創世記 24:1-25:11
Chinese Contemporary Bible (Traditional)
亞伯拉罕為以撒娶妻
24 亞伯拉罕已經年邁，耶和華在一切的事上都賜福給他。 2 亞伯拉罕對他的老總管說：「請你把手放在我大腿底下， 3 我要你憑耶和華——掌管天地的上帝起誓，你不會找這迦南的女子做我兒子的妻子。 4 你要回到我的家鄉，在我的親族中為以撒物色妻子。」 5 老總管問他：「如果那女子不肯跟我到這裡來，我要把你兒子帶回你的家鄉嗎？」 6 亞伯拉罕說：「你千萬不可帶我的兒子回那裡！ 7 因為帶領我離開父家和本鄉的耶和華——天上的主，曾經向我說話，起誓應許把這片土地賜給我的後代。祂必派天使在你前面引路，幫助你在那裡為我兒子找到妻子。 8 如果那女子不肯跟你來，你也算履行了你向我起的誓，只是你不可帶我兒子回那裡。」 9 於是，老總管就把手放在他主人亞伯拉罕的大腿底下，為這事向他起誓。
10 老總管帶著主人的十匹駱駝和各種上好的禮物，啟程前往美索不達米亞，來到拿鶴住的城。 11 黃昏，婦女們出來打水的時候，他讓駱駝跪在城外的井旁， 12 然後禱告說：「我主人亞伯拉罕的上帝耶和華啊，求你施恩給我家主人亞伯拉罕，讓事情今天能夠成就。 13 現在，我站在這泉水旁，城裡的少女正出來打水。 14 如果我對哪個少女說『請放下你的水罐，讓我喝點水』，如果她說『請喝，我也打水給你的駱駝喝』，願那女子做你為自己的僕人以撒選定的妻子。這樣，我可以知道你施恩給我的主人了。」
老總管井旁遇利百加
15 老總管的話還沒有說完，就有一位名叫利百加的少女肩上扛著水罐走出來。她是彼土利的女兒，彼土利是亞伯拉罕的兄弟拿鶴和密迦所生的兒子。 16 利百加長得非常美麗，是個處女，沒有男人親近過她。她下到井旁，把水罐盛滿了水後上來。 17 老總管跑上前去對她說：「求你給我一點水喝。」 18 她回答說：「我主，請喝！」說完，立刻放下水罐，托在手上讓他喝。 19 等他喝完以後，利百加又說：「我再為你的駱駝打些水來，讓牠們喝個飽。」 20 於是，她馬上把水罐裡的水倒進水槽裡，又跑到井邊為所有的駱駝打水。 21 當時，老總管在一旁靜靜地注視著利百加，要看看耶和華是否使他此行順利。
22 駱駝喝過水以後，老總管拿出一隻約六克重的金環和一對約一百一十克重的金鐲給利百加， 23 對她說：「請問你是誰的女兒？你父親家裡有地方讓我們住宿嗎？」 24 利百加回答說：「我是彼土利的女兒，我父親是拿鶴和密迦的兒子。 25 我家裡有充足的糧草，也有地方讓你留宿。」 26 老總管聽了，就俯伏敬拜耶和華， 27 說：「我主人亞伯拉罕的上帝耶和華當受稱頌，因為祂一直以慈愛和信實對待我的主人，引導我一路走到我主人兄弟的家裡。」
28 利百加跑回家中，把這事告訴了母親和家人。 29 利百加有個哥哥名叫拉班。 30 他看見妹妹的金環和手上的金鐲，聽了她敘述老總管的話，就跑到井旁，見老總管跟駱駝仍然站在那裡， 31 便對他說：「你這蒙耶和華賜福的人，請到我家。為什麼站在外面呢？我已經為你預備好了房間，也為駱駝預備了地方。」 32 老總管就到了拉班的家裡，拉班卸下駱駝背上的東西，給駱駝餵上草料，打水給老總管和隨行的人洗腳。 33 他們備好了晚餐給他吃，老總管卻說：「不，等我說明來意後再吃。」拉班說：「請說。」
34 老總管說：「我是亞伯拉罕的僕人。 35 耶和華賜給我主人極大的福氣，使他非常富有。耶和華賜給他牛群、羊群、金子、銀子、男女僕婢、駱駝和驢。 36 我主人的妻子撒拉在晚年生了一個兒子，主人把所有的財產都給了他。 37 主人要我起誓，他說，『你不可以給我的兒子娶迦南女子為妻， 38 你要到我家鄉的親族中為我兒子物色妻子。』 39 我問我的主人，『如果那女子不願意跟我回來怎麼辦？』 40 他說，『我一向事奉的耶和華必會派天使與你同行，使你一路順利，為我兒子在家鄉的親族中物色妻子。 41 你去就是履行了你向我起的誓，如果我的親族不肯把女子交給你，你也算履行了你向我起的誓。』
42 「所以，今天我來到井旁時曾禱告說，『我主人亞伯拉罕的上帝耶和華啊，求你使我一路順利。 43 我現在站在井旁，有女子出來打水的時候，我會向她要水喝， 44 如果她說，請喝，我也打水給你的駱駝喝，就讓她做你為我家主人的兒子預備的妻子吧。』
