创世记——第三十四章

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创世记第三十四章： 34:1 利亚给雅各所生的女儿底拿出去，要见那地的女子们。 34:2 那地的主希未人、哈抹的儿子示剑看见她，就拉住她与她行淫，玷辱她。 34:3 示剑的心系恋雅各的女儿底拿，喜爱这女子，甜言蜜语地安慰她。 34:4 示剑对他父亲哈抹说：“求你为我聘这女子为妻。” 34:5 雅各听见示剑玷污了他的女儿底拿，那时他的儿子们正和群畜在田野，雅各就闭口不言，等他们回来。 34:6 示剑的父亲哈抹出来见雅各，要和他商议。 34:7 雅各的儿子们听见这事，就从田野回来，人人忿恨，十分恼怒，因示剑在以色列家做了丑事，与雅各的女儿行淫，这本是不该做的事。 34:8 哈抹和他们商议说：“我儿子示剑的心恋慕这女子，求你们将她给我的儿子为妻。 34:9 你们与我们彼此结亲，你们可以把女儿给我们，也可以娶我们的女儿。 34:10 你们与我们同住吧！这地都在你们面前，只管在此居住，做买卖，置产业。” 34:11 示剑对女儿的父亲和弟兄们说：“但愿我在你们眼前蒙恩，你们向我要什么，我必给你们。 34:12 任凭向我要多重的聘金和礼物，我必照你们所说的给你们，只要把女子给我为妻。” 34:13 雅各的儿子们，因为示剑玷污了他们的妹子底拿，就用诡诈的话回答示剑和他父亲哈抹， 34:14 对他们说：“我们不能把我们的妹子给没有受割礼的人为妻，因为那是我们的羞辱。 34:15 惟有一件才可以应允，若你们所有的男丁都受割礼，和我们一样， 34:16 我们就把女儿给你们，也娶你们的女儿，我们便与你们同住，两下成为一样的人民； 34:17 倘若你们不听从我们受割礼，我们就带着妹子走了。” 34:18 哈抹和他的儿子示剑喜欢这话。 34:19 那少年人做这事并不迟延，因为他喜爱雅各的女儿。他在他父亲家中也是人最尊重的。 34:20 哈抹和他儿子示剑到本城的门口，对本城的人说： 34:21 “这些人与我们和睦，不如许他们在这地居住，做买卖；这地也宽阔，足可容下他们。我们可以娶他们的女儿为妻，也可以把我们的女儿嫁给他们。 34:22 惟有一件事我们必须做，他们才肯应允和我们同住，成为一样的人民；就是我们中间所有的男丁都要受割礼，和他们一样。 34:23 他们的群畜、货财和一切的牲口岂不都归我们吗？只要依从他们，他们就与我们同住。” 34:24 凡从城门出入的人，就都听从哈抹和他儿子示剑的话。于是，凡从城门出入的男丁都受了割礼。 34:25 到第三天，众人正在疼痛的时候，雅各的两个儿子，就是底拿的哥哥西缅和利未，各拿刀剑，趁着众人想不到的时候，来到城中，把一切男丁都杀了， 34:26 又用刀杀了哈抹和他儿子示剑，把底拿从示剑家里带出来就走了。 34:27 雅各的儿子们因为他们的妹子受了玷污，就来到被杀的人那里，掳掠那城， 34:28 夺了他们的羊群、牛群和驴，并城里田间所有的， 34:29 又把他们一切货财、孩子、妇女，并各房中所有的，都掳掠去了。 34:30 雅各对西缅和利未说：“你们连累我，使我在这地的居民中，就是在迦南人和比利洗人中，有了臭名。我的人丁既然稀少，他们必聚集来击杀我，我和全家的人都必灭绝。” 34:31 他们说：“他岂可待我们的妹子如同妓女吗？”

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7．在示剑犯罪（三四）

　　三四1～12 本章没有提及神的名。雅各一家在示剑生活。女儿底拿与外邦女子交往，违背了与外邦人保持适当距离的原则。有一次，哈抹的儿子示剑奸污了她，又极希望娶她为妻。哈抹深知这激怒雅各和他的众子，就提出一个和平的解决方案：以色列人与迦南人通婚，答应以色列人能享有当地公民的所有权益（撒但用尽各种方法玷污神的族类，第9节算是其中一处）。示剑任凭雅各要求多重的聘金和礼物，他都愿意付上。

　　三四13～24 雅各的儿子们无意让底拿嫁给示剑，却伪称若这城的人受割礼，就让妹子嫁给示剑。他们恶意盗用神立约的神圣记号。哈抹、示剑和城中所有的男丁都守信，听从他们的话。

