创世记——第五十章

约拿

创世记第五十章： 50:1 约瑟伏在他父亲的面上哀哭，与他亲嘴。 50:2 约瑟吩咐伺候他的医生，用香料薰他父亲，医生就用香料薰了以色列。 50:3 薰尸的常例是四十天，那四十天满了，埃及人为他哀哭了七十天。 50:4 为他哀哭的日子过了，约瑟对法老家中的人说：“我若在你们眼前蒙恩，请你们报告法老说： 50:5 ‘我父亲要死的时候叫我起誓说：你要将我葬在迦南地，在我为自己所掘的坟墓里。现在求你让我上去葬我父亲，以后我必回来。’” 50:6 法老说：“你可以上去，照著你父亲叫你起的誓，将他葬埋。” 50:7 于是约瑟上去葬他父亲。与他一同上去的，有法老的臣仆和法老家中的长老，并埃及国的长老， 50:8 还有约瑟的全家和他的弟兄们，并他父亲的眷属；只有他们的妇人、孩子和羊群、牛群，都留在歌珊地； 50:9 又有车辆马兵，和他一同上去；那一帮人甚多。 50:10 他们到了约旦河外、亚达的禾场，就在那里大大地号啕痛哭。约瑟为他父亲哀哭了七天。 50:11 迦南的居民见亚达禾场上的哀哭，就说：“这是埃及人一场极大的哀哭。”因此那地方名叫亚伯麦西，是在约旦河东。 50:12 雅各的儿子们就遵著他父亲所吩咐的办了， 50:13 把他搬到迦南地，葬在幔利前、麦比拉田间的洞里。那洞和田是亚伯拉罕向赫人以弗仑买来为业，作坟地的。 50:14 约瑟葬了他父亲以后，就和众弟兄，并一切同他上去葬他父亲的人，都回埃及去了。 50:15 约瑟的哥哥们见父亲死了，就说：“或者约瑟怀恨我们，照著我们从前待他一切的恶，足足地报复我们。” 50:16 他们就打发人去见约瑟说：“你父亲未死以先吩咐说： 50:17 ‘你们要对约瑟这样说：从前你哥哥们恶待你，求你饶恕他们的过犯和罪恶。’如今求你饶恕你父亲　神之仆人的过犯。”他们对约瑟说这话，约瑟就哭了。 50:18 他的哥哥们又来俯伏在他面前说：“我们是你的仆人。” 50:19 约瑟对他们说：“不要害怕，我岂能代替　神呢？ 50:20 从前你们的意思是要害我，但　神的意思原是好的，要保全许多人的性命，成就今日的光景。 50:21 现在你们不要害怕，我必养活你们和你们的妇人孩子。”于是约瑟用亲爱的话安慰他们。 50:22 约瑟和他父亲的眷属都住在埃及。约瑟活了一百一十岁。 50:23 约瑟得见以法莲第三代的子孙；玛拿西的孙子、玛吉的儿子也养在约瑟的膝上。 50:24 约瑟对他弟兄们说：“我要死了，但　神必定看顾你们，领你们从这地上去，到他起誓所应许给亚伯拉罕、以撒、雅各之地。” 50:25 约瑟叫以色列的子孙起誓说：“　神必定看顾你们，你们要把我的骸骨从这里搬上去。” 50:26 约瑟死了，正一百一十岁。人用香料将他薰了，把他收殓在棺材里，停在埃及。

约拿

12．雅各和约瑟相继在埃及辞世（五Ｏ）

　　五Ｏ1～14 雅各活到147岁去世，约瑟为他哀哭了好几个月。雅各死时，连埃及人也为他衷哭了七十天。宫内的医生用香料蓄了他的遗体。其后，法老准许约瑟把父亲遗体运返迦南，同行的有官员、亲属和仆人，为数甚多。他们到了约但河东，哀哭了七天。迦南的居民给这埃及的平原（或作哀哭）起名叫亚伯麦西。约瑟和同行的人在希伯仑麦比拉田间的洞埋葬了父亲之后；就回埃及去了。

　　当年亚伯拉罕为了埋葬妻子撒拉，买了麦比拉田间的洞穴作为墓地（二三1-9），那块地也成为他整个家族的墓地。雅各是亚伯拉罕的孙子，他的儿子们把他的遗体送回迦南地，葬在这个洞里，在亚伯拉罕和以撒旁边。他们要葬在这个洞里的心愿，显示他们对神的应许充满信心，相信他必把迦南地赐给他们的后代为业。

　　五Ｏ15～21 雅各死后，约瑟的哥哥们恐怕约瑟报复他们，就打发人去见约瑟。声称父亲雅各生前吩咐约瑟要饶恕他们的过犯和罪恶。约瑟表示他毫无报复或审判哥哥之意，因神掌管万事。反之，他安慰他们说：“从前你们的意思是要害我，但神的意思原是好的。”他叫哥哥们不用提心吊胆。

　　神将约瑟哥哥的恶行、波提乏妻子的诬告、酒政的忘恩负义、埃及的七年大饥荒这些事，统统变为对约瑟有益的事。约瑟从生活经验中学到：只要信靠神，神能转祸为福。同样我们也可以像约瑟一样地倚靠神，他能破坏人的恶谋，以成全他的计划。你有足够的信心，耐心地等候神在恶劣的环境中转祸为福吗？

