105:9 就是與亞伯拉罕所立的約，向以撒所起的誓。
105:10 他又將這約向雅各定為律例，向以色列定為永遠的約，
105:11 說：我必將迦南地賜給你，作你產業的分。
105:12 當時，他們人丁有限，數目稀少，並且在那地為寄居的。
105:13 他們從這邦遊到那邦，從這國行到那國。
105:14 他不容甚麼人欺負他們，為他們的緣故責備君王，
105:15 說：不可難為我受膏的人，也不可惡待我的先知。
105:16 他命饑荒降在那地上，將所倚靠的糧食全行斷絕，
105:17 在他們以先打發一個人去─約瑟被賣為奴僕。
105:18 人用腳鐐傷他的腳；他被鐵鍊捆拘。
105:19 耶和華的話試煉他，直等到他所說的應驗了。
105:20 王打發人把他解開，就是治理眾民的，把他釋放，
105:21 立他作王家之主，掌管他一切所有的，
105:22 使他隨意捆綁他的臣宰，將智慧教導他的長老。
105:23 以色列也到了埃及；雅各在含地寄居。
105:24 耶和華使他的百姓生養眾多，使他們比敵人強盛，
105:25 使敵人的心轉去恨他的百姓，並用詭計待他的僕人。
9 the
covenant he made with Abraham,
the oath he swore to Isaac.
10 He confirmed it to Jacob as a decree,
to Israel as an everlasting covenant:
11 “To you I will give the land of Canaan
as the portion you will inherit.”
12 When
they were but few in number,
few indeed, and strangers in it,
13 they wandered from nation to nation,
from one kingdom to another.
14 He allowed no one to oppress them;
for their sake he rebuked kings:
15 “Do not touch my anointed ones;
do my prophets no harm.”
16 He
called down famine on the land
and destroyed all their supplies of food;
17 and he sent a man before them—
Joseph, sold as a slave.
18 They bruised his feet with shackles,
his neck was put in irons,
19 till what he foretold came to pass,
till the word of the Lord
proved him true.
20 The king sent and released him,
the ruler of peoples set him free.
21 He made him master of his household,
ruler over all he possessed,
22 to instruct his princes as he pleased
and teach his elders wisdom.
23 Then
Israel entered Egypt;
Jacob resided as a foreigner in the land of Ham.
24 The Lord made
his people very fruitful;
he made them too numerous for their foes,
25 whose hearts he turned to hate his people,
to conspire against his servants.
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上帝雖然履行祂和亞伯拉罕的約，為了保存雅各的子孫，暫時將雅各家族遷到埃及地。透過約瑟在埃及當宰相，使以色列人生養眾多，成為一個大民族，讓埃及人然感到害怕！
所以約瑟逝去多年之後，埃及人幾乎忘記他的貢獻，才會感到以色列人的可怕！所以埃及的王就名正言順，將以色列人當成奴隸，利用體力的折磨和生育的控制，想要使以色列滅種。而這樣的壓迫去促使以色列人求告上帝，使得摩西被高舉，成為領導以色列的上帝僕人。
因此，出埃及的事件，不只是歷史的事件更是上帝大能的彰顯，也是上帝在基督裡揀選我們的一個預表。我們從罪惡與死亡權勢之下被上帝拯救出來，也是出埃及的事件！我們更要為上帝拯救我們的緣故，歸榮耀給上帝！
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