創世記12:10-20

12:10 那地遭遇饑荒。因饑荒甚大，亞伯蘭就下埃及去，要在那裡暫居。
12:11 將近埃及，就對他妻子撒萊說：「我知道你是容貌俊美的婦人。
12:12 埃及人看見你必說：『這是他的妻子』，他們就要殺我，卻叫你存活。
12:13 求你說，你是我的妹子，使我因你得平安，我的命也因你存活。」
12:14 及至亞伯蘭到了埃及，埃及人看見那婦人極其美貌。
12:15 法老的臣宰看見了她，就在法老面前誇獎她。那婦人就被帶進法老的宮去。
12:16 法老因這婦人就厚待亞伯蘭，亞伯蘭得了許多牛、羊、駱駝、公驢、母驢、僕婢。
12:17 耶和華因亞伯蘭妻子撒萊的緣故，降大災與法老和他的全家。
12:18 法老就召了亞伯蘭來，說：「你這向我做的是甚麼事呢？為甚麼沒有告訴我她是你的妻子？
12:19 為甚麼說她是你的妹子，以致我把她取來要作我的妻子？現在你的妻子在這裡，可以帶她走吧。」
12:20 於是法老吩咐人將亞伯蘭和他妻子，並他所有的都送走了。

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 Sarai 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, male and female servants, 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.

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    亞伯蘭真是的！竟然像台語說的：「賣妻做大舅」！他為了自保竟然出賣自己的妻子，讓她的妻子被送入埃及的王宮當法老的嬪妃，還得到許多的財富，還算什麼男人啊！

    你或許會驚訝，上帝為什麼呼召或揀選這樣的人，來做祂救贖大工的起始點呢？為甚麼選這樣一位道德上有瑕疵的人呢？還好上帝的保守，不然這下子亞伯拉罕真的成了千古罪人了！

    但是，我們從亞伯拉罕的受揀選看見，上帝呼召人是沒有條件的！也就是說，上帝揀選人只看見人需要被拯救，因為人本來就是完全敗壞了，在上帝面前是乏善可陳，完全是出於上帝的大愛，不是我們合不合條件或資格！