45 「我心中的話還沒有說完，就看見利百加肩上扛著水罐到井旁打水。我上前向她要水喝， 46 她就連忙放下肩上的水罐，說，『請喝，我也打水給你的駱駝喝。』我喝了，她又打水給駱駝喝。 47 我問她是誰家的女兒，她說，『是拿鶴和密迦的兒子彼土利的女兒。』我就替她戴上金鼻環和金手鐲， 48 然後俯伏敬拜耶和華——我主人亞伯拉罕的上帝，因為祂引導我走正確的路，找到了主人兄弟的孫女兒給主人的兒子做妻子。 49 現在，你們若願意以慈愛和信實對待我的主人，答應這門親事，請告訴我；如果不答應，也請告訴我，好讓我知道應該怎麼辦。」
50 拉班和彼土利回答說：「既然是耶和華的安排，我們不能再多說什麼。 51 你看，利百加就在這裡，你可以照耶和華的話，把她帶回去給你主人的兒子做妻子。」 52 亞伯拉罕的僕人聽見這話，就俯伏在地上敬拜耶和華， 53 然後拿出金銀首飾和衣裳送給利百加，又把貴重的禮物送給她的哥哥和母親。 54 老總管和隨行的人用過晚飯以後，在那裡住了一夜。第二天早晨，老總管說：「請讓我返回我主人那裡。」 55 但利百加的哥哥和母親說：「讓利百加和我們住上十來天再去吧！」 56 可是，老總管說：「既然耶和華已經使我一路順利，請你們不要挽留我，請讓我回到我主人那裡。」 57 他們說：「我們問問利百加的意見吧。」 58 他們就叫來利百加，問她：「你願意跟這個人同去嗎？」利百加說：「我願意！」 59 於是，他們讓利百加和她的奶媽跟老總管及隨行的人一同離去， 60 並為利百加祝福，說：
「我們的妹妹啊，
願你成為千萬人之母！
願你的後代戰勝仇敵！」
以撒與利百加成婚
61 於是，利百加和她的婢女們準備妥當，騎上駱駝，跟著老總管離去。
62 那時，以撒住在南地，他剛從庇耳·拉海·萊回來。 63 傍晚的時候，以撒來到田間默想，他抬頭一看，見一隊駱駝迎面而來。 64 利百加抬頭看見以撒，就從駱駝上下來， 65 問老總管：「那從田間來迎接我們的是誰？」老總管說：「是我的主人！」利百加聽了就蒙上面紗。 66 老總管向以撒講述整個事情的經過。 67 以撒就帶利百加進入他母親撒拉的帳篷，娶她為妻，並且很愛她。自從母親去世後，以撒這才得到安慰。
亞伯拉罕的其他後代
25 亞伯拉罕又娶了基土拉。 2 基土拉為亞伯拉罕生了心蘭、約珊、米但、米甸、伊施巴和書亞。 3 約珊生了示巴和底但，底但的子孫是亞書利族、利都示族和利烏米族。 4 米甸的兒子是以法、以弗、哈諾、亞比大和以勒大。這些都是基土拉的子孫。 5 亞伯拉罕把所有的財產都給了以撒。 6 他趁自己還在世的時候，把一些禮物送給他的妾所生的兒子們，讓他們離開他的兒子以撒到東方去。
7 亞伯拉罕活了一百七十五歲， 8 享盡天年，壽終正寢，歸到他祖先那裡。 9 他的兩個兒子以撒和以實瑪利把他安葬在麥比拉洞，那山洞在幔利附近、赫人瑣轄的兒子以弗崙的地裡。 10 那塊地是亞伯拉罕向赫人買的，他和妻子撒拉葬在一起。 11 亞伯拉罕去世以後，上帝賜福給他的兒子以撒。以撒住在庇耳·拉海·萊附近。
Genesis 24:1-25:11
Christian Standard Bible
A Wife for Isaac
24 Abraham was now old, getting on in years,[a](A) and the Lord had blessed him in everything. 2 Abraham said to his servant, the elder of his household who managed all he owned, “Place your hand under my thigh,(B) 3 and I will have you swear by the Lord, God of heaven and God of earth, that you will not take a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites among whom I live,(C) 4 but will go to my land and my family to take a wife for my son Isaac.”
