创世记——第四十五章

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创世记第四十五章： 45:1 约瑟在左右站着的人面前情不自禁，吩咐一声说：“人都要离开我出去！”约瑟和弟兄们相认的时候，并没有一人站在他面前。 45:2 他就放声大哭，埃及人和法老家中的人都听见了。 45:3 约瑟对他弟兄们说：“我是约瑟，我的父亲还在吗？”他弟兄不能回答，因为在他面前都惊惶。 45:4 约瑟又对他弟兄们说：“请你们近前来。”他们就近前来，他说：“我是你们的兄弟约瑟，就是你们所卖到埃及的。 45:5 现在，不要因为把我卖到这里自忧自恨，这是　神差我在你们以先来，为要保全生命。 45:6 现在这地的饥荒已经二年了，还有五年不能耕种，不能收成。 45:7 神差我在你们以先来，为要给你们存留余种在世上，又要大施拯救，保全你们的生命。 45:8 这样看来，差我到这里来的不是你们，乃是　神。他又使我如法老的父，作他全家的主，并埃及全地的宰相。 45:9 你们要赶紧上到我父亲那里，对他说：‘你儿子约瑟这样说：　神使我作全埃及的主，请你下到我这里来，不要耽延。 45:10 你和你的儿子、孙子，连牛群、羊群，并一切所有的，都可以住在歌珊地，与我相近， 45:11 我要在那里奉养你；因为还有五年的饥荒，免得你和你的眷属，并一切所有的，都败落了。’ 45:12 况且你们的眼和我兄弟便雅悯的眼，都看见是我亲口对你们说话。 45:13 你们也要将我在埃及一切的荣耀和你们所看见的事，都告诉我父亲，又要赶紧地将我父亲搬到我这里来。” 45:14 于是约瑟伏在他兄弟便雅悯的颈项上哭；便雅悯也在他的颈项上哭。 45:15 他又与众弟兄亲嘴，抱着他们哭，随后他弟兄们就和他说话。 45:16 这风声传到法老的宫里说：“约瑟的弟兄们来了。”法老和他的臣仆都很喜欢。 45:17 法老对约瑟说：“你吩咐你的弟兄们说：‘你们要这样行：把驮子抬在牲口上，起身往迦南地去。 45:18 将你们的父亲和你们的眷属都搬到我这里来，我要把埃及地的美物赐给你们，你们也要吃这地肥美的出产。’ 45:19 “现在我吩咐你们要这样行：‘从埃及地带着车辆去，把你们的孩子和妻子，并你们的父亲都搬来。 45:20 你们眼中不要爱惜你们的家具，因为埃及全地的美物都是你们的。’” 45:21 以色列的儿子们就如此行。约瑟照着法老的吩咐给他们车辆和路上用的食物， 45:22 又给他们各人一套衣服，惟独给便雅悯三百银子，五套衣服； 45:23 送给他父亲公驴十匹，驮着埃及的美物；母驴十匹，驮着粮食与饼和菜，为他父亲路上用。 45:24 于是约瑟打发他弟兄们回去，又对他们说：“你们不要在路上相争。” 45:25 他们从埃及上去，来到迦南地他们的父亲雅各那里， 45:26 告诉他说：“约瑟还在，并且作埃及全地的宰相。”雅各心里冰凉，因为不信他们。 45:27 他们便将约瑟对他们说的一切话都告诉了他。他们父亲雅各，又看见约瑟打发来接他的车辆，心就苏醒了。 45:28 以色列说：“罢了！罢了！我的儿子约瑟还在，趁我未死以先，我要去见他一面。”

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7．约瑟向哥哥们揭露身分（四五）

　　四五1～8 本章是圣经中最感人的一幕。约瑟吩咐仆人出去，他心情激动，放声大哭，并向兄弟说明自己的身分。他叫众兄不要为卖他而自忧自恨。因为神掌管一切，在这事上有他美意。尽管约瑟的哥哥们想把约瑟除掉，但神却能使用他们的恶行来成全他最终的计划。他打发约瑟先到埃及，不单保存了雅各全家的性命，拯救了埃及，也为建立以色列或成为一个国家作好准备。

　　神在人邪恶的行为上，仍然掌权，藉以成全他的旨意，他的计划不受人的行动影响。在信心里预先计算那成全的日子，能使我们在艰苦跋涉的途中歌唱，使我们能说：“这是正路，我们要行在其中。”

　　四五9～15 众兄弟要请父亲、他们一家和一切的财产都带来埃及的歌珊地，度过余下五年的饥荒。“你们也要将我在埃及一切的荣耀都告诉我父亲。”我们也可遵行这吩咐，在神面前述说他爱子的荣耀。约瑟拥抱使雅悯，然后与众兄弟来嘴。心中的激愤如深渊之源，瀑瀑而出。

