2019年3月17日 星期日

創世記25:1-11


25:1 亞伯拉罕又娶了一妻,名叫基土拉。
25:2
基土拉給他生了心蘭、約珊、米但、米甸、伊施巴,和書亞。
25:3
約珊生了示巴和底但。底但的子孫是亞書利族、利都是族,和利烏米族。
25:4
米甸的兒子是以法、以弗、哈諾、亞比大,和以勒大。這都是基土拉的子孫。
25:5
亞伯拉罕將一切所有的都給了以撒。
25:6
亞伯拉罕把財物分給他庶出的眾子,趁著自己還在世的時候打發他們離開他的兒子以撒,往東方去。
25:7
亞伯拉罕一生的年日是一百七十五歲。
25:8
亞伯拉罕壽高年邁,氣絕而死,歸到他列祖(原文是本民)那裡。
25:9
他兩個兒子以撒、以實瑪利把他埋葬在麥比拉洞裡。這洞在幔利前、赫人瑣轄的兒子以弗崙的田中,
25:10
就是亞伯拉罕向赫人買的那塊田。亞伯拉罕和他妻子撒拉都葬在那裡。
25:11
亞伯拉罕死了以後,上帝賜福給他的兒子以撒。以撒靠近庇耳拉海萊居住。

Abraham had taken another wife, whose name was Keturah. She bore him Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak and Shuah. Jokshan was the father of Sheba and Dedan; the descendants of Dedan were the Ashurites, the Letushites and the Leummites. The sons of Midian were Ephah, Epher, Hanok, Abida and Eldaah. All these were descendants of Keturah.
Abraham left everything he owned to Isaac. But while he was still living, he gave gifts to the sons of his concubines and sent them away from his son Isaac to the land of the east.
Abraham lived a hundred and seventy-five years. Then Abraham breathed his last and died at a good old age, an old man and full of years; and he was gathered to his people. His sons Isaac and Ishmael buried him in the cave of Machpelah near Mamre, in the field of Ephron son of Zohar the Hittite, 10 the field Abraham had bought from the Hittites.[a] There Abraham was buried with his wife Sarah. 11 After Abraham’s death, God blessed his son Isaac, who then lived near Beer LahaiRoi.

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亞伯拉罕並非不能生育主要的問題是在撒拉但是不管如何上帝還是透過撒拉給亞伯拉罕生了一位應許之子也就是以撒而亞伯拉罕也知道上帝的應許所以的財產都給以撒其他的兒打發他們離開

然而亞伯拉罕也只有活到一百七十五歲最後和撒拉埋在一起不過他還沒有完全得迦南地為業雖然如此上帝卻為他預備一座永恆的城正如希伯來書1113-16節說:「這些人都是存著信心死的,並沒有得著所應許的;卻從遠處望見,且歡喜迎接,又承認自己在世上是客旅,是寄居的。說這樣話的人是表明自己要找一個家鄉。他們若想念所離開的家鄉,還有可以回去的機會。他們卻羨慕一個更美的家鄉,就是在天上的。所以上帝被稱為他們的上帝,並不以為恥,因為他已經給他們預備了一座城。

讓我們也來盼望那一個更美的家鄉,就是在天上的。那是上帝為祂所愛的人所預備的,是上帝應許給每一位靠基督而成為亞伯拉罕子孫的人!

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