旧约 - 创世记(Genesis)第49章

Then Jacob called for his sons and said: "Gather around so I can tell you what will happen to you in days to come.
"Assemble and listen, sons of Jacob; listen to your father Israel.
"Reuben, you are my firstborn, my might, the first sign of my strength, excelling in honor, excelling in power.
Turbulent as the waters, you will no longer excel, for you went up onto your father's bed, onto my couch and defiled it.
"Simeon and Levi are brothers--their swords are weapons of violence.
Let me not enter their council, let me not join their assembly, for they have killed men in their anger and hamstrung oxen as they pleased.
Cursed be their anger, so fierce, and their fury, so cruel! I will scatter them in Jacob and disperse them in Israel.
"Judah, your brothers will praise you; your hand will be on the neck of your enemies; your father's sons will bow down to you.
You are a lion's cub, O Judah; you return from the prey, my son. Like a lion he crouches and lies down, like a lioness--who dares to rouse him?
The scepter will not depart from Judah, nor the ruler's staff from between his feet, until he comes to whom it belongs and the obedience of the nations is his.
He will tether his donkey to a vine, his colt to the choicest branch; he will wash his garments in wine, his robes in the blood of grapes.
His eyes will be darker than wine, his teeth whiter than milk.
"Zebulun will live by the seashore and become a haven for ships; his border will extend toward Sidon.
"Issachar is a rawboned donkey lying down between two saddlebags.
When he sees how good is his resting place and how pleasant is his land, he will bend his shoulder to the burden and submit to forced labor.
"Dan will provide justice for his people as one of the tribes of Israel.
Dan will be a serpent by the roadside, a viper along the path, that bites the horse's heels so that its rider tumbles backward.
"I look for your deliverance, O LORD.
"Gad will be attacked by a band of raiders, but he will attack them at their heels.
"Asher's food will be rich; he will provide delicacies fit for a king.
"Naphtali is a doe set free that bears beautiful fawns.
"Joseph is a fruitful vine, a fruitful vine near a spring, whose branches climb over a wall.
With bitterness archers attacked him; they shot at him with hostility.
But his bow remained steady, his strong arms stayed limber, because of the hand of the Mighty One of Jacob, because of the Shepherd, the Rock of Israel,
because of your father's God, who helps you, because of the Almighty, who blesses you with blessings of the heavens above, blessings of the deep that lies below, blessings of the breast and womb.
Your father's blessings are greater than the blessings of the ancient mountains, than the bounty of the age-old hills. Let all these rest on the head of Joseph, on the brow of the prince among his brothers.
"Benjamin is a ravenous wolf; in the morning he devours the prey, in the evening he divides the plunder."
All these are the twelve tribes of Israel, and this is what their father said to them when he blessed them, giving each the blessing appropriate to him.
Then he gave them these instructions: "I am about to be gathered to my people. Bury me with my fathers in the cave in the field of Ephron the Hittite,
the cave in the field of Machpelah, near Mamre in Canaan, which Abraham bought as a burial place from Ephron the Hittite, along with the field.
There Abraham and his wife Sarah were buried, there Isaac and his wife Rebekah were buried, and there I buried Leah.
The field and the cave in it were bought from the Hittites."
When Jacob had finished giving instructions to his sons, he drew his feet up into the bed, breathed his last and was gathered to his people.
创世记第四十九章   第 49 章 

  创 49:3-28> 前路遥遥,方向到哪里寻? 

  49:3-28 雅各一一祝福他的十二个儿子,又预言他们各人的将来。他们的生活态度,极大地影响了雅各对他们的祝福和预言。各人的过去皆会影响自己的现在和未来。今天所做的事,到明天就会成为过去,却有能力塑造我们的未来。为了有美好的将来,你今天选择去做什么事情,或者避免做什么事情? 

  创 49:4> 因罪的缘故,会失去了原有的属灵福气。我又怎能不对罪警觉? 

  49:4 吕便是雅各的长子,本来应当得到双份产业,但是他失去了这特别的尊荣。因他年青时情欲高涨、性情放荡,竟然与父亲的妾侍同寝。雅各不能将长子的福气给这样的不肖子。 

  创 49:8-12> 粗糙的生命要经历改变,才可被神更大地使用。我最需要改变的是什么? 

  49:8-12 犹大曾出主意卖约瑟作奴隶,又欺骗自己的儿媳她玛,不让小儿子示拉娶这寡嫂为妻,他为什么竟然得到这样大的祝福?可能是因为犹大的生命有了重大的改变( 44:33-34 ),所以神拣选他成为以色列君王的始祖,并耶稣的祖宗。这就是“圭必不离犹大”的意思。圭是古代帝王主持礼仪时所用的玉器,是王权的象征。 

  创 49:10> 细罗这个词真特别…… 

  49:10 细罗是什么?这一节难译的经文引起了不少的争论:( 1 )细罗可能是弥赛亚的别名,因为它字面的意思是受差遣;( 2 )细罗也可能指以色列人设立在示罗的会幕(参书 18:1 );( 3 )细罗亦可译为贡物。 

  创 49:18> 将信心定准在神的身上──多渴望真能做到…… 

  49:18 雅各预言到但的时候,加插了这句话,是要向但强调,只有倚靠神、不倚靠自己天赋的才干和能力,他才能成为强大的领袖。坚强、有魅力、天才横溢的人很容易倚靠自己,而不倚靠神。要常常为自己并所拥有的一切感谢神,我们就能把信心定准在神身上。 

  约瑟与耶稣相似之处 

  创 49:23-24> 属灵的争战?我无力,我怕……依靠神去面对?这…… 

  49:23-24 这两节是称颂神拯救约瑟脱离仇敌的攻击。面对带着刀枪的敌人或者是邪灵的势力,我们常常靠自己的力量去拼,而忘记神能够帮助我们作战。当苦难与不幸接踵而来的时候,约瑟与神更加亲近。相信神能拯救我们是有信心的表现。当受到逼迫或伤害的时候,我们能倚靠神吗?要在这种属灵的争战中获胜,英勇忠信的百姓与全能的神得合力抗敌。──《灵修版圣经注释》