创世记——第十二章

约拿

创世记第十二章： 12:1 耶和华对亚伯兰说：“你要离开本地、本族、父家，往我所要指示你的地去。 12:2 “我必叫你成为大国。我必赐福给你，叫你的名为大，你也要叫别人得福。 12:3 为你祝福的，我必赐福与他；那咒诅你的，我必咒诅他。地上的万族都要因你得福。” 12:4 亚伯兰就照著耶和华的吩咐去了，罗得也和他同去。亚伯兰出哈兰的时候年七十五岁。 12:5 亚伯兰将他妻子撒莱和侄儿罗得，连他们在哈兰所积蓄的财物，所得的人口，都带往迦南地去。他们就到了迦南地。 12:6 亚伯兰经过那地，到了示剑地方摩利橡树那里。那时，迦南人住在那地。 12:7 耶和华向亚伯兰显现，说：“我要把这地赐给你的后裔。”亚伯兰就在那里为向他显现的耶和华筑了一座坛。 12:8 从那里他又迁到伯特利东边的山，支搭帐棚。西边是伯特利，东边是艾。他在那里又为耶和华筑了一座坛，求告耶和华的名。 12:9 后来亚伯兰又渐渐迁往南地去。 12:10 那地遭遇饥荒。因饥荒甚大，亚伯兰就下埃及去，要在那里暂居。 12:11 将近埃及，就对他妻子撒莱说：“我知道你是容貌俊美的妇人。 12:12 埃及人看见你必说：‘这是他的妻子’，他们就要杀我，却叫你存活。 12:13 求你说，你是我的妹子，使我因你得平安，我的命也因你存活。” 12:14 及至亚伯兰到了埃及，埃及人看见那妇人极其美貌。 12:15 法老的臣宰看见了她，就在法老面前夸奖她。那妇人就被带进法老的宫去。 12:16 法老因这妇人就厚待亚伯兰，亚伯兰得了许多牛羊、骆驼、公驴、母驴、仆婢。 12:17 耶和华因亚伯兰妻子撒莱的缘故，降大灾与法老和他的全家。 12:18 法老就召了亚伯兰来说：“你这向我做的是甚么事呢？为甚么没有告诉我她是你的妻子？ 12:19 为甚么说她是你的妹子，以致我把她取来要作我的妻子？现在你的妻子在这里，可以带她走吧！” 12:20 于是法老吩咐人将亚伯兰和他妻子，并他所有的都送走了。

约拿

贰·以色列的先祖（一二～五Ｏ）

一．亚伯拉罕（一二1～二五18）

1．呼召亚伯拉罕（一二1～9）

　　一二1～3 耶和华呼召亚伯兰的时候，他还在吾珥（比较第1节和徒七l，2）。神呼召亚伯兰离开本地、本族和父家，开始作客旅的生活（来一一9）。“往我所要指示你的地去……”神并未告诉他是什么地方，这需要他凭信心一步一步跟随神的带领。神与他立了奇妙的约，当中包括以下重要的应许：地，即迦南地；大国，即犹太百姓；给亚伯兰和他后裔物质和属灵的丰盛；叫亚伯兰和他后裔的名为大；他们成为神祝福别人的桥梁；以色列的朋友得着祝福，反闪族主义的人被咒诅；地上的万族都要因亚伯兰得福，遥指主耶稣基督，即亚伯兰的后裔。神在一三14～17；一五4～6；一七10～14和二二15～18重申并扩大此约。

　　神应许赐福亚伯兰，使他成为大国，不过有一个条件──他要顺服神，就是离开家乡和亲友，到神所应许的地方去。亚伯兰顺服了神的旨意，为神所应许的将来更大的祝福而离开家乡。神可能想使用你作更伟大的事奉，而引导你到别的地方去。不要让目前安全舒适的生活令我们忽略了神对我们的计划。

　　一二4～9 神计划要建立一个民族，称为属他自己的百姓。他呼召亚伯兰离开一个不敬奉真神、又以自我为中心的吾珥城，前往肥沃的迦南地，建立一个以神为中心、注重道德的国家。迦南地面积虽小，却是以色列历史的焦点、基督教的起源地，对世界历史产生了极大的影响。

　　亚伯兰带着妻子撒莱，侄儿罗得和亲人并财物迁往迦南。他们先到示剑。亚伯兰在那里为耶和华筑了一座坛。在敌对的迦南人面前，凭信心而行。亚伯兰再迁到伯特利（神的家）和艾之间。他尽所当行的，不单为自己支搭帐棚，而且筑了一座坛求告耶和华的名。清楚可见这个属神的人的优先次序。筑坛帮助亚伯兰谨记神是他生命的中心。同样，恒常的敬拜帮助我们记得神的旨意，并促使我们顺服他。

