创世记——第三十七章

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创世记第三十七章： 37:1 雅各住在迦南地，就是他父亲寄居的地。 37:2 雅各的记略如下：约瑟十七岁与他哥哥们一同牧羊。他是个童子，与他父亲的妾辟拉、悉帕的儿子们常在一处。约瑟将他哥哥们的恶行报给他们的父亲。 37:3 以色列原来爱约瑟过于爱他的众子，因为约瑟是他年老生的；他给约瑟做了一件彩衣。 37:4 约瑟的哥哥们见父亲爱约瑟过于爱他们，就恨约瑟，不与他说和睦的话。 37:5 约瑟做了一梦，告诉他哥哥们，他们就越发恨他。 37:6 约瑟对他们说：“请听我所做的梦： 37:7 我们在田里捆禾稼，我的捆起来站著，你们的捆来围著我的捆下拜。” 37:8 他的哥哥们回答说：“难道你真要作我们的王吗？难道你真要管辖我们吗？”他们就因为他的梦和他的话，越发恨他。 37:9 后来他又做了一梦，也告诉他的哥哥们说：“看哪！我又做了一梦，梦见太阳、月亮与十一个星向我下拜。” 37:10 约瑟将这梦告诉他父亲和他哥哥们，他父亲就责备他说：“你做的这是甚么梦！难道我和你母亲、你弟兄果然要来俯伏在地，向你下拜吗？” 37:11 他哥哥们都嫉妒他，他父亲却把这话存在心里。 37:12 约瑟的哥哥们往示剑去，放他们父亲的羊。 37:13 以色列对约瑟说：“你哥哥们不是在示剑放羊吗？你来，我要打发你往他们那里去。”约瑟说：“我在这里。” 37:14 以色列说：“你去看看你哥哥们平安不平安，群羊平安不平安，就回来报信给我。”于是打发他出希伯仑谷，他就往示剑去了。　 37:15 有人遇见他在田野走迷了路，就问他说：“你找甚么？” 37:16 他说：“我找我的哥哥们，求你告诉我他们在何处放羊。” 37:17 那人说：“他们已经走了，我听见他们说要往多坍去。”约瑟就去追赶他哥哥们，遇见他们在多坍。 37:18 他们远远地看见他，趁他还没有走到跟前，大家就同谋要害死他， 37:19 彼此说：“你看！那做梦的来了。 37:20 来吧！我们将他杀了，丢在一个坑里，就说有恶兽把他吃了，我们且看他的梦将来怎么样。” 37:21 吕便听见了，要救他脱离他们的手，说：“我们不可害他的性命。” 37:22 又说：“不可流他的血，可以把他丢在这野地的坑里，不可下手害他。”吕便的意思是要救他脱离他们的手，把他归还他的父亲。 37:23 约瑟到了他哥哥们那里，他们就剥了他的外衣，就是他穿的那件彩衣， 37:24 把他丢在坑里，那坑是空的，里头没有水。 37:25 他们坐下吃饭，举目观看，见有一夥米甸的以实玛利人从基列来，用骆驼驮著香料、乳香、没药，要带下埃及去。 37:26 犹大对众弟兄说：“我们杀我们的兄弟，藏了他的血，有甚么益处呢？ 37:27 我们不如将他卖给以实玛利人，不可下手害他，因为他是我们的兄弟，我们的骨肉。”众弟兄就听从了他。 37:28 有些米甸的商人从那里经过，哥哥们就把约瑟从坑里拉上来，讲定二十舍客勒银子，把约瑟卖给以实玛利人。他们就把约瑟带到埃及去了。 37:29 吕便回到坑边，见约瑟不在坑里，就撕裂衣服， 37:30 回到兄弟们那里说：“童子没有了！我往哪里去才好呢？” 37:31 他们宰了一只公山羊，把约瑟的那件彩衣染了血， 37:32 打发人送到他们的父亲那里说：“我们捡了这个，请认一认，是你儿子的外衣不是？” 37:33 他认得，就说：“这是我儿子的外衣，有恶兽把他吃了，约瑟被撕碎了！撕碎了！” 37:34 雅各便撕裂衣服，腰间围上麻布，为他儿子悲哀了多日。 37:35 他的儿女都起来安慰他，他却不肯受安慰，说：“我必悲哀著下阴间到我儿子那里。”约瑟的父亲就为他哀哭。 37:36 米甸人带约瑟到埃及，把他卖给法老的内臣，护卫长波提乏。

