创世记——第四十九章

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创世记第四十九章： 49:1 雅各叫了他的儿子们来说：“你们都来聚集，我好把你们日后必遇的事告诉你们。 49:2 雅各的儿子们，你们要聚集而听，要听你们父亲以色列的话： 49:3 吕便哪，你是我的长子，是我力量强壮的时候生的，本当大有尊荣，权力超众； 49:4 但你放纵情欲、滚沸如水，必不得居首位；因为你上了你父亲的床，污秽了我的榻。 49:5 西缅和利未是弟兄，他们的刀剑是残忍的器具。 49:6 我的灵啊，不要与他们同谋；我的心哪，不要与他们联络；因为他们趁怒杀害人命，任意砍断牛腿大筋。 49:7 他们的怒气暴烈可咒，他们的忿恨残忍可诅！我要使他们分居在雅各家里，散住在以色列地中。 49:8 犹大啊，你弟兄们必赞美你；你手必掐住仇敌的颈项；你父亲的儿子们必向你下拜。 49:9 犹大是个小狮子；我儿啊，你抓了食便上去。你屈下身去，卧如公狮，蹲如母狮，谁敢惹你？ 49:10 圭必不离犹大，杖必不离他两脚之间，直等细罗（注：就是“赐平安者”）来到，万民都必归顺。 49:11 犹大把小驴拴在葡萄树上，把驴驹拴在美好的葡萄树上。他在葡萄酒中洗了衣服，在葡萄汁中洗了袍褂。 49:12 他的眼睛必因酒红润；他的牙齿必因奶白亮。 49:13 西布伦必住在海口，必成为停船的海口；他的境界必延到西顿。 49:14 以萨迦是个强壮的驴，卧在羊圈之中。 49:15 他以安静为佳，以肥地为美，便低肩背重，成为服苦的仆人。 49:16 但必判断他的民，作以色列支派之一。 49:17 但必作道上的蛇，路中的虺，咬伤马蹄，使骑马的坠落于后。 49:18 耶和华啊，我向来等候你的救恩。 49:19 迦得必被敌军追逼，他却要追逼他们的脚跟。 49:20 亚设之地必出肥美的粮食，且出君王的美味。 49:21 拿弗他利是被释放的母鹿；他出嘉美的言语。 49:22 约瑟是多结果子的树枝，是泉旁多结果的枝子；他的枝条探出墙外。 49:23 弓箭手将他苦害，向他射箭，逼迫他， 49:24 但他的弓仍旧坚硬；他的手健壮敏捷，这是因以色列的牧者，以色列的磐石，就是雅各的大能者； 49:25 你父亲的　神必帮助你，那全能者必将天上所有的福，地里所藏的福，以及生产乳养的福，都赐给你。 49:26 你父亲所祝的福，胜过我祖先所祝的福，如永世的山岭，至极的边界；这些福必降在约瑟的头上，临到那与弟兄迥别之人的顶上。 49:27 便雅悯是个撕掠的狼，早晨要吃他所抓的，晚上要分他所夺的。” 49:28 这一切是以色列的十二支派；这也是他们的父亲对他们所说的话，为他们所祝的福，都是按著各人的福分，为他们祝福。 49:29 他又嘱咐他们说：“我将要归到我列祖（注：原文作“本民”）那里，你们要将我葬在赫人以弗仑田间的洞里，与我祖我父在一处， 49:30 就是在迦南地幔利前、麦比拉田间的洞；那洞和田是亚伯拉罕向赫人以弗仑买来为业，作坟地的。 49:31 他们在那里葬了亚伯拉罕和他妻子撒拉，又在那里葬了以撒和他妻子利百加，我也在那里葬了利亚。 49:32 那块田和田间的洞，原是向赫人买的。” 49:33 雅各嘱咐众子已毕，就把脚收在床上，气绝而死，归他列祖（注：原文作“本民”）那里去了。