　　五Ｏ22～26 约瑟显然是雅各十二个儿子最早辞世的一个。雅各死后五十四年，约瑟便离世了。他毫不怀疑神会守约，终有一天他必带以色列人回到应许地，他吩咐人要把他的骸骨葬在那地。他信神必带领以色列民重返迦南，这是何等大的信心！希伯来书十一章22节赞许他的信心。

　　有人指出，创世记以神完美无暇的创造作始，以停在埃及的棺材结终。这是一本传记。神用两章经文说明他如何创天造地，却用四十八章描述人类的生活。神最关心的始终是人。对认识他的人来说，这实在是安慰，也是激励！

　　创世记中详细地描述了许多与神同行的伟人，他们虽然有时成功，却也常常失败。我们读他们的传记，会学到许多功课。他们从哪里得到勇气和动力呢？就是认知神与他们同在，不论他们的环境是怎样恶劣。我们知道了这个秘诀，就当得到鼓舞，对神忠心，倚靠他的引导，并运用他所赐给我们的能力，与他同行。

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有人指出，创世记以神完美无暇的创造作始，以停在埃及的棺材结终。这是一本传记。

这里我再补充几句，创世纪是人类的来源史，告诉人上帝起初造天地造人是那样的美 好。圣经说神就赐福给这一切，因为神爱自己所造的！而且还说神看一切所造的都甚好！ 可创世纪的终结却是以一符棺材作终结是为什么呢？这也告诉我们，神原来造的是好的， 可是人类始祖因为自己犯罪得罪神，还不承认自己所犯的罪，还把一切罪的责任都推卸给 神自己！（今日的人类也是如此啊！）因此可悲的罪的结局就是死！死就从此带进了人类 结局里面，罗马书说罪是从一人入了世界，而死从此就临到了众人了！所以从神美好的创 造里因着人的犯罪从此就宣判了人类的结局，就是死~~~！！多么可悲的结局啊！但神因 为爱人类的缘故他就早已又为人类预备了救恩就是赎罪的羔羊上帝的儿子耶稣基督来世上 拯救人类！叫一切信他的不至灭亡反得永生！这是神莫大的怜悯和慈爱啊~~！！！因他不 愿意看着自己所爱的人类就这样以死作结局！所以差谴主耶稣到世，他甘愿舍己救人啊！

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Genesis 50 The Death of Israel 1Then Joseph fell on his father's face, and wept over him and kissed him. 2Joseph commanded his servants the physicians to embalm his father. So the physicians (A)embalmed Israel. 3Now forty days were required for it, for such is the period required for embalming. And the Egyptians (B)wept for him seventy days. 4When the days of mourning for him were past, Joseph spoke to the household of Pharaoh, saying, "If now I have found favor in your sight, please speak to Pharaoh, saying, 5'(C)My father made me swear, saying, "Behold, I am about to die; in my grave (D)which I dug for myself in the land of Canaan, there you shall bury me." Now therefore, please let me go up and bury my father; then I will return.'" 6Pharaoh said, "Go up and bury your father, as he made you swear." 7So Joseph went up to bury his father, and with him went up all the servants of Pharaoh, the elders of his household and all the elders of the land of Egypt, 8and all the household of Joseph and his brothers and his father's household; they left only their little ones and their flocks and their herds in the land of Goshen. 9There also went up with him both chariots and horsemen; and it was a very great company. 10When they came to the threshing floor of Atad, which is beyond the Jordan, they (E)lamented there with a very great and sorrowful lamentation; and he observed seven days mourning for his father. 11Now when the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, saw the mourning at the threshing floor of Atad, they said, "This is a grievous mourning for the Egyptians." Therefore it was named Abel-mizraim, which is beyond the Jordan. Burial at Machpelah 12Thus his sons did for him as he had charged them; 13for his sons carried him to the land of Canaan and buried him in (F)the cave of the field of Machpelah before Mamre, which Abraham had bought along with the field for a burial site from Ephron the Hittite. 14After he had buried his father, Joseph returned to Egypt, he and his brothers, and all who had gone up with him to bury his father. 15When Joseph's brothers saw that their father was dead, they said, "(G)What if Joseph bears a grudge against us and pays us back in full for all the wrong which we did to him!" 16So they sent a message to Joseph, saying, "Your father charged before he died, saying, 17'Thus you shall say to Joseph, "Please forgive, I beg you, the transgression of your brothers and their sin, for they did you wrong."' And now, please forgive the transgression of the servants of the God of your father." And Joseph wept when they spoke to him. 18Then his brothers also came and (H)fell down before him and said, "Behold, we are your servants." 19But Joseph said to them, "Do not be afraid, for am I in God's place? 20"As for you, (I)you meant evil against me, but God meant it for good in order to bring about this present result, to preserve many people alive. 21"So therefore, do not be afraid; (J)I will provide for you and your little ones." So he comforted them and spoke kindly to them. Death of Joseph 22Now Joseph stayed in Egypt, he and his father's household, and Joseph lived one hundred and ten years. 23Joseph saw the third generation of Ephraim's sons; also the sons of Machir, the son of Manasseh, were (K)born on Joseph's knees. 24Joseph said to his brothers, "(L)I am about to die, but God will surely take care of you and bring you up from this land to the land which He promised on oath to (M)Abraham, to (N)Isaac and to (O)Jacob." 25Then Joseph made the sons of Israel swear, saying, "God will surely take care of you, and (P)you shall carry my bones up from here." 26So Joseph died at the age of one hundred and ten years; and he was (Q)embalmed and placed in a coffin in Egypt.