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创世记第14章

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1 当暗拉非作示拿,亚略作以拉撒,基大老玛作以拦,提达作戈印的时候,

2 他们都攻打所多玛比拉、蛾摩拉比沙、押玛示纳、洗扁善以别,和比拉;比拉就是琐珥。

3 这五都在西订会合;西订就是

4 他们已经事奉基大老玛十二年,到十三年就背叛了。

5 十四年,基大老玛和同盟的在亚特律加宁,杀败了利乏音人,在哈麦杀败了苏西人,在沙微基列亭杀败了以米人,

6 在何利人的西珥杀败了何利人,一直杀到靠近旷野的伊勒巴兰。

7 他们回到安密巴,就是加低斯,杀败了亚玛力全地的人,以及在哈洗逊他玛的亚摩利人。

8 於是所多玛王、蛾摩拉王、押玛王、洗扁王,和比拉王(比拉就是琐珥)都出来,在西订摆阵,与他们交战,

9 就是与以拦基大老玛、戈印提达、示拿暗拉非、以拉撒亚略交战;乃是与五交战。

10 西订有许多石漆坑。所多玛和蛾摩拉逃跑,有掉在坑里的,其馀的人都往逃跑

11 四王就把所多玛和蛾摩拉所有的财物,并一切的粮食都掳掠去了;

12 又把亚伯兰的侄儿罗得和罗得的财物掳掠去了。当时罗得正所多玛

13 有一个逃出的人告诉希伯来人亚伯兰亚伯兰正住在亚摩利人幔利的橡树那里。幔利和以实各并亚乃都是弟兄,曾与亚伯兰联盟。

14 亚伯兰见他侄儿(原文作弟兄)被掳去,就率领他家里生养的精练壮丁一十八人,直追到但,

15 便在夜间,自己同仆人分队杀败敌人,又追到大马色左边的何把,

16 将被掳掠的一切财物夺回来,连他侄儿罗得和他的财物,以及妇女、人民也都夺回来

17 亚伯兰杀败基大老玛和与他同盟的回来的时候,所多玛出来,在沙微迎接他;沙微就是

18 又有撒冷王麦基洗德带着饼和酒出来迎接;他是至神的祭司。

19 他为亚伯兰祝福:愿的主、至的神赐福与亚伯兰

20 的神把敌人交在你里,是应当称颂的!亚伯兰就把所得的拿出十分之一来,麦基洗德。

21 所多玛王对亚伯兰:你把人口我,财物你自己拿去罢!

22 亚伯兰所多玛:我已经向─至的神耶和华起誓:

23 凡是你的东西,就是一根线、一根鞋带,我都不拿,免得你:我使亚伯兰富足!

24 只有仆人所的,并与我同行的亚乃、以实各、幔利所应得的分,可以任凭他们拿去。

   

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Arcana Coelestia#1703

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1703. That the name 'a Hebrew' is used in the Word in reference to things which have to do with some form of service is clear from the following places: In Moses,

When your brother, a Hebrew man or a Hebrew woman, is sold to you, and serves you for six years, then in the seventh year you shall let him go free from you. Deuteronomy 15:12.

Here the expressions 'a Hebrew men' and 'a Hebrew women' are used because servitude is the subject. In Jeremiah,

At the end of seven years you shall let go every man his brother that is a Hebrew who has been sold to you and has served you for six years. Jeremiah 34:9, 14.

Here similarly the name 'Hebrew' occurs because servitude is the subject, though the sons of Jacob are not called Hebrews in other places in the Prophets. In Samuel,

The Philistines said, Take heart and acquit yourselves like men, lest you be slaves to the Hebrews as they have served you. 1 Samuel 4:9.

Here the meaning is similar.

[2] In Moses,

Jehovah said to Moses, Go in to Pharaoh and say to him, Thus said Jehovah the God of the Hebrews, Let My people go so that they may serve Me. Exodus 9:1, 13; 10:3.

Here too because of their servitude they were called Hebrews. Potiphar's wife referred to Joseph as a Hebrew,

She called to the men of her house, and said to them, See, he has brought us a Hebrew man to make sport of us. Genesis 39:14.

He is called 'a Hebrew' because he was a slave there. The chief of the cup-bearers said to Pharaoh,

There was with us a Hebrew lad, a slave of the chief of the guards, and he interpreted our dreams to us. Genesis 41:12.

In addition the Egyptians called the children of Israel Hebrews, because they were slaves, or in slavery, as is well known from Exodus 1:15-16, 19, and elsewhere.

  
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Thanks to the Swedenborg Society for the permission to use this translation.