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11．雅各预言论他的众子（四九）

　　四九1～2 雅各的遗言既是预言（1节），也是祝福（28节）。各人的过去皆会影响自己的现在和未来。他们的生活态度，极大地影响了雅各对他们的祝福和预言。

　　四九3～4 流便是长子，是他父亲力量强壮的时候生的，本当大有尊荣，权力超众。长子的名分属他，能得双倍的祝福。但他放纵情欲，滚沸如水。与父亲的妾辟拉行淫，失落了长子尊贵的位分（三五22）。雅各不能将长子的福气给这样的不肖子。

　　四九5～7 西缅和利未是弟兄，二人残酷不仁，杀害示剑的人，任意砍断牛腿大筋。雅各要使他们分居在雅各家里，散住在以色列地中。第二次人口普查（民数记二六章）数字显示，这两族人是人数最少的两支派。西缅支派的人多为犹大支派吸纳，证明预言得以应验（书一九l～9）。利未支派散居在当地的四十八个城市中。雅各咒诅二人的残忍诡诈，而非两支派本身的人。

　　四九8～12 犹大（意即赞美）必得弟兄们的赞美和尊敬，因他战胜仇敌。犹大象只狮子，出外觅食。回来喂养等吃的一群，无人敢惹他。约瑟得地土，承袭长子的名分；犹大得掌权，同样继承长子的名分。这个支派一直掌权到细罗（弥赛亚）来到，掌权直到永远。他管治的日子，万民都必归顺。神拣选他成为以色列君王的始祖，并耶稣的祖宗。

　　“圭”是古代帝王主持礼仪时所用的玉器，是王权的象征。“细罗”一名意思不清楚。有人认为是：赐平安者，平静，（犹大的）子孙，后裔；所归属的人（比较结二一27）。细罗也可能指以色列人设立在示罗的会幕（参书一八1）。细罗亦可译为贡物。

　　四九13 西布伦在海口经商，得享昌盛。这支派分得之地在旧约时代属内陆地带，因此这预言指望在千禧年时候成就。

　　四九14～15 以萨迦是个强壮的驴，以躺卧在青葱的草场为佳美，无意争取独立，因而受仇敌的支配，成为服苦的仆人。

　　四九16～18 但一如其名，必判断他的民。第17节艰深难解、叫人以为但为自己设立偶像，使国堕落（土一八30～31）。很多人认为，这节经文隐喻敌基督者来自但支派。因此历代志上二章3节至八章40节和启示录七章3至8节并没有提及这支派。在第18节，雅各注入一段祷文，求神救他的子民，使他们最终能脱离敌军的捆绑；释放他们。

　　四九19 迦得占地在约但以东，不易设防。经常受到敌人的侵袭。这支派却要追逼敌军。

　　四九20 亚设（意即快乐）的情况令人欣羡。这支派之地属肥沃的耕地，且出君王的美味。

　　四九21 拿弗他利是被释放的母鹿，他出嘉美的言语，传递佳音奇快。耶稣的门徒中，除了卖主的那个犹大，全都来自拿弗他利地。主大部分传道的时间也都花在这里（太四13～16）。

　　四九22～26 约瑟之地围绕以法莲和玛拿西之地，他是多结果子的树枝。祝福从他的边界流出，直达远处。人要苦害他，他却不投降，因雅各的大能者——以色列的救者，以色列的磐石（弥赛亚）必前来帮助他。神祝福约瑟，天降甘雨，井泉满盈，百子千孙。雅各谦逊，认为他所领受的祝福远比他祖先为多。这时，他希望祝福能够降在约瑟这个与弟兄迥别之人头上。

　　四九27 便雅悯的支派是战士。不断的征战，分他所夺的。有人说；便雅悯证明自己是十二支派中最精勇善战的一族。

四九28～33 结尾一段，雅各吩咐儿子们把他葬在麦比拉田间的洞，地处希伯仑雅各家附近。亚伯拉罕和他妻子撒拉、以撒和他妻子利百加并利亚全都葬在这里。雅各把脚收回在床上，气绝而死。“气绝而死”指停止呼吸，自然死亡。

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过得真快啊，创世记都快读完了，快要到“一口棺材停在埃及了”。

