属天的奥秘 #6729
6729. “法老的女儿下来” 表那里的宗教信仰. 这从 “女儿” 的含义清楚可知, “女儿” 是指对真理和良善的情感, 因此是指教会 (参看2362, 3963节, 在反面意义上是指对虚假和邪恶的情感, 因此是指源于它们的宗教信仰 (3024节). 此处之所以表示源于虚假记忆知识的宗教信仰, 是因为这是法老的女儿; 而 “法老” 在此代表虚假的记忆知识 (参看6651, 6679, 6683, 6692节). 在圣言中, “女儿” 表示教会, 这一点从众多经文可以看出来, 其中教会被称为 “锡安的女儿或女子”, “耶路撒冷的女儿或女子”; “女儿” 还表示许多民族的虚假宗教信仰, 这一点也可从经文看出来, 其中这些宗教被称为 “女儿或女子”, 如: “推罗的女儿或女子” (诗篇 45:12); “以东的女儿或女子” (耶利米哀歌 4:22); “迦勒底和巴比伦的女儿或女子” (以赛亚书 47:1, 5; 耶利米书 50:41, 42; 51:33; 撒迦利亚书 2:7; 诗篇 137:8); “非利士人的女儿或女子” (以西结书 16:27, 57); “他施的女儿或女子” (以赛亚书 23:10); 耶利米书中 “埃及的女儿或女子”:
埃及的处女哪, 可以上基列取乳香去. 住在埃及的女子哪, 要制造移居的器皿. 埃及的女子必然蒙羞, 必交在北方人民的手中. (耶利米书 46:11, 19, 24)
“埃及的女子或女儿” 表示对推理的情感, 这种推理因否定态度掌权而仰赖记忆知识, 即推理信之真理是不是真的. 因此, 她表示源于推理的那种宗教信仰, 这种宗教信仰具有这种性质: 除了虚假什么也不信.
Genesis 20
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Abraham traveled from there toward the land of the South, and lived between Kadesh and Shur. He lived as a foreigner in Gerar.
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Abraham said about Sarah his wife, "She is my sister." Abimelech king of Gerar sent, and took Sarah.
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But God came to Abimelech in a dream of the night, and said to him, "Behold, you are a dead man, because of the woman whom you have taken. For she is a man's wife."
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Now Abimelech had not come near her. He said, "Lord, will you kill even a righteous nation?
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Didn't he tell me, 'She is my sister?' She, even she herself, said, 'He is my brother.' In the integrity of my heart and the innocence of my hands have I done this."
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God said to him in the dream, "Yes, I know that in the integrity of your heart you have done this, and I also withheld you from sinning against me. Therefore I didn't allow you to touch her.
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Now therefore, restore the man's wife. For he is a prophet, and he will pray for you, and you will live. If you don't restore her, know for sure that you will die, you, and all who are yours."
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Abimelech rose early in the morning, and called all his servants, and told all these things in their ear. The men were very scared.
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Then Abimelech called Abraham, and said to him, "What have you done to us? How have I sinned against you, that you have brought on me and on my kingdom a great sin? You have done deeds to me that ought not to be done!"
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Abimelech said to Abraham, "What did you see, that you have done this thing?"
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Abraham said, "Because I thought, 'Surely the fear of God is not in this place. They will kill me for my wife's sake.'
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Besides, she is indeed my sister, the daughter of my father, but not the daughter of my mother; and she became my wife.
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It happened, when God caused me to wander from my father's house, that I said to her, 'This is your kindness which you shall show to me. Everywhere that we go, say of me, "He is my brother."'"
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Abimelech took sheep and cattle, male servants and female servants, and gave them to Abraham, and restored Sarah, his wife, to him.
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Abimelech said, "Behold, my land is before you. Dwell where it pleases you."
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To Sarah he said, "Behold, I have given your brother a thousand pieces of silver. Behold, it is for you a covering of the eyes to all that are with you. In front of all you are vindicated."
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Abraham prayed to God. God healed Abimelech, and his wife, and his female servants, and they bore children.
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For Yahweh had closed up tight all the wombs of the house of Abimelech, because of Sarah, Abraham's wife.
