娶了一妻,名叫基土拉。

2 基土拉給他生了心蘭、約珊、米但、米甸、伊施巴,和書亞。

3 約珊生了示巴和底但。底但的子孫是亞書利族、利都是族,和利烏米族。

4 米甸兒子是以法、以弗、哈諾、亞比大,和以勒大。這都是基土拉的子孫。

5 亞伯拉罕將一切所有的都以撒

6 亞伯拉罕把財物分他庶出的眾子,趁著自己還在世的時候打發他們離開他的兒子以撒,往東方去。

7 亞伯拉罕一生的年日是一十五歲。

8 亞伯拉罕壽高年邁,氣絕而,歸到他列祖(原文作本民)那裡。

9 他兩個兒子以撒以實瑪利把他埋葬在麥比拉洞裡。這洞在幔利前、赫人瑣轄的兒子以弗崙的田中,

10 就是亞伯拉罕向赫人買的那塊田。亞伯拉罕和他妻子撒拉都葬在那裡。

11 亞伯拉罕死了以賜福給他的兒子以撒以撒靠近庇耳拉海萊居住

12 撒拉的使女埃及人夏甲給亞伯拉罕所生的兒子以實瑪利

13 以實瑪利兒子們的名字,按著他們的家譜記在下面。以實瑪利長子是尼拜約,又有基達、亞德別、米比衫、

14 米施瑪、度瑪、瑪撒、

15 哈大、提瑪、伊突、拿非施、基底瑪。

16 這是以實瑪利眾子的名字,照著他們的村莊、營寨,作了十二族的族長。

17 以實瑪利享壽一三十歲,氣絕而,歸到他列祖(原文作本民)那裡。

18 他子孫的住處在他眾弟兄東邊,從哈腓拉直到埃及前的書珥,正在亞述的道上。

19 亞伯拉罕的兒子以撒的後代記在下面。亞伯拉罕以撒

20 以撒娶利百加為妻的時候正四十歲。利百加是巴旦亞蘭地的亞蘭人彼土利的女兒,是亞蘭人拉班的妹子。

21 以撒因他妻子不生育,就為他祈求耶和華耶和華應允他的祈求,他的妻子利百加就懷了孕。

22 孩子們在他腹中彼此相爭,他就:若是這樣,我為甚麼活著呢(或作我為甚麼如此呢)?他就去求問耶和華

23 耶和華對他:兩國在你腹內;兩族要從你身上出來。這族必強於那族;將來大的要服事小的。

24 生產的日子到了,腹中果然是雙子。

25 先產的身體發紅,渾身有毛,如同皮衣,他們就給他起名以掃(就是有毛的意思)。

26 又生了以掃兄弟抓住以掃腳跟,因此給他起名雅各(就是抓住的意思)。利百加生下兩個兒子的時候,以撒年正六十歲。

27 兩個孩子漸漸長大,以掃善於打獵,常在田野;雅各安靜,常在帳棚裡。

28 以撒以掃,因為常吃他的野味;利百加卻雅各

29 有一天,雅各熬湯,以掃從田野回累昏了。

30 以掃雅各:我累昏了,求你把這紅湯給我喝。因此以掃以東(就是紅的意思)。

31 雅各:你今日把長子的名分給我罷。

32 以掃:我將要,這長子的名分於我有甚麼益處呢?

33 雅各:你今日對我起誓罷。以掃就對他起了誓,把長子的名分雅各

34 於是雅各將餅和紅豆湯以掃以掃吃了了,便起來走了。這就是以掃輕看了他長子的名分。

   

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Arcana Coelestia #1356

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1356. That 'Terah' means idolatrous worship becomes clear from the derivatives mentioned from verse 20 down to this point. This second Ancient Church declined from a kind of internal worship, becoming adulterated as it did so until in the end it became idolatrous, as Churches usually do. They pass from internal things to external, ending up with mere externals when internal things have been erased. The fact that the same happened to this Church, even to the extent that a large part of them did not acknowledge Jehovah as God but worshipped other gods, is clear in Joshua,

Joshua said to all the people, Thus said Jehovah, the God of Israel, Your fathers dwelt of old beyond the River, Terah, the father of Abraham and the father of Nahor, and they served other gods. Joshua 24:2.

Now fear Jehovah, and serve Him in sincerity and truth, and put away the gods which your fathers served beyond the River, and in Egypt, and serve Jehovah. And if it is evil in your eyes to serve Jehovah, choose this day whom you are to serve, whether the gods which your fathers served who were beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorites. Joshua 24:14-15.

From this it is quite evident that Terah, Abram, and Nahor were idolaters.

[2] The fact that Nahor was a nation in which idolatrous worship existed is clear also from Laban the Syrian, who dwelt in the city of Nahor and who worshipped the images or teraphim which Rachel carried away with her, Genesis 24:10; 31:19, 26, 32, 34. And the fact that Abraham had one god, Nahor another, and Terah their father yet another, is clear from Genesis 31:53. It is also explicitly stated in Moses that Jehovah was unknown to Abram,

I, Jehovah, appeared to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob as God Shaddai, and by My name Jehovah I was not known to them. Exodus 6:3.

From this it is evident how much this Church with this people declined into idolatrous worship, which is meant here by 'Terah'. And since Terah means that worship, so do Abram, Nahor, and Haran.

  
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