2．往返埃及（一二10～一三4）

　　一二10～20 信心也有失误的时候，遭遇大饥荒时，亚伯兰离开神为他拣选的地方，逃到象征世界的埃及。这次迁移蕴酿了麻烦。亚伯兰害怕法老王为要夺取他容貌俊美的妻子撒菜而杀他，被恐惧困扰。亚伯兰作为撒莱的哥哥，就会大得尊荣；但是作为她的丈夫，则有生命危险。于是亚伯兰诱使撒莱说谎，伪称是他的妹子。撒莱确实是他同父异母的妹子（二Ｏ12）。但动机是要欺骗，所以始终是说谎。

　　有些人认为在不得已的时候，可以撒个“白色的谎言”，好解救当时的危机；岂不知正好让魔鬼抓住它，叫我们作不好基督徒！这计对亚伯兰有利（他因此得到丰厚的收获），却有损于撒莱（她加入了法老妻妾之列）。对法老的损害更大（神降灾与法老和他的全家）。法老知道亚伯兰欺骗他，他的表现却比亚伯兰更有义。他斥责亚伯兰后，就送走他们，返回迦南。这事提醒我们，不能利用世俗的武器来应付属灵争战，即使有好的结局也不能证明方法无错。

　　神并没有遗弃亚伯兰。但神容罪显出罪果。法老公然斥责亚伯兰，叫他蒙羞离开。请注意亚伯兰对法老所问的三个问题都没有回答；他是自知理亏，无词以对。信徒因行为不正而被世人责备，是最不荣耀神的一件事。

　　“法老”一词并非专有名词，而是一种称衔，就如国王、皇帝、总统等。

[此贴子已经被作者于2005-1-14 23:54:06编辑过]

地上的过客

听写材料如下：

Genesis 12

The Call of Abram

¹ The LORD had said to Abram, "Leave your country, your people and your father's household and go to the land I will show you.

² "I will make you into a great nation

and I will bless you;

I will make your name great,

and you will be a blessing.

³ I will bless those who bless you,

and whoever curses you I will curse;

and all peoples on earth

will be blessed through you."

⁴ So Abram left, as the LORD had told him; and Lot went with him. Abram was seventy-five years old when he set out from Haran. ⁵ He took his wife Sarai, his nephew Lot, all the possessions they had accumulated and the people they had acquired in Haran, and they set out for the land of Canaan, and they arrived there.

⁶ Abram traveled through the land as far as the site of the great tree of Moreh at Shechem. At that time the Canaanites were in the land. ⁷ The LORD appeared to Abram and said, "To your offspring ^[a] I will give this land." So he built an altar there to the LORD , who had appeared to him.

⁸ From there he went on toward the hills east of Bethel and pitched his tent, with Bethel on the west and Ai on the east. There he built an altar to the LORD and called on the name of the LORD . ⁹ Then Abram set out and continued toward the Negev.

Abram in Egypt

¹⁰ Now there was a famine in the land, and Abram went down to Egypt to live there for a while because the famine was severe. ¹¹ As he was about to enter Egypt, he said to his wife Sarai, "I know what a beautiful woman you are. ¹² When the Egyptians see you, they will say, 'This is his wife.' Then they will kill me but will let you live. ¹³ Say you are my sister, so that I will be treated well for your sake and my life will be spared because of you."

¹⁴ When Abram came to Egypt, the Egyptians saw that she was a very beautiful woman. ¹⁵ And when Pharaoh's officials saw her, they praised her to Pharaoh, and she was taken into his palace. ¹⁶ He treated Abram well for her sake, and Abram acquired sheep and cattle, male and female donkeys, menservants and maidservants, and camels.

¹⁷ But the LORD inflicted serious diseases on Pharaoh and his household because of Abram's wife Sarai. ¹⁸ So Pharaoh summoned Abram. "What have you done to me?" he said. "Why didn't you tell me she was your wife? ¹⁹ Why did you say, 'She is my sister,' so that I took her to be my wife? Now then, here is your wife. Take her and go!" ²⁰ Then Pharaoh gave orders about Abram to his men, and they sent him on his way, with his wife and everything he had.

主的磐石

　一二10～20 信心也有失误的时候，遭遇大饥荒时，亚伯兰离开神为他拣选的地方，逃到象征世界的埃及。这次迁移蕴酿了麻烦。亚伯兰害怕法老王为要夺取他容貌俊美的妻子撒菜而杀他，被恐惧困扰。亚伯兰作为撒莱的哥哥，就会大得尊荣；但是作为她的丈夫，则有生命危险。于是亚伯兰诱使撒莱说谎，伪称是他的妹子。撒莱确实是他同父异母的妹子（二Ｏ12）。但动机是要欺骗，所以始终是说谎。

[B]信心也有失误的时候[/B]

这个说法我不是很赞成，如果亚伯拉汗有信心的话，为什么不敢说实话呢？

就是因为他没有信心的时候才有了这样的失误，是吧？

完全相信神的时候，神都会带领，难道相信神，也会失误？