创世记——第十八章

约拿

创世记第十八章： 18:1 耶和华在幔利橡树那里，向亚伯拉罕显现出来。那时正热，亚伯拉罕坐在帐棚门口， 18:2 举目观看，见有三个人在对面站着。他一见，就从帐棚门口跑去迎接他们，俯伏在地， 18:3 说：“我主，我若在你眼前蒙恩，求你不要离开仆人往前去。 18:4 容我拿点水来，你们洗洗脚，在树下歇息歇息。 18:5 我再拿一点饼来，你们可以加添心力，然后往前去。你们既到仆人这里来，理当如此。”他们说：“就照你说的行吧！” 18:6 亚伯拉罕急忙进帐棚见撒拉说：“你速速拿三细亚细面调和做饼。” 18:7 亚伯拉罕又跑到牛群里，牵了一只又嫩又好的牛犊来，交给仆人，仆人急忙预备好了。 18:8 亚伯拉罕又取了奶油和奶，并预备好的牛犊来，摆在他们面前，自己在树下站在旁边，他们就吃了。 18:9 他们问亚伯拉罕说：“你妻子撒拉在哪里？”他说：“在帐棚里。” 18:10 三人中有一位说：“到明年这时候，我必要回到你这里，你的妻子撒拉必生一个儿子。”撒拉在那人后边的帐棚门口也听见了这话。 18:11 亚伯拉罕和撒拉年纪老迈，撒拉的月经已断绝了。 18:12 撒拉心里暗笑说：“我既已衰败，我主也老迈，岂能有这喜事呢？” 18:13 耶和华对亚伯拉罕说：“撒拉为什么暗笑说：‘我既已年老，果真能生养吗？’ 18:14 耶和华岂有难成的事吗？到了日期，明年这时候，我必回到你这里，撒拉必生一个儿子。” 18:15 撒拉就害怕，不承认，说：“我没有笑。”那位说：“不然，你实在笑了。” 18:16 三人就从那里起行，向所多玛观看，亚伯拉罕也与他们同行，要送他们一程。 18:17 耶和华说：“我所要做的事岂可瞒着亚伯拉罕呢？ 18:18 亚伯拉罕必要成为强大的国，地上的万国都必因他得福。 18:19 我眷顾他，为要叫他吩咐他的众子和他的眷属遵守我的道，秉公行义，使我所应许亚伯拉罕的话都成就了。” 18:20 耶和华说：“所多玛和蛾摩拉的罪恶甚着，声闻于我。 18:21 我现在要下去，察看他们所行的，果然尽像那达到我耳中的声音一样吗？若是不然，我也必知道。” 18:22 二人转身离开那里，向所多玛去，但亚伯拉罕仍旧站在耶和华面前。 18:23 亚伯拉罕近前来说：“无论善恶，你都要剿灭吗？ 18:24 假若那城里有五十个义人，你还剿灭那地方吗？不为城里这五十个义人饶恕其中的人吗？ 18:25 将义人与恶人同杀，将义人与恶人一样看待，这断不是你所行的。审判全地的主岂不行公义吗？” 18:26 耶和华说：“我若在所多玛城里见有五十个义人，我就为他们的缘故饶恕那地方的众人。” 18:27 亚伯拉罕说：“我虽然是灰尘，还敢对主说话。 18:28 假若这五十个义人短了五个，你就因为短了五个毁灭全城吗？”他说：“我在那里若见有四十五个，也不毁灭那城。” 18:29 亚伯拉罕又对他说：“假若在那里见有四十个怎么样呢？”他说：“为这四十个的缘故，我也不做这事。” 18:30 亚伯拉罕说：“求主不要动怒，容我说，假若在那里见有三十个怎么样呢？”他说：“我在那里若见有三十个，我也不做这事。” 18:31 亚伯拉罕说：“我还敢对主说话，假若在那里见有二十个怎么样呢？”他说：“为这二十个的缘故，我也不毁灭那城。” 18:32 亚伯拉罕说：“求主不要动怒，我再说这一次，假若在那里见有十个呢？”他说：“为这十个的缘故，我也不毁灭那城。” 18:33 耶和华与亚伯拉罕说完了话就走了；亚伯拉罕也回到自己的地方去了。

