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创世记 21

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1 耶和华按着先前的话眷顾撒拉,便照他所的给撒拉成就。

2 亚伯拉罕年老的时候,撒拉怀了孕;到的日期,就给亚伯拉罕生了一个儿子

3 亚伯拉罕给撒拉所生的儿子起名以撒

4 以撒生下来第八日,亚伯拉罕照着所吩咐的,给以撒行了割礼

5 儿子以撒生的时候,亚伯拉罕年一岁。

6 撒拉使我喜笑,凡见的必与我一同喜笑;

7 :谁能预先对亚伯拉罕撒拉要养婴孩呢?因为在他年老的时候,我给他生了一个儿子

8 孩子渐长,就断了奶。以撒断奶的日子,亚伯拉罕设摆丰盛的筵席。

9 当时,撒拉见埃及人夏甲给亚伯拉罕所生的儿子戏笑,

10 就对亚伯拉罕:你把这使女和他儿子赶出去!因为这使女的儿子不可与我的儿子以撒一同承受产业。

11 亚伯拉罕因他儿子的缘故很忧愁。

12 亚伯拉罕:你不必为这童子和你的使女忧愁。凡撒拉对你的话,你都该从;因为从以撒生的,才要称为你的後裔。

13 至於使女的儿子,我也必使他的後裔成立一国,因为他是你所生的。

14 亚伯拉罕起来,拿饼和一皮袋了夏甲,搭在他的肩上,又把孩子交他,打发他走。夏甲就走了,在别是巴的旷野走迷了路。

15 皮袋的用尽了,夏甲就把孩子撇在小树底

16 自己走开约有一箭之远,相对而:我不忍见孩子,就相对而,放声大哭。

17 见童子的声音的使者从呼叫夏甲:夏甲,你为何这样呢?不要害怕已经见童子的声音了。

18 起来!把童子抱在怀(原文作)中,我必使他的後裔成为国。

19 使夏甲的眼睛明亮,他就见一口,便去将皮袋盛满了,给童子喝。

20 保佑童子,他就渐长,旷野,成了弓箭手。

21 在巴兰的旷野;他母亲埃及给他娶了一个妻子

22 当那时候,亚比米勒同他军长非各对亚伯拉罕:凡你所行的事都有的保佑。

23 我愿你如今在这里指着对我起誓,不要欺负我与我的儿子,并我的子孙。我怎样厚待了你,你也要照样厚待我与你所寄居这的民。

24 亚伯拉罕:我情愿起誓。

25 从前,亚比米勒的仆人霸占了一口亚伯拉罕为这事指责亚比米勒。

26 亚比米勒:谁做这事,我不知道,你也没有告诉我,今日我才见了。

27 亚伯拉罕和牛了亚比米勒,人就彼此立约。

28 亚伯拉罕只母羔另放在一处。

29 亚比米勒问亚伯拉罕:你把这只母羊羔另放在一处,是甚麽意思呢?

30 :你要从我里受这只母羊羔,作我这口的证据。

31 所以他给那地方起名别是巴,因为他们人在那里起了誓。(别是巴就是盟誓的井的意思)

32 他们在别是巴立了约,亚比米勒就同他军长非各起身回非利士去了。

33 亚伯拉罕在别是巴栽上一棵垂丝柳树,又在那里求告耶和华─永生神的名。

34 亚伯拉罕非利士人寄居了多日。

   

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Arcana Coelestia #2720

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2720. Verse 22 And so it was at that time, that Abimelech spoke, and Phicol the general of his army, to Abraham, saying, God is with you in all that you are doing.

Verse 23 And now swear to me here by God that you will not lie to me, and to my son, and to my grandson; according to the kindness which I have done to you, may you do to me and to the land in which you have sojourned.

Verse 24 And Abraham said, I will swear.

Verse 25 And Abraham reproached Abimelech on account of a well of water which Abimelech's servants had seized.

Verse 26 And Abimelech said, I do not know who has done this thing; and you also did not point it out to me, and I too have not heard about it until today.

Verse 27 And Abraham took flocks and herds and gave them to Abimelech; and the two of them made a covenant.

Verse 28 And Abraham set seven ewe-lambs of the flock by themselves.

Verse 29 And Abimelech said to Abraham, What are these seven ewe-lambs which you have set by themselves?

Verse 30 And he said, Because you will take the seven ewe-lambs from my hand, that they may be a witness for me that I dug this well.

Verse 31 Therefore he called that place Beersheba, because there the two of them swore an oath.

Verse 32 And they made a covenant in Beersheba; and Abimelech rose up, and Phicol the general of his army, and they returned to the land of the Philistines.

[2] 'So it was at that time' means the state which the Lord passed through when the Rational was made Divine. 'That Abimelech spoke, and Phicol the general of his army, to Abraham' means the merely human rational ideas based on facts that were to be allied to the doctrine of faith, which in itself is Divine. 'Saying, God is with you in all that you are doing' means that it was Divine in every single detail.

[3] 'And now swear to me here by God' means an affirmation. 'That you will not lie to me' means without any element of doubt. 'And to my son, and to my grandson' means regarding matters of faith. 'According to the kindness which I have done to you' means the rational ideas which the Lord had been taught previously. 'May you do to me and to the land in which you have sojourned' means that which is reciprocal.

[4] 'And Abraham said, I will swear' means a complete affirmation. 'And Abraham reproached Abimelech' means the Lord's displeasure. 'On account of a well of water which Abimelech's servants had seized' means the doctrine of faith, that factual knowledge wished to attribute that doctrine to itself.

[5] 'And Abimelech said' means a reply. 'I do not know who has done this thing' means that the rational dictated something different. 'And you also did not point it out to me' means that it did not come from the Divine. 'And I too have not heard about it until today' means that it was now disclosed for the first time.

[6] 'And Abraham took flocks and herds and gave them to Abimelech' means Divine Goods implanted in the rational ideas belonging to doctrine that were meant by Abimelech. 'And the two of them made a covenant' means joined together thus. 'And Abraham set seven ewe-lambs of the flock by themselves' means the holiness of innocence.

[7] 'And Abimelech said to Abraham, What are these seven ewe-lambs which you have set by themselves?' means that He was to be taught and would acknowledge. 'And he said, Because you will take the seven ewe-lambs from my hand' means the holiness of innocence received from the Divine. 'That they may be a witness for me' means certainty. 'That I have dug this well' means that the doctrine came from the Divine.

[8] 'Therefore he called that place Beersheba' means the state and the nature of the doctrine. 'Because there the two of them swore an oath' means as a result of the joining together. 'And they made a covenant in Beersheba' means that the merely human rational ideas were allied to the doctrine of faith. 'And Abimelech rose up, and Phicol the general of his army, and they returned to the land of the Philistines' means that nevertheless they did not form part of that doctrine.

  
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