參考版本 AFV  A  Faithful Version 的希臘文 2009版本              

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13. And He said to Abram, “You must surely know that your seed shall be sojourners in a land that is not theirs, four hundred years.

14. And also I will judge that nation whom they shall serve. And afterward they shall come out with great substance.

15. And you shall go to your fathers in peace. You shall be buried in a good old age.

16. But in the fourth generation they shall come here again, for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet full.”

17. And it came to pass—when the sun went down and it was dark—behold, a smoking furnace and a burning lamp passed between those pieces.

18. In the same day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, “I have given this land to your seed, from the river of Egypt to the great river, the river Euphrates,

19. The land of the Kenites, and the Kenizzites, and the Kadmonites,

20. And the Hittites, and the Perizzites, and the Rephaim,

21. And the Amorites, and the Canaanites, and the Girgashites, and the Jebusites.”

 (A Faithful Version)

13. 那事件後，有日，耶和華對亞伯蘭說：要明白一個事實，你的後裔在這地是寄居的。並不屬於他們，維持約四百年。

14. 才會對你子孫所服役的國作出栽決，那時候，他們會擁有大量的財富。

15. 你到時會平安地，回到你列祖那地安然就寢。

16. 此事發生在第四代的後人身上，回到這原初的地方，只是，亞摩利人仍在，因罪的懲罰未到。

17. 隨著日出日落，爐灶的火和火炬的光，在年月之中依舊點燃之際。

18. 某日，耶和華與亞伯蘭又一次立約，說：那地會賜給你的後裔的，範圍將從埃及的尼羅河直到幼發拉底河這一帶。

19. 當中居住的人，就包括有基尼人、基尼洗人、甲摩尼人之地，

20. 赫人、比利洗人、利乏音人之地，

21. 亞摩利人、迦南人、革迦撒人、耶布斯人等人的地方。

從AI 了解這地的範圍和情況：

The area stretching from the Nile River in Egypt to the Euphrates River encompasses a vast region historically known as the   Fertile Crescent, a cradle of early civilizations.  This territory includes parts of modern-day Egypt, Israel, Palestine, Lebanon, Jordan, Syria, Iraq, and parts of southeastern Turkey and western Iran. 

Geographically, the distance between the Nile River (flowing through Egypt) and the Euphrates River (originating in eastern Turkey and flowing through Syria and Iraq) is approximately  1,500 kilometers (932 miles).   The Nile, the longest river in Africa, flows northward into the Mediterranean Sea, while the Euphrates flows southward into the Persian Gulf, forming the heartland of ancient Mesopotamia. 

Historically and biblically, this region is significant as the land promised to Abraham in   Genesis 15:18, described as extending “from the river of Egypt to the great river, the Euphrates.” The term “river of Egypt” in this context refers not to the Nile itself, but to the  Wadi  El-Arish   (or the Brook of Egypt), a seasonal stream in the Sinai Peninsula near modern-day Gaza.    This boundary marks the southern limit of the ancient Promised Land. 

Culturally and politically, the concept of a territory stretching from the Nile to the Euphrates is echoed in modern discussions of   Greater Israel, where some interpret it as a divine or historical claim to the entire region.    However, in practice, no single nation has ever controlled this entire expanse, and today the area is divided among multiple countries.

這處描述的情況，似乎與亞伯蘭小信有關。現在這伯特利的範圍不屬於他，只是暫居，他們是寄居而矣。如果從上一段的理解，那是因為亞伯蘭不相信帶來的結果。這結果不影響耶和華對他承諾的後代如繁星般，卻影響他的生存和生活方式。換句說話，是際遇起了變化。帶來的變化不是耶和華，是人的信心。

他們要過四百年的流散生活，是從第四代的開始。估計是在摩西帶以色列人出埃及那段歷史。在這地曾有南北二國的誕生。

這描述有一個未言明的狀況：信心大小，是直接影響你現在及將來的生活方式。這情況不用神蹟去解釋，華人有古言：相由心生，不就是人生任何轉變，與你現在有何想法有直接的關係。心理的研究，人生在那三角型理論，人要實現自我，它在三角型的頂端。意思人有不同想法，若不想上頂也可以。

亞伯蘭在他的人生，算是平穩地渡過，有子孫也有足夠的財富養生。相信聽完了二伯蘭的人生對其後代的影響之後，他用更為現實的眼光，去處理信心不足。他不能影響每一個子孫，子孫各有自己的福氣，世界三大宗教，猶太教、伊斯蘭教、基督教都是因他們不同取向誕生。能繼承這份真正福氣，只有一位，叫以撒，他雙生兒中的雅各，即現今以色列前身，在生活中掙扎，獨立而出色。