旧约 - 创世记(Genesis)第46章

And Israel took his journey with all that he had, and came to Beersheba, and offered sacrifices unto the God of his father Isaac.
And God spake unto Israel in the visions of the night, and said, Jacob, Jacob. And he said, Here am I.
And he said, I am God, the God of thy father: fear not to go down into Egypt; for I will there make of thee a great nation:
I will go down with thee into Egypt; and I will also surely bring thee up again: and Joseph shall put his hand upon thine eyes.
And Jacob rose up from Beersheba: and the sons of Israel carried Jacob their father, and their little ones, and their wives, in the wagons which Pharaoh had sent to carry him.
And they took their cattle, and their goods, which they had gotten in the land of Canaan, and came into Egypt, Jacob, and all his seed with him:
His sons, and his sons' sons with him, his daughters, and his sons' daughters, and all his seed brought he with him into Egypt.
And these are the names of the children of Israel, which came into Egypt, Jacob and his sons: Reuben, Jacob's firstborn.
And the sons of Reuben; Hanoch, and Phallu, and Hezron, and Carmi.
And the sons of Simeon; Jemuel, and Jamin, and Ohad, and Jachin, and Zohar, and Shaul the son of a Canaanitish woman.
And the sons of Levi; Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
And the sons of Judah; Er, and Onan, and Shelah, and Pharez, and Zarah: but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan. And the sons of Pharez were Hezron and Hamul.
And the sons of Issachar; Tola, and Phuvah, and Job, and Shimron.
And the sons of Zebulun; Sered, and Elon, and Jahleel.
These be the sons of Leah, which she bare unto Jacob in Padanaram, with his daughter Dinah: all the souls of his sons and his daughters were thirty and three.
And the sons of Gad; Ziphion, and Haggi, Shuni, and Ezbon, Eri, and Arodi, and Areli.
And the sons of Asher; Jimnah, and Ishuah, and Isui, and Beriah, and Serah their sister: and the sons of Beriah; Heber, and Malchiel.
These are the sons of Zilpah, whom Laban gave to Leah his daughter, and these she bare unto Jacob, even sixteen souls.
The sons of Rachel Jacob's wife; Joseph, and Benjamin.
And unto Joseph in the land of Egypt were born Manasseh and Ephraim, which Asenath the daughter of Potipherah priest of On bare unto him.
And the sons of Benjamin were Belah, and Becher, and Ashbel, Gera, and Naaman, Ehi, and Rosh, Muppim, and Huppim, and Ard.
These are the sons of Rachel, which were born to Jacob: all the souls were fourteen.
And the sons of Dan; Hushim.
And the sons of Naphtali; Jahzeel, and Guni, and Jezer, and Shillem.
These are the sons of Bilhah, which Laban gave unto Rachel his daughter, and she bare these unto Jacob: all the souls were seven.
All the souls that came with Jacob into Egypt, which came out of his loins, besides Jacob's sons' wives, all the souls were threescore and six;
And the sons of Joseph, which were born him in Egypt, were two souls: all the souls of the house of Jacob, which came into Egypt, were threescore and ten.
And he sent Judah before him unto Joseph, to direct his face unto Goshen; and they came into the land of Goshen.
And Joseph made ready his chariot, and went up to meet Israel his father, to Goshen, and presented himself unto him; and he fell on his neck, and wept on his neck a good while.
And Israel said unto Joseph, Now let me die, since I have seen thy face, because thou art yet alive.
And Joseph said unto his brethren, and unto his father's house, I will go up, and shew Pharaoh, and say unto him, My brethren, and my father's house, which were in the land of Canaan, are come unto me;
And the men are shepherds, for their trade hath been to feed cattle; and they have brought their flocks, and their herds, and all that they have.
And it shall come to pass, when Pharaoh shall call you, and shall say, What is your occupation?
That ye shall say, Thy servants' trade hath been about cattle from our youth even until now, both we, and also our fathers: that ye may dwell in the land of Goshen; for every shepherd is an abomination unto the Egyptians.
创世记第四十六章   第 46 章 

  创 46:3-4> 神的应许不会因时间而变迁!真的? 

  46:3-4 以色列后来果然成为大族,雅各的后裔最后也回到迦南地。出埃及记就记载了以色列人在埃及为奴四百年后,神带领他们出埃及的情形,这应验了神对亚伯拉罕的话( 15:13-16 )。约书亚记则记载他们进入迦南、占领这应许之地的情形。 

  创 46:3-4> 在陌生的环境中,总相信神会看顾──我有此信心吗? 

  46:3-4 神虽然吩咐雅各离开家乡,到陌生遥远的地方去,但是祂应许和他同去,并且眷顾他。在新的环境中感到惧怕是人之常情,但是如果就此吓呆了,那表示我们怀疑神看顾我们的能力。 

  创 46:4> 神从不撇下孤单的人,祂也不撇下我…… 

  46:4 雅各最后老死在埃及,再没有回到迦南。所以“也必定带你上来”的应许是对他的后裔说的,他们必要归回应许之地。约瑟陪伴在他身边,直至他临终。神应许雅各不必再尝孤单之苦,更不必悲悲惨惨地下阴间。 

  雅各一家下埃及 

  创 46:31-34> 雅各全家下到埃及的境遇是这样的…… 

  46:31-34 雅各带全家下到埃及,但是他们不想与埃及人住在一起。因此约瑟吩咐他们向法老表明自己是牧人。因为法老的祖先很可能是许克所斯人的游牧民族,所以他或许会同情牧人,而埃及人绝不欢迎牧人住在他们中间。约瑟的策略奏效,雅各一家从法老的慷慨乃至埃及人所抱的成见中受益。──《灵修版圣经注释》