　　三四25～31 但当示剑人在手术后康复期间（行割礼后第三天，乃是伤口最痛楚、全身最无力气的时候），西缅和利未背信，把他们杀掉，掳掠他们的财物。雅各淡然的责骂了他们一顿，西缅和利未回覆，绝不能把妹子当作是妓女。其实，雅各似乎比较关心自己的财富，过于对示剑人所作的恐怖、不义的事情。注意在第30节，他用第一人称代名词“我”用了八次。可见当时人们的道德观念，仍然建立在自我为中心上。

　　西缅和利未为要报复示剑奸污底拿，就欺骗、抢掠、杀害示剑城的人。他们要伸张公义的心是对的，但是为求目的不择手段却是错了。因为他们的罪行，父亲雅各在临终前咒诅他们（创四九5-7）。对于作恶的人施以报复，似乎是一件令人心快的事，但是他们的行动却是可鄙的，因为他们的行动包含着背信和毁约。当我们想以恶报恶的时候，千万不要鲁莽，人没有权利为着公义的理由行作不义。我们永远不能作恶以达善，我们也不可用邪恶的方法，刑罚邪恶的人。只要让神伸冤报应，我们就可以避免陷入罪恶的网罗里。

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Genesis 34 The Treachery of Jacob's Sons 1Now (A)Dinah the daughter of Leah, whom she had borne to Jacob, went out to visit the daughters of the land. 2When Shechem the son of Hamor (B)the Hivite, the prince of the land, saw her, he took her and lay with her by force. 3He was deeply attracted to Dinah the daughter of Jacob, and he loved the girl and spoke tenderly to her. 4So Shechem (C)spoke to his father Hamor, saying, "Get me this young girl for a wife." 5Now Jacob heard that he had defiled Dinah his daughter; but his sons were with his livestock in the field, so Jacob kept silent until they came in. 6Then Hamor the father of Shechem went out to Jacob to speak with him. 7Now the sons of Jacob came in from the field when they heard it; and the men were grieved, and they were very angry because he had done a (D)disgraceful thing in Israel by lying with Jacob's daughter, for such a thing ought not to be done. 8But Hamor spoke with them, saying, "The soul of my son Shechem longs for your daughter; please give her to him in marriage. 9"Intermarry with us; give your daughters to us and take our daughters for yourselves. 10"Thus you shall live with us, and (E)the land shall be open before you; live and (F)trade in it and (G)acquire property in it." 11Shechem also said to her father and to her brothers, "If I find favor in your sight, then I will give whatever you say to me. 12"Ask me ever so much bridal payment and gift, and I will give according as you say to me; but give me the girl in marriage." 13But Jacob's sons answered Shechem and his father Hamor with deceit, because he had defiled Dinah their sister. 14They said to them, "We cannot do this thing, to give our sister to (H)one who is uncircumcised, for that would be a disgrace to us. 15"Only on this condition will we consent to you: if you will become like us, in that every male of you be circumcised, 16then we will give our daughters to you, and we will take your daughters for ourselves, and we will live with you and become one people. 17"But if you will not listen to us to be circumcised, then we will take our daughter and go." 18Now their words seemed reasonable to Hamor and Shechem, Hamor's son. 19The young man did not delay to do the thing, because he was delighted with Jacob's daughter. Now he was more respected than all the household of his father. 20So Hamor and his son Shechem came to the (I)gate of their city and spoke to the men of their city, saying, 21"These men are friendly with us; therefore let them live in the land and trade in it, for behold, the land is large enough for them. Let us take their daughters in marriage, and give our daughters to them. 22"Only on this condition will the men consent to us to live with us, to become one people: that every male among us be circumcised as they are circumcised. 23"Will not their livestock and their property and all their animals be ours? Only let us consent to them, and they will live with us." 24(J)All who went out of the gate of his city listened to Hamor and to his son Shechem, and every male was circumcised, all who went out of the gate of his city. 25Now it came about on the third day, when they were in pain, that two of Jacob's sons, (K)Simeon and Levi, Dinah's brothers, each took his sword and came upon the city unawares, and killed every male. 26They killed Hamor and his son Shechem with the edge of the sword, and took Dinah from Shechem's house, and went forth. 27Jacob's sons came upon the slain and looted the city, because they had defiled their sister. 28They took their flocks and their herds and their donkeys, and that which was in the city and that which was in the field; 29and they captured and looted all their wealth and all their little ones and their wives, even all that was in the houses. 30Then Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, "You have (L)brought trouble on me by (M)making me odious among the inhabitants of the land, among (N)the Canaanites and the Perizzites; and (O)my men being few in number, they will gather together against me and attack me and I will be destroyed, I and my household." 31But they said, "Should he treat our sister as a harlot?"