创世记——第二十八章

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创世记第二十八章： 28:1 以撒叫了雅各来，给他祝福，并嘱咐他说：“你不要娶迦南的女子为妻。 28:2 你起身往巴旦亚兰去，到你外祖彼土利家里，在你母舅拉班的女儿中娶一女为妻。 28:3 愿全能的　神赐福给你，使你生养众多，成为多族， 28:4 将应许亚伯拉罕的福赐给你和你的后裔，使你承受你所寄居的地为业，就是　神赐给亚伯拉罕的地。” 28:5 以撒打发雅各走了，他就往巴旦亚兰去，到亚兰人彼土利的儿子拉班那里，拉班是雅各、以扫的母舅。 28:6 以扫见以撒已经给雅各祝福，而且打发他往巴旦亚兰去，在那里娶妻，并见祝福的时候嘱咐他说：“不要娶迦南的女子为妻。” 28:7 又见雅各听从父母的话往巴旦亚兰去了， 28:8 以扫就晓得他父亲以撒看不中迦南的女子， 28:9 便往以实玛利那里去，在他二妻之外，又娶了玛哈拉为妻。她是亚伯拉罕儿子以实玛利的女儿，尼拜约的妹子。 28:10 雅各出了别是巴，向哈兰走去。 28:11 到了一个地方，因为太阳落了，就在那里住宿，便拾起那地方的一块石头枕在头下，在那里躺卧睡了。 28:12 梦见一个梯子立在地上，梯子的头顶着天，有　神的使者在梯子上，上去下来。 28:13 耶和华站在梯子以上（注：或作“站在他旁边”）说：“我是耶和华你祖亚伯拉罕的　神，也是以撒的　神，我要将你现在所躺卧之地赐给你和你的后裔。 28:14 你的后裔必像地上的尘沙那样多，必向东西南北开展，地上万族必因你和你的后裔得福。 28:15 我也与你同在，你无论往哪里去，我必保佑你，领你归回这地，总不离弃你，直到我成全了向你所应许的。” 28:16 雅各睡醒了，说：“耶和华真在这里，我竟不知道！” 28:17 就惧怕说：“这地方何等可畏！这不是别的，乃是　神的殿，也是天的门。” 28:18 雅各清早起来，把所枕的石头立作柱子，浇油在上面。 28:19 他就给那地方起名叫伯特利（注：就是“　神殿”的意思）；但那地方起先名叫路斯。 28:20 雅各许愿说：“　神若与我同在，在我所行的路上保佑我，又给我食物吃、衣服穿， 28:21 使我平平安安地回到我父亲的家，我就必以耶和华为我的　神， 28:22 我所立为柱子的石头也必作　神的殿，凡你所赐给我的，我必将十分之一献给你。”

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2．雅各逃到哈兰（二八）

　　二八1～9 以撒叫了雅各来，给他祝福，叫他起身往巴旦亚兰去。巴旦亚兰是米索波大米的地区，在那里他可以娶与母亲同族的女子为妻，而不娶迦南女子为妻。这事触发以扫娶以实玛利的女儿为妻，以为借此可以重得父亲的祝福（以扫娶了两个异教女子为妻以后，希望从以实玛利家中再娶一个女子，以讨父母的欢心）。以扫自以为这样作，就会讨神的欢心，却不知所作的乃是违反神旨意的事，这样做是得罪神的（另娶一妻）。

　　二八10～19 伯特利在耶路撒冷以北大约十六公里、别是巴以北大约一百公里处（就在别是巴，雅各离家逃亡）。雅各在伯特利做了一个奇怪的梦，他看见有一把梯子立在地上，梯子的头顶着天，表示“天与地，尤其是荣耀的神与孤零的人实在有不能分割的亲密关系。”雅各在旷野无路可走，但神不绝人之路；世上的交通可以断绝，天上的交通总是畅达。

　　主耶稣与拿但业会面时，清楚说明这件事，更把这事连系到他的再来和千禧荣耀上（约一51）。但信徒现在甚至可以时时刻刻与主相交。此时，雅各内心可能百感交杂，对过往自己所作的感到悔疚，现在感到孤单，对将来的前路感到茫然。神恩待他，与他立约，正如他与亚伯拉罕和以撒立约一样。13至15节神对雅各所说的话，乃是肯定第四节以撒对雅各的祝福。神的话中没有半点责备，而是一连串的应许和祝福：从我是耶和华开始，他的应许从过去一直延展到遥远的将来；从雅各现在所在之处开展到地的四方；更从他个人扩展到全人类。