5 The servant said to him, “Suppose the woman is unwilling to follow me to this land? Should I have your son go back to the land you came from?”
6 Abraham answered him, “Make sure that you don’t take my son back there. 7 The Lord, the God of heaven,(D) who took me from my father’s house and from my native land,(E) who spoke to me and swore to me, ‘I will give this land to your offspring’[b](F)—he will send his angel before you,(G) and you can take a wife for my son from there. 8 If the woman is unwilling to follow you, then you are free from this oath to me,(H) but don’t let my son go back there.” 9 So the servant placed his hand under his master Abraham’s thigh and swore an oath to him concerning this matter.
10 The servant took ten of his master’s camels, and with all kinds of his master’s goods in hand, he went to Aram-naharaim, to Nahor’s town. 11 At evening, the time when women went out to draw water, he made the camels kneel beside a well outside the town.
12 “Lord, God of my master Abraham,” he prayed, “make this happen for me today,(I) and show kindness to my master Abraham. 13 I am standing here(J) at the spring where the daughters of the men of the town are coming out to draw water. 14 Let the girl to whom I say, ‘Please lower your water jug so that I may drink,’ and who responds, ‘Drink, and I’ll water your camels also’—let her be the one you have appointed for your servant Isaac. By this I will know that you have shown kindness to my master.”
15 Before he had finished speaking, there was Rebekah—daughter of Bethuel son of Milcah,(K) the wife of Abraham’s brother Nahor—coming with a jug on her shoulder. 16 Now the girl was very beautiful,(L) a virgin—no man had been intimate with her. She went down to the spring, filled her jug, and came up. 17 Then the servant ran to meet her and said, “Please let me have a little water from your jug.”
18 She replied, “Drink, my lord.” She quickly lowered her jug to her hand and gave him a drink. 19 When she had finished giving him a drink, she said, “I’ll also draw water for your camels until they have had enough to drink.”[c] 20 She quickly emptied her jug into the trough and hurried to the well again to draw water. She drew water for all his camels 21 while the man silently watched her to see whether or not the Lord had made his journey a success.
22 As the camels finished drinking, the man took a gold ring weighing half a shekel, and for her wrists two bracelets weighing ten shekels of gold. 23 “Whose daughter are you?” he asked. “Please tell me, is there room in your father’s house for us to spend the night?”
24 She answered him, “I am the daughter of Bethuel son of Milcah, whom she bore to Nahor.” 25 She also said to him, “We have plenty of straw and feed and a place to spend the night.”
26 Then the man knelt low, worshiped the Lord,(M) 27 and said, “Blessed be the Lord, the God of my master Abraham, who has not withheld his kindness and faithfulness from my master.(N) As for me, the Lord has led me on the journey to the house of my master’s relatives.”
28 The girl ran and told her mother’s household about these things. 29 Now Rebekah had a brother named Laban,(O) and Laban ran out to the man at the spring. 30 As soon as he had seen the ring and the bracelets on his sister’s wrists, and when he had heard his sister Rebekah’s words—“The man said this to me!”—he went to the man. He was standing there by the camels at the spring.
31 Laban said, “Come, you who are blessed by the Lord.(P) Why are you standing out here? I have prepared the house and a place for the camels.” 32 So the man came to the house, and the camels were unloaded.(Q) Straw and feed were given to the camels, and water was brought to wash his feet and the feet of the men with him.
33 A meal was set before him, but he said, “I will not eat until I have said what I have to say.”
So Laban said, “Please speak.”
34 “I am Abraham’s servant,” he said. 35 “The Lord has greatly blessed my master, and he has become rich. He has given him flocks and herds, silver and gold, male and female slaves, and camels and donkeys. 36 Sarah, my master’s wife, bore a son to my master in her[d] old age,(R) and he has given him everything he owns.(S) 37 My master put me under this oath: ‘You will not take a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites in whose land I live 38 but will go to my father’s family and to my clan to take a wife for my son.’ 39 But I said to my master, ‘Suppose the woman will not come back with me?’ 40 He said to me, ‘The Lord before whom I have walked(T) will send his angel with you and make your journey a success, and you will take a wife for my son from my clan and from my father’s family. 41 Then you will be free from my oath if you go to my family and they do not give her to you—you will be free from my oath.’
42 “Today when I came to the spring, I prayed: Lord, God of my master Abraham, if only you will make my journey successful! 43 I am standing here at a spring. Let the young woman[e] who comes out to draw water, and I say to her, ‘Please let me drink a little water from your jug,’ 44 and who responds to me, ‘Drink, and I’ll draw water for your camels also’—let her be the woman the Lord has appointed for my master’s son.
