創世記35:21-29

35:21 以色列起行前往，在以得臺那邊支搭帳棚。
35:22 以色列住在那地的時候，流便去與他父親的妾辟拉同寢，以色列也聽見了。雅各共有十二個兒子。
35:23 利亞所生的是雅各的長子流便，還有西緬、利未、猶大、以薩迦、西布倫。
35:24 拉結所生的是約瑟、便雅憫。
35:25 拉結的使女辟拉所生的是但、拿弗他利。
35:26 利亞的使女悉帕所生的是迦得、亞設。這是雅各在巴旦‧亞蘭所生的兒子。
35:27 雅各來到他父親以撒那裡，到了基列‧亞巴的幔利，乃是亞伯拉罕和以撒寄居的地方；基列‧亞巴就是希伯崙。
35:28 以撒共活了一百八十歲。
35:29 以撒年紀老邁，日子滿足，氣絕而死，歸到他列祖（原文是本民）那裡。他兩個兒子以掃、雅各把他埋葬了。

²¹ Israel moved on again and pitched his tent beyond Migdal Eder. ²² While Israel was living in that region, Reuben went in and slept with his father’s concubine Bilhah, and Israel heard of it.

Jacob had twelve sons:

²³ The sons of Leah:

Reuben the firstborn of Jacob,

Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar and Zebulun.

²⁴ The sons of Rachel:

Joseph and Benjamin.

²⁵ The sons of Rachel’s servant Bilhah:

Dan and Naphtali.

²⁶ The sons of Leah’s servant Zilpah:

Gad and Asher.

These were the sons of Jacob, who were born to him in Paddan Aram.

²⁷ Jacob came home to his father Isaac in Mamre, near Kiriath Arba (that is, Hebron), where Abraham and Isaac had stayed. ²⁸ Isaac lived a hundred and eighty years. ²⁹ Then he breathed his last and died and was gathered to his people, old and full of years. And his sons Esau and Jacob buried him.

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    雅各不僅遭受了喪妻之苦，也遇見父親的過世，這是人生免不了要面對的！因為天下沒有不散的筵席，有出生的子孫，就有回去天家的長輩！

    我們不要把死亡當成永別，基督已經復活，勝過死亡了！有一日在基督裡的人都會在相會，尤其是所愛的親人，現在的生離死別只是暫時的，就當成他們出國去旅行，有一天會在團圓的，其實是他們先去基督那裡等待我們呢！

    我們要相信基督的應許，凡屬祂的人，都要在上帝的國與祂一同享用永遠的宴席，一同坐席！一切都在主耶穌再來的時候，要完完全全的成就！