　　注意神应许与雅各同在：“我也与你同在”；保护他：“你无论往那里去，我必保佑你”；引导他：“领你归回这地”；和个人的担保：“总不离弃你，直到我成全了向你所应许的”。

　　雅各那一夜的经历，使他认识了一个不变的事实，那就是耶和华的同在，是一直不变的，他一直都与我们亲近。那些上去下来的使者，给他指出天和地永远的亲近，并且他所听见神的声音，正是那位恒久与他亲近者的声音。因此当他睡醒后，他认识了这宝贵的事实，把原先名为“路斯”（“分隔”的意思）的地起名叫“伯特利”，意思就是“神的家”。

　　雅各在伯特利遇见神，感到万分惊喜，呆若木鸡。但在此之前，他从未与神有过个人接触，他得知的全只都是二手的听闻；如今他亲自与神面对面的遇见。遇见神，通常是信徒灵命长进的第一步。

　　二八20～22 随后，雅各似乎要与神讨价还价。其实，他向神讨的比神应许赐他的还要少（14节）。雅各未能单信靠神的话，可见他的信心仍未坚固。他要与神达成协议，要神履行承诺，才作十分一奉献。然而，也有另一个说法是“若”字只不过是希伯来誓言固有的一部分，雅各只想约束自己，无条件地作十分之一的奉献（参看民二一2；士一一30，31；撒上一11记载类似的誓言）

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Genesis 28 Jacob Is Sent Away 1So Isaac called Jacob and (A)blessed him and charged him, and said to him, "(B)You shall not take a wife from the daughters of Canaan. 2"Arise, go to Paddan-aram, to the house of (C)Bethuel your mother's father; and from there take to yourself a wife from the daughters of Laban your mother's brother. 3"May (D)God Almighty (E)bless you and (F)make you fruitful and (G)multiply you, that you may become a (H)company of peoples. 4"May He also give you the (I)blessing of Abraham, to you and to your descendants with you, that you may (J)possess the land of your (K)sojournings, which God gave to Abraham." 5Then (L)Isaac sent Jacob away, and he went to Paddan-aram to Laban, son of Bethuel the Aramean, the brother of Rebekah, the mother of Jacob and Esau. 6Now Esau saw that Isaac had blessed Jacob and sent him away to Paddan-aram to take to himself a wife from there, and that when he blessed him he charged him, saying, "(M)You shall not take a wife from the daughters of Canaan," 7and that Jacob had obeyed his father and his mother and had gone to Paddan-aram. 8So Esau saw that (N)the daughters of Canaan displeased his father Isaac; 9and Esau went to Ishmael, and married, (O)besides the wives that he had, Mahalath the daughter of Ishmael, Abraham's son, the sister of Nebaioth. Jacob's Dream 10Then Jacob departed from (P)Beersheba and went toward (Q)Haran. 11He came to a (R)certain place and spent the night there, because the sun had set; and he took one of the stones of the place and put it under his head, and lay down in that place. 12(S)He had a dream, and behold, a ladder was set on the earth with its top reaching to heaven; and behold, (T)the angels of God were ascending and descending on it. 13And behold, (U)the LORD stood above it and said, "I am the LORD, (V)the God of your father Abraham and the God of Isaac; the land on which you lie, I will give it (W)to you and to (X)your descendants. 14"Your descendants will also be like (Y)the dust of the earth, and you will spread out (Z)to the west and to the east and to the north and to the south; and (AA)in you and in your descendants shall all the families of the earth be blessed. 15"Behold, (AB)I am with you and (AC)will keep you wherever you go, and (AD)will bring you back to this land; for (AE)I will not leave you until I have done what I have promised you." 16Then Jacob (AF)awoke from his sleep and said, "(AG)Surely the LORD is in this place, and I did not know it." 17He was afraid and said, "(AH)How awesome is this place! This is none other than the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven." 18So Jacob rose early in the morning, and took (AI)the stone that he had put under his head and set it up as a pillar and poured oil on its top. 19He called the name of that place [a](AJ)Bethel; however, previously the name of the city had been (AK)Luz. 20Then Jacob (AL)made a vow, saying, "(AM)If God will be with me and will keep me on this journey that I take, and will give me (AN)food to eat and garments to wear, 21and (AO)I return to my father's house in safety, (AP)then the LORD will be my God. 22"This stone, which I have set up as a pillar, (AQ)will be God's house, and (AR)of all that You give me I will surely give a tenth to You."