约拿

6．所多玛与蛾摩拉（一八—一九）

　　一八1～15 第十七章的事件发生后，即有三个人在亚伯拉罕面前显现。其中两人实为天使，一位是主自己。当时亚伯拉罕可能并未认出他们是神和天使，亚伯拉罕和撒拉就按中东典型款待客旅的惯例，不知不觉地接待了天使（来一三2），其中一位比天使更大。

　　“亚伯拉罕坐在帐棚门口”预表他在地上作客旅的地位（住帐棚），常羡慕天上更美的家乡(来十一9，16)，就在这样的光景中，神向他显现，作他的朋友。

　　撒拉无意中听见主说她在明年这时候将要生一个儿子，她的暗笑显出她的不信。耶和华就责问她：“耶和华岂有难成的事么？”即使撒拉对主的应许存疑，耶和华仍多次覆述那应许（9～15节）。希伯来书十一章11节指出，虽然撒拉在这里有失误，但她仍不失为一个有信心的妇人。没有任何事会难倒神，神愿意亲自参与我们的生命，也鼓励我们寻求他的帮助。

　　我们注意第11节“亚伯拉罕和撒拉年纪老迈，撒拉的月经已断绝了。”本节是说明，从人的角度来看，他们是毫无生子的指望了。人的指望常是看自己有无成事的力量和条件，但神行事并不需要人力的配合，因此往往等到人对自己绝望时，神才开始作事。人的尽头，乃是神的起头！

　　一八16～33 耶和华向亚伯拉罕预言，他要剿灭所多玛。两位天使步向那城时，亚伯拉罕就开始那著名代求的倒数——五十个……四十五个……四十个……三十个……二十个……十个。只要城里有十个义人，耶和华也不毁灭那城！亚伯拉罕的祷告正是奏效的代求范例。亚伯拉罕这样代求，只因他深韵审判全地的主（25节）的公义性情，不分善恶乃是违反神公义的原则的，故亚伯拉罕是以神的公义为代祷的根据，唯有对神有深入的认识，才有此胆量和谦逊的表现。

　　亚伯拉罕的代祷，并不是为着感动神的心，而是为着表明神的心。亚伯拉罕所关切的，乃是神的荣耀。因为在他看来，当神审判恶人的时候，如果义人也遭受其害，那么神的义就受到了破坏。基于这个关切，他与神理论，从五十个义人一直减到十个义人，神每一次都答应了。虽然亚伯拉罕的代求停止在十个义人，神却实行不使义人和恶人一灭亡的原则，而搭救了罗得。这里给我们一个非常明显的教训：如果我们关心他的荣耀，他愿意照着我们信心的程度引领我们，并且以他的信实为保证，使我们得着超过我们所求所想的。

　　生命充满奥秘，第25节大概是惟一令人惬意的答案。当你想神是不公平的时候，要记得神的忍耐。即使最敬虔的人都该受神公义的审判。我们应当庆幸，因为神没有像刑罚所多玛那样审判我们。

　　亚伯拉罕停止恳求，耶和华才了结这事而离开（33节）。神知道在所多玛城里不会有十个义人，但是他满有慈爱，让亚伯拉罕为那座城求情，甚至帮助亚伯拉罕的侄儿罗得逃出所多玛，然后才将那城毁灭。神不是以毁灭恶人为乐，但他必要消灭罪恶。

　　我们留意神盛赞亚伯拉罕是个出色的住家男人（19节），的确是令人羡慕的事！神眷顾我们，为要叫我们体念他的心意，带领身边所有的人(包括儿女、亲友和同事等)，教训他们敬畏神。(书廿四15)

主的磐石

当时亚伯拉罕可能并未认出他们是神和天使

到底认出来还是没有认出天使来呢？

如果认出来的话，再去接待就没有什么，

但是如果没有认出来就接待的话，那他有没有接待过其他的路人呢？

主的磐石

18:11 亚伯拉罕和撒拉年纪老迈，撒拉的月经已断绝了。

从生理上讲，月经断了是肯定没有生育能力了，

那以撒是不是也是圣灵感孕的呢？

地上的过客

正准备找个空间把MP3文件传上来，这样大家可以先从 听、读、写、记来阅读圣经，然后再对照着约拿提供的中文圣经和解经来全方位地读经。

Genesis 18

The Three Visitors

¹ The LORD appeared to Abraham near the great trees of Mamre while he was sitting at the entrance to his tent in the heat of the day. ² Abraham looked up and saw three men standing nearby. When he saw them, he hurried from the entrance of his tent to meet them and bowed low to the ground.