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四·约瑟（三七 1～五Ｏ26）

1．约瑟被卖作奴隶（三七）

　　三七 1～17 “雅各的记略如下”这句似乎来得有点唐突。记载以扫的后裔（三十六章）打断了雅各的历史（二十五至三十五章），由第三十七章开始继续雅各的历史，直到书卷的结尾，重点放在雅各的儿子约瑟身上。虽然圣经从没有提及约瑟具预表象征，但他是旧约预表主耶稣基督最美丽的象征之一。

　　宾克列出一百零一个约瑟与耶稣相关之处，夏碧珊却列出一百二十一处。例如：父亲爱他（3节），他把哥哥们的恶行报给父亲（2节）；哥哥们恨他，把他卖给敌人，交在敌人手里（4，26至28节）；无理被罚（三十九章）；后来被高举，成为世人的救主，因为各地的人都来籴粮（四一57）；他兄长离弃他，在外期间，他娶了外邦女子为妻（四一45）。

　　彩衣（有袖的长袍，修订标准本）是父亲宠爱的表征。当时，人人都有一件长袍或外衣，穿在身上可保暖，旅行时可以当包袱把杂物包在里面，又可用来包裹婴孩，或者用来当坐垫，甚至在急需时可作为当头向人借钱。大多数外衣很朴素，短袖、长及膝。而约瑟的外衣则是贵族所穿用──长袖、长及脚踝、色彩鲜艳的那一种。这件外衣成为雅各宠爱约瑟的标记，激起了众兄长嫉妒憎恶。约瑟与哥哥们的关系本来就已经不融洽，这件彩衣就使他们的关系更趋恶化了。

　　约瑟做了一梦，有十一捆禾稼向第十二捆下拜，预言有一天他的哥哥们要向他下拜。后来他又做了一个梦，梦见太阳、月亮与十一个星向他下拜。太阳、月亮分别代表雅各和利亚（拉结已逝世），十一个星即约瑟的哥哥们（9～11节）。约瑟一连两次作了类似的梦，表明这事乃出于神的命定，必要应验(参四十一32)。神让约瑟连续作两个被高举的梦，乃是为他日后的遭遇豫先作好心理准备，使他在苦难中，仍因这两个梦而不丧志。

　　三七 18～28 父亲打发约瑟出去，替哥哥们报信。约瑟奉父命前来看望哥哥们，不料竟换来他们无情的对待，他们就同谋要害死他。兄弟们赞同流便的建议，把约瑟丢在多坍附近的坑里。他们坐下吃饭时，看见有一伙米甸的以实玛利人往埃及去。约瑟的哥哥们不想承担杀害约瑟的罪，犹大就提出另一个可以除去杀人者内疚的不正确方法。大家就按犹大的建议，要把约瑟卖给他们。在经文里，以实玛利人又名米甸人，与士师记八章22至24节相同。米甸的商人经过时，约瑟的哥哥就把约瑟从坑里拉上来，把约瑟卖给那些商人。

　　三七29～36 这事发生的时候，流便不在场。回来后知悉一切，感到震惊。虽然他撕裂衣服，但实际上他所关心的不是约瑟会怎样，而是他自己会如何，因为他负责要向父亲交待约瑟为何失踪。于是把约瑟的那件彩衣，染了山羊的血，麻木不仁地把彩衣交给雅各。

　　雅各自然就假设约瑟已经死了。雅各曾用山羊欺骗父亲，利用羊皮冒充哥哥长满毛的手臂（二七16～23）。这时他自己也惨被约瑟彩衣上山羊的血所欺骗，他再度尝到被骗的痛苦。那些米甸人不知不觉地成就了神的旨意，免费地把约瑟送到埃及，卖给法老的内臣——波提乏。神使人的忿怒去成就地的荣美，而禁止凡不荣耀他的。