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Genesis 49 Israel's Prophecy concerning His Sons 1Then Jacob summoned his sons and said, "Assemble yourselves that I may tell you what will befall you (A)in the days to come. 2"Gather together and hear, O sons of Jacob; And (B)listen to Israel your father. 3"Reuben, you are my firstborn; My might and (C)the beginning of my strength, Preeminent in dignity and preeminent in power. 4"Uncontrolled as water, you shall not have preeminence, (D)Because you went up to your father's bed; Then you defiled it--he went up to my couch. 5"(E)Simeon and Levi are brothers; Their swords are implements of violence. 6"(F)Let my soul not enter into their council; Let not my glory be united with their assembly; Because in their anger they slew men, And in their self-will they lamed oxen. 7"Cursed be their anger, for it is fierce; And their wrath, for it is cruel. (G)I will disperse them in Jacob, And scatter them in Israel. 8"Judah, your brothers shall praise you; Your hand shall be on the neck of your enemies; (H)Your father's sons shall bow down to you. 9"Judah is a (I)lion's whelp; From the prey, my son, you have gone up (J)He couches, he lies down as a lion, And as a lion, who dares rouse him up? 10"(K)The scepter shall not depart from Judah, Nor the ruler's staff from between his feet, [a]Until Shiloh comes, And (L)to him shall be the obedience of the peoples. 11"(M)He ties his foal to the vine, And his donkey's colt to the choice vine; (N)He washes his garments in wine, And his robes in the blood of grapes. 12"His eyes are dull from wine, And his teeth [c]white from milk. 13"(O)Zebulun will dwell at the seashore; And he shall be a haven for ships, And his flank shall be toward Sidon. 14"Issachar is a strong donkey, (P)Lying down between the sheepfolds. 15"When he saw that a resting place was good And that the land was pleasant, He bowed his shoulder to bear burdens, And became a slave at forced labor. 16"(Q)Dan shall (R)judge his people, As one of the tribes of Israel. 17"Dan shall be a serpent in the way, A horned snake in the path, That bites the horse's heels, So that his rider falls backward. 18"(S)For Your salvation I wait, O LORD. 19"(T)As for Gad, raiders shall raid him, But he will raid at their heels. 20"(U)As for (V)Asher, his food shall be rich, And he will yield royal dainties. 21"(W)Naphtali is a doe let loose, He gives beautiful words. 22"(X)Joseph is a fruitful [d]bough, A fruitful bough by a spring; Its [e]branches run over a wall. 23"The archers bitterly attacked him, And shot at him and harassed him; 24But his (Y)bow remained firm, And (Z)his arms were agile, From the hands of the (AA)Mighty One of Jacob (From there is (AB)the Shepherd, (AC)the Stone of Israel), 25From (AD)the God of your father who helps you, And (AE)by the Almighty who blesses you With (AF)blessings of heaven above, Blessings of the deep that lies beneath, Blessings of the breasts and of the womb. 26"The blessings of your father Have surpassed the blessings of my ancestors Up to the utmost bound of (AG)the everlasting hills; May they be on the head of Joseph, And on the crown of the head of the one distinguished among his brothers. 27"Benjamin is a ravenous wolf; In the morning he devours the prey, And in the evening he divides the spoil." 28All these are the twelve tribes of Israel, and this is what their father said to them when he blessed them. He blessed them, every one with the blessing appropriate to him. 29Then he charged them and said to them, "I am about to be (AH)gathered to my people; (AI)bury me with my fathers in the cave that is in (AJ)the field of Ephron the Hittite, 30in the (AK)cave that is in the field of Machpelah, which is before Mamre, in the land of Canaan, which Abraham bought along with the field from Ephron the Hittite for a burial site. 31"There they buried (AL)Abraham and his wife (AM)Sarah, there they buried (AN)Isaac and his wife Rebekah, and there I buried Leah-- 32the field and the cave that is in it, purchased from the sons of Heth." 33When Jacob finished charging his sons, he drew his feet into the bed and (AO)breathed his last, and was (AP)gathered to his people.