45 “Before I had finished praying silently,(U) there was Rebekah coming with her jug on her shoulder, and she went down to the spring and drew water. So I said to her, ‘Please let me have a drink.’ 46 She quickly lowered her jug from her shoulder and said, ‘Drink, and I’ll water your camels also.’ So I drank, and she also watered the camels. 47 Then I asked her, ‘Whose daughter are you?’ She responded, ‘The daughter of Bethuel son of Nahor, whom Milcah bore to him.’ So I put the ring on her nose(V) and the bracelets on her wrists. 48 Then I knelt low, worshiped the Lord, and blessed the Lord, the God of my master Abraham, who guided me on the right way to take the granddaughter of my master’s brother for his son. 49 Now, if you are going to show kindness and faithfulness to my master,(W) tell me; if not, tell me, and I will go elsewhere.”[f]
50 Laban and Bethuel answered, “This is from the Lord; we have no choice in the matter.[g](X) 51 Rebekah is here in front of you. Take her and go, and let her be a wife for your master’s son, just as the Lord has spoken.”
52 When Abraham’s servant heard their words, he bowed to the ground before the Lord. 53 Then he brought out objects of silver and gold, and garments, and gave them to Rebekah. He also gave precious gifts to her brother and her mother. 54 Then he and the men with him ate and drank and spent the night.
When they got up in the morning, he said, “Send me to my master.”
55 But her brother and mother said, “Let the girl stay with us for about ten days. Then she[h] can go.”
56 But he responded to them, “Do not delay me, since the Lord has made my journey a success. Send me away so that I may go to my master.”
57 So they said, “Let’s call the girl and ask her opinion.”[i]
58 They called Rebekah and said to her, “Will you go with this man?”
She replied, “I will go.” 59 So they sent away their sister Rebekah with the one who had nursed and raised her,[j](Y) and Abraham’s servant and his men.
60 They blessed Rebekah, saying to her:
Our sister, may you become
thousands upon ten thousands.(Z)
May your offspring possess
the city gates of their[k] enemies.(AA)
61 Then Rebekah and her female servants got up, mounted the camels, and followed the man. So the servant took Rebekah and left.
62 Now Isaac was returning from Beer-lahai-roi,[l](AB) for he was living in the Negev region. 63 In the early evening Isaac went out to walk[m] in the field, and looking up he saw camels coming. 64 Rebekah looked up, and when she saw Isaac, she got down from her camel 65 and asked the servant, “Who is that man in the field coming to meet us?”
The servant answered, “It is my master.” So she took her veil and covered herself. 66 Then the servant told Isaac everything he had done.
67 And Isaac brought her into the tent of his mother Sarah and took Rebekah to be his wife. Isaac loved her, and he was comforted after his mother’s death.(AC)
Abraham’s Other Wife and Sons
25 Abraham had taken[n] another wife, whose name was Keturah,(AD) 2 and she bore him Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah. 3 Jokshan fathered Sheba and Dedan. Dedan’s sons were the Asshurim, Letushim, and Leummim. 4 And Midian’s sons were Ephah, Epher, Hanoch, Abida, and Eldaah. All these were sons of Keturah. 5 Abraham gave everything he owned to Isaac.(AE) 6 But Abraham gave gifts to the sons of his concubines, and while he was still alive he sent them eastward, away from his son Isaac, to the land of the East.(AF)
Abraham’s Death
7 This is the length of Abraham’s life:[o] 175 years. 8 He took his last breath and died at a good old age,(AG) old and contented,[p] and he was gathered to his people.(AH) 9 His sons Isaac and Ishmael buried him in the cave of Machpelah(AI) near Mamre, in the field of Ephron son of Zohar the Hethite. 10 This was the field that Abraham bought from the Hethites.(AJ) Abraham was buried there with his wife Sarah. 11 After Abraham’s death, God blessed his son Isaac, who lived near Beer-lahai-roi.(AK)
Footnotes
- 24:1 Lit days
- 24:7 Lit seed
- 24:19 Lit they are finished drinking
- 24:36 Sam, LXX read his
- 24:43 Or the virgin
- 24:49 Lit go to the right or to the left
- 24:50 Lit we cannot say to you anything bad or good
- 24:55 Or you
- 24:57 Lit mouth
- 24:59 Lit with her wet nurse; Gn 35:8
- 24:60 Lit his
- 24:62 = A Well of the Living One Who Sees Me
- 24:63 Or pray, or meditate; Hb obscure
- 25:1 Or Abraham took
- 25:7 Lit And these are the days of the years of the life of Abraham that he lived
- 25:8 Sam, LXX, Syr read full of days
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