　　约瑟曾被弃、被拐、被卖、被囚。虽然他的哥哥们恶待他，他却宽宏大量地饶恕他们，并与他们同享富足。约瑟与兄弟重遇，喜极而泣，场面感人，正是基督在各各他山上向以色列民显明自己是弥赛亚君王的前奏。

　　四五 16～24 法老得闻约瑟的兄弟们来了，就吩咐约瑟的兄弟往迦南去，把父亲和家眷接到埃及来。他们不用搬运笨重的家具，法老可供给他们一切的出产。兄弟带着约瑟给他们各人一套美服，牲口和日用品，乘坐法老为他们预备的车辆返回迦南。约瑟另给便雅悯一些金钱和五套衣服。约瑟深怕兄弟在返家途中，互相谴责早年亏待约瑟，就吩咐他们不要相争。

　　四五25～28 他们返抵家中，告知雅各兄弟重遇的消息，雅各不信，他们便把事情的始末告诉雅各，又看见约瑟打发来接他的车辆。雅各这才相信约瑟还活着，且会重聚！

　　约瑟在本章五次提及父亲。可见约瑟不单海量汪涵，原谅众兄，还时常记念父，象基督一样。我们的主爱父，遵行父的旨意，降世拯救罪人。约瑟对雅各的爱，正是这种爱的隐影。

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Genesis 45 Joseph Deals Kindly with His Brothers 1Then Joseph could not control himself before all those who stood by him, and he cried, "Have everyone go out from me." So there was no man with him (A)when Joseph made himself known to his brothers. 2(B)He wept so loudly that the Egyptians heard it, and the household of Pharaoh heard of it. 3Then Joseph said to his brothers, "(C)I am Joseph! (D)Is my father still alive?" But his brothers could not answer him, for (E)they were dismayed at his presence. 4Then Joseph said to his brothers, "Please come closer to me." And they came closer. And he said, "I am your brother Joseph, whom you (F)sold into Egypt. 5"Now do not be grieved or angry with yourselves, because (G)you sold me here, for (H)God sent me before you to preserve life. 6"For the famine has been in the land (I)these two years, and there are still five years in which there will be neither plowing nor harvesting. 7"(J)God sent me before you to preserve for you a remnant in the earth, and to keep you alive by a great deliverance. 8"Now, therefore, it was not you who sent me here, but God; and He has made me a (K)father to Pharaoh and lord of all his household and ruler over all the land of Egypt. 9"Hurry and go up to my father, and (L)say to him, 'Thus says your son Joseph, "God has made me lord of all Egypt; come down to me, do not delay. 10"You shall live in the land of (M)Goshen, and you shall be near me, you and your children and your children's children and your flocks and your herds and all that you have. 11"There I will also (N)provide for you, for there are still five years of famine to come, and you and your household and all that you have would be impoverished."' 12"Behold, your eyes see, and the eyes of my brother Benjamin see, that it is my mouth which is speaking to you. 13"Now you must tell my father of all my splendor in Egypt, and all that you have seen; and you must hurry and (O)bring my father down here." 14Then he fell on his brother Benjamin's neck and (P)wept, and Benjamin wept on his neck. 15He kissed all his brothers and wept on them, and afterward his brothers talked with him. 16Now when (Q)the news was heard in Pharaoh's house that Joseph's brothers had come, it pleased Pharaoh and his servants. 17Then Pharaoh said to Joseph, "Say to your brothers, 'Do this: load your beasts and go to the land of Canaan, 18and take your father and your households and come to me, and (R)I will give you the best of the land of Egypt and you will eat the fat of the land.' 19"Now you are ordered, 'Do this: take (S)wagons from the land of Egypt for your little ones and for your wives, and bring your father and come. 20'Do not concern yourselves with your goods, for the best of all the land of Egypt is yours.'" 21Then the sons of Israel did so; and Joseph gave them (T)wagons according to the command of Pharaoh, and gave them provisions for the journey. 22To each of them he gave (U)changes of garments, but to Benjamin he gave three hundred pieces of silver and (V)five changes of garments. 23To his father he sent as follows: ten donkeys loaded with the best things of Egypt, and ten female donkeys loaded with grain and bread and sustenance for his father on the journey. 24So he sent his brothers away, and as they departed, he said to them, "Do not quarrel on the journey." 25Then they went up from Egypt, and came to the land of Canaan to their father Jacob. 26They told him, saying, "Joseph is still alive, and indeed he is ruler over all the land of Egypt." But he was stunned, for (W)he did not believe them. 27When they told him all the words of Joseph that he had spoken to them, and when he saw the (X)wagons that Joseph had sent to carry him, the spirit of their father Jacob revived. 28Then Israel said, "It is enough; my son Joseph is still alive. I will go and see him before I die."