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誰是長子?
By T.C. Lo (盧天賜); October 16, 2016 研究聖經是很有興趣的事。有時在看來簡單易懂的經文卻能發現一些不簡單的事情。以下是當我細續亞伯蘭生平的經文中,得到一些心得。 「挪亞五百歲生了:閃,含,雅弗 (創5:32)。」這三個兒子非三胞胎。這說明挪亞五百歲時生的是長子,過些時候再生次子,再過些年日才生幼子。那麼我們如何排列三個兒子的出生次序? 首先,幼子一定是含 (Ham)。這是根據創世記9:24的結論: 「挪亞醒了酒,知道小兒子向他所作的事。」剩下的問題是:閃與雅弗那一位是哥哥? 根據創世記11:10的記載:「閃的後代記在下面。洪水以後二年,閃一百歲生了亞法撒。」洪水氾濫是在挪亞六百歲時才開始的(創7:6)。那時挪亞的長子剛剛是一百歳。但閃 (Shem) 是到洪水後二年才一百歲,至於「洪水後二年」是指洪水來臨後第二年?還是指洪水完結後第二年?這不重要,因為它不會影響結論。所以挪亞的長子肯定不是閃。所以他們的出生次序應是:雅弗,閃,含。 [Note: 上文結論是: 雅弗是長子, 但請看創10:21說「閃是雅弗的哥哥」。我想這是中文和合本的譯誤。NIV: “Sons were also born to Shem, whose older brother was Japheth”, 所以英文是对的。] 然而聖經論到挪亞三兒子時,總是以「閃,含,雅弗」的次序,這不是出生次序。我想乃是重要性的次序。因為閃是在耶穌基督的家譜上有份, 因此閃在救贖史上比他的兄弟佔更重要的地位。猶太人對長子名份非常重視,但神卻揀選次子作救贖缐上的一環。以後我們還看到神揀選次子雅各,而非長子以掃。神是全權的,祂要憐憫誰,就憐憫誰;祂要恩待誰,就恩待誰;祂要揀選誰,就揀選誰。 「他拉活到七十歲, 生了亞伯蘭,拿鶴,哈蘭(創11:26)。」這三兒子也非三胞胎,那麼他們的出生次序又如何?譲我們先參考另两節經文: 「亞伯蘭就照著耶和華的吩咐去了,羅得也和他同去,亞伯蘭出哈蘭的時候,年七十五歲。」(創12:4) 「他 (亞伯蘭) 離開迦勒㡳人之地住在哈蘭, 他父親死了以後,神使他從那裡搬到你們現在所住之地。」(徒7:4) … Continue reading
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