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Genesis 37 Joseph's Dream 1Now Jacob lived in (A)the land where his father had sojourned, in the land of Canaan. 2These are the records of the generations of Jacob. Joseph, when (B)seventeen years of age, was pasturing the flock with his brothers while he was still a youth, along with (C)the sons of Bilhah and the sons of Zilpah, his father's wives And Joseph brought back a (D)bad report about them to their father. 3Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his sons, because he was (E)the son of his old age; and he made him a [a](F)varicolored tunic. 4His brothers saw that their father loved him more than all his brothers; and so they (G)hated him and could not speak to him on friendly terms. 5Then Joseph (H)had a dream, and when he told it to his brothers, they hated him even more. 6He said to them, "Please listen to this dream which I have had; 7for behold, we were binding sheaves in the field, and lo, my sheaf rose up and also stood erect; and behold, your sheaves gathered around and (I)bowed down to my sheaf." 8Then his brothers said to him, "(J)Are you actually going to reign over us? Or are you really going to rule over us?" So they hated him even more for his dreams and for his words. 9Now he had still another dream, and related it to his brothers, and said, "Lo, I have had still another dream; and behold, the sun and the moon and eleven stars were bowing down to me." 10He related it to his father and to his brothers; and his father rebuked him and said to him, "What is this dream that you have had? Shall I and your mother and (K)your brothers actually come to bow ourselves down before you to the ground?" 11(L)His brothers were jealous of him, but his father (M)kept the saying in mind. 12Then his brothers went to pasture their father's flock in Shechem. 13Israel said to Joseph, "Are not your brothers pasturing the flock in (N)Shechem? Come, and I will send you to them." And he said to him, "I will go." 14Then he said to him, "Go now and see about the welfare of your brothers and the welfare of the flock, and bring word back to me." So he sent him from the valley of (O)Hebron, and he came to Shechem. 15A man found him, and behold, he was wandering in the field; and the man asked him, "What are you looking for?" 16He said, "I am looking for my brothers; please tell me where they are pasturing the flock." 17Then the man said, "They have moved from here; for I heard them say, 'Let us go to (P)Dothan.'" So Joseph went after his brothers and found them at Dothan. The Plot against Joseph 18When they saw him from a distance and before he came close to them, they (Q)plotted against him to put him to death. 19They said to one another, "Here comes this dreamer! 20"Now then, come and let us kill him and throw him into one of the pits; and (R)we will say, 'A wild beast devoured him.' Then let us see what will become of his dreams!" 21But (S)Reuben heard this and rescued him out of their hands and said, "Let us not take his life." 22Reuben further said to them, "Shed no blood. Throw him into this pit that is in the wilderness, but do not lay hands on him"--that he might rescue him out of their hands, to restore him to his father. 23So it came about, when Joseph reached his brothers, that they stripped Joseph of his tunic, the varicolored tunic that was on him; 24and they took him and threw him into the pit. Now the pit was empty, without any water in it. 25Then they sat down to eat a meal. And as they raised their eyes and looked, behold, a caravan of (T)Ishmaelites was coming from Gilead, with their camels bearing (U)aromatic gum and (V)balm and myrrh, on their way to bring them down to Egypt. 26Judah said to his brothers, "What profit is it for us to kill our brother and (W)cover up his blood? 27"(X)Come and let us sell him to the Ishmaelites and not lay our hands on him, for he is our brother, our own flesh." And his brothers listened to him. 28Then some (Y)Midianite traders passed by, so they pulled him up and lifted Joseph out of the pit, and (Z)sold him to the Ishmaelites for twenty shekels of silver Thus (AA)they brought Joseph into Egypt. 29Now Reuben returned to the pit, and behold, Joseph was not in the pit; so he (AB)tore his garments. 30He returned to his brothers and said, "(AC)The boy is not there; as for me, where am I to go?" 31So (AD)they took Joseph's tunic, and slaughtered a male goat and dipped the tunic in the blood; 32and they sent the varicolored tunic and brought it to their father and said, "We found this; please examine it to see whether it is your son's tunic or not." 33Then he examined it and said, "It is my son's tunic. (AE)A wild beast has devoured him; (AF)Joseph has surely been torn to pieces!" 34So Jacob (AG)tore his clothes, and put sackcloth on his loins and mourned for his son many days. 35Then all his sons and all his daughters arose to comfort him, but he refused to be comforted. And he said, "Surely I will (AH)go down to Sheol in mourning for my son." So his father wept for him. 36Meanwhile, the Midianites (AI)sold him in Egypt to Potiphar, Pharaoh's officer, the captain of the bodyguard.