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1 亞伯拉罕的日子,那有一次饑荒;這時又有饑荒,以撒就往基拉耳去,到非利士人的王亞比米勒那裡。

2 耶和華向以撒顯現,:你不要去,要住在我所指示你的

3 你寄居在這,我必與你同在,賜福你,因為我要將這些都賜你和你的後裔。我必堅定我向你父亞伯拉罕所起的誓。

4 我要加增你的後裔,像上的那樣多,又要將這些都賜你的後裔。並且上萬國必因你的後裔得福─

5 都因亞伯拉罕聽從我的話,遵守我的吩咐和我的命令、律例、度。

6 以撒在基拉耳。

7 地方的人問到他的妻子,他便:那是我的妹子。原來他:是我的妻子;他心裡想:恐地方的人為利百加的緣故殺我,因為他容貌俊美。

8 他在那裡住了許久。有一天非利士人的王亞比米勒從窗戶裡往外觀,見以撒和他的妻子利百加戲玩。

9 亞比米勒召了以撒來,對他:他實在是你的妻子,你怎麼他是你的妹子?以撒:我心裡想,恐怕我因他而

10 亞比米勒:你向我們做的是甚麼事呢?民中險些有人和你的妻同寢,把我們陷在罪裡。

11 於是亞比米勒曉諭眾民說:凡沾著這個,或是他妻子的,定要把他治

12 以撒在那耕種,那一年有倍的收成。耶和華賜福給他,

13 他就昌大,日增月盛,成了大富戶。

14 他有羊群牛群,又有許多僕人,非利士人就嫉妒他。

15 當他父親亞伯拉罕在世的日子,他父親僕人非利士人全都塞住,滿了土。

16 亞比米勒對以撒:你離開我們去罷。因為你比我們強盛得多。

17 以撒就離開那裡,在基拉耳谷支搭帳棚,在那裡。

18 當他父親亞伯拉罕在世之日所非利士人亞伯拉罕塞住了,以撒就重新出來,仍照他父親那些名字

19 以撒的僕人,便得了一口活

20 基拉耳的牧人與以撒的牧人爭競,:這是我們的。以撒就給那起名埃色(就是相爭的意思),因為他們和他相爭。

21 以撒的僕人又了一口,他們又為這爭競,因此以撒給這起名西提拿(就是為敵的意思)。

22 以撒離開那裡,又了一口,他們不為這爭競了,他就給那起名利河伯(就是寬闊的意思)。他耶和華現在給我們寬闊之我們必在這昌盛。

23 以撒從那裡上別是巴去。

24 當夜耶和華向他顯現,:我是你父親亞伯拉罕的,不要懼!因為我與你同在,要賜福給你,並要為我僕人亞伯拉罕的緣故,使你的後裔繁多。

25 以撒就在那裡築了一座,求告耶和華的名,並且支搭帳棚;他的僕人便在那裡了一口

26 亞比米勒,同他的朋友亞戶撒和他的軍長非各,從基拉耳來見以撒。

27 以撒對他們:你們既然恨我,打發我走了,為甚麼到我這裡呢?

28 他們我們明明的耶和華與你同在,便,不如我們兩下彼此起誓,彼此立約,

29 使你不害我們,正如我們未曾害你,一味的厚待你,並且打發你平平安安的走。你是蒙耶和華賜福的了。

30 以撒就為他們設擺筵席,他們便吃了了。

31 他們清起來彼此起誓。以撒打發他們走,他們就平平安安的離開他走了。

32 一天以撒的僕人,將的事告訴:我們得了了。

33 他就給那井起名示巴;因此那城做別是巴,直到今日。

34 以掃四十歲的時候娶了赫人比利的女兒猶滴,與赫人以倫的女兒巴實抹為妻。

35 他們常使以撒和利百加心裡愁煩。

   

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Arcana Coelestia #3381

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3381. Because that Abraham hearkened to My voice. That this signifies the union of the Lord’s Divine Essence with the Human Essence through temptations, is evident from the representation of Abraham, as being the Lord as to the Divine Human also (see n. 2833, 2836, 3251) and from the signification of “hearkening to My voice,” when predicated of the Lord, as being to unite the Divine Essence to the Human through temptations, for in the Word it is from these that obedience is predicated of the Lord. What is here said has reference to that which is related concerning Abraham in chapter 22, namely, that God tempted him, and said unto him that he should take his son and offer him for a burnt-offering (verses 1-2); and when he hearkened to this voice, it is said:

Now I know that thou fearest God, and thou hast not withheld thy son, thine only one, from Me.

In Myself have I sworn saith Jehovah, because thou hast done this word, and hast not withheld thy son, thine only one, that in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heavens (Genesis 22:12, 16-17).

That by “not withholding thy son, thine only one, from Me” (which was “hearkening to the voice”) is signified the unition of the Human with the Divine through the last of temptation, may be seen above (n. 2827, 2844). That this is meant by “hearkening to the voice of Jehovah,” or “the Father,” is evident also from the words of the Lord in Gethsemane:

My Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from Me; nevertheless not My will but Thine be done: again a second time, My Father, if this cup cannot pass from Me except I drink it, Thy will be done (Matthew 26:39, 42 Mark 14:36 Luke 22:42).

But inasmuch as Jehovah or the Father was in Him, or He in the Father and the Father in Him (John 14:10-11), by “hearkening to the voice of Jehovah” is meant that the Lord united the Divine to the Human through temptations, by His own power; as is also evident from the words of the Lord Himself in John:

As the Father knoweth Me, and I know the Father; and I lay down My life for the sheep. Therefore doth the Father love Me, because I lay down My life, that I may take it again. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again. This commandment have I received from My Father (John 10:15, 17-18). (That the Lord by His own power united His Divine Essence to His Human Essence through temptations, may be seen above, n. 1663, 1668, 1690, 1691, 1725, 1729, 1733, 1737, 1787, 1789, 1812, 1820, 2776, 3318)

  
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