³ He said, "If I have found favor in your eyes, my lord, ^[a] do not pass your servant by. ⁴ Let a little water be brought, and then you may all wash your feet and rest under this tree. ⁵ Let me get you something to eat, so you can be refreshed and then go on your way-now that you have come to your servant."

"Very well," they answered, "do as you say."

⁶ So Abraham hurried into the tent to Sarah. "Quick," he said, "get three seahs ^[b] of fine flour and knead it and bake some bread."

⁷ Then he ran to the herd and selected a choice, tender calf and gave it to a servant, who hurried to prepare it. ⁸ He then brought some curds and milk and the calf that had been prepared, and set these before them. While they ate, he stood near them under a tree.

⁹ "Where is your wife Sarah?" they asked him.

"There, in the tent," he said.

¹⁰ Then the LORD ^[c] said, "I will surely return to you about this time next year, and Sarah your wife will have a son."

Now Sarah was listening at the entrance to the tent, which was behind him. ¹¹ Abraham and Sarah were already old and well advanced in years, and Sarah was past the age of childbearing. ¹² So Sarah laughed to herself as she thought, "After I am worn out and my master ^[d] is old, will I now have this pleasure?"

¹³ Then the LORD said to Abraham, "Why did Sarah laugh and say, 'Will I really have a child, now that I am old?' ¹⁴ Is anything too hard for the LORD ? I will return to you at the appointed time next year and Sarah will have a son."

¹⁵ Sarah was afraid, so she lied and said, "I did not laugh."

But he said, "Yes, you did laugh."

Abraham Pleads for Sodom

¹⁶ When the men got up to leave, they looked down toward Sodom, and Abraham walked along with them to see them on their way. ¹⁷ Then the LORD said, "Shall I hide from Abraham what I am about to do? ¹⁸ Abraham will surely become a great and powerful nation, and all nations on earth will be blessed through him. ¹⁹ For I have chosen him, so that he will direct his children and his household after him to keep the way of the LORD by doing what is right and just, so that the LORD will bring about for Abraham what he has promised him."

²⁰ Then the LORD said, "The outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah is so great and their sin so grievous ²¹ that I will go down and see if what they have done is as bad as the outcry that has reached me. If not, I will know."

²² The men turned away and went toward Sodom, but Abraham remained standing before the LORD . ^{[e] 23} Then Abraham approached him and said: "Will you sweep away the righteous with the wicked? ²⁴ What if there are fifty righteous people in the city? Will you really sweep it away and not spare ^[f] the place for the sake of the fifty righteous people in it? ²⁵ Far be it from you to do such a thing-to kill the righteous with the wicked, treating the righteous and the wicked alike. Far be it from you! Will not the Judge ^[g] of all the earth do right?"

²⁶ The LORD said, "If I find fifty righteous people in the city of Sodom, I will spare the whole place for their sake."

²⁷ Then Abraham spoke up again: "Now that I have been so bold as to speak to the Lord, though I am nothing but dust and ashes, ²⁸ what if the number of the righteous is five less than fifty? Will you destroy the whole city because of five people?"

"If I find forty-five there," he said, "I will not destroy it."

²⁹ Once again he spoke to him, "What if only forty are found there?"

He said, "For the sake of forty, I will not do it."

³⁰ Then he said, "May the Lord not be angry, but let me speak. What if only thirty can be found there?"

He answered, "I will not do it if I find thirty there."

³¹ Abraham said, "Now that I have been so bold as to speak to the Lord, what if only twenty can be found there?"

He said, "For the sake of twenty, I will not destroy it."

³² Then he said, "May the Lord not be angry, but let me speak just once more. What if only ten can be found there?"

He answered, "For the sake of ten, I will not destroy it."

³³ When the LORD had finished speaking with Abraham, he left, and Abraham returned home.

wangweixixi

以下是引用地上的过客在2005-1-22 3:57:00的发言：

正准备找个空间把MP3文件传上来，这样大家可以先从 听、读、写、记来阅读圣经，然后再对照着约拿提供的中文圣经和解经来全方位地读经。

.

辛苦了！我正想每天这段圣经能听就好了。

地上的过客

以下是引用wangweixixi在2005-1-22 4:20:00的发言： 辛苦了！我正想每天这段圣经能听就好了。

那就为此事祷告吧，一旦找到空间传上来，我就把链接发在这儿。可以英汉对照的。

沙隆巴斯

谢谢你们的分享 我们下周查这章