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

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26. Then Abimelech went to him from Gerar, with Ahuzzath, one of his friends, and Phicol the commander of his army.

27. And Isaac said to them, “Why do you come to me since you hate me and have sent me away from you?”

28. And they said, “We saw certainly that the LORD was with you. And we said, ‘Let there be now an oath between us, between us and you, and let us make a covenant with you;

29. That you will do us no harm since we have not touched you, and since we have done nothing but good to you, and have sent you away in peace. You are now the blessed of the LORD.’ ”

30. And he made them a feast, and they ate and drank.

31. And they rose up early in the morning and swore an oath to one another. And Isaac sent them away, and they departed from him in peace.

32. And the same day Isaac’s servants came and told him about a well which they had dug, saying to him, “We have found water.”

33. And he called the well, Shebah. Therefore the name of the city is The Well of Sheba.

34. And when Esau was forty years old, he took as wives Judith the daughter of Beeri the Hittite, and Basemath the daughter of Elon the Hittite.

35. And they both were a grief of spirit to Isaac and to Rebekah.

 (A Faithful Version)

26. 這事以後，亞比米勒從基拉耳到來探望，同行有朋友亞戶撒和元帥非各。

27. 以撒見面便說：既不喜歡，叫我離開，今日到來為的是什麼。

28. 他說：我親眼目睹耶和華是與你同在，就想不如大家立一份約，

29. 我以往不曾做過傷害你的事，大家和睦相處，你也平平安安離去，是耶和華賜給你的福氣。

30. 表明了誠意，以撒為他們擺宴款待，舉杯互賀。

31. 翌日清晨，彼此立誓辦妥立約事宜。以撒出門恭送，一切都非常順利。

32. 同日，以撒的僕人來報喜，他們另外去找的一口井，今日發現有水。

33. 以撒給井起名叫示巴。他們居住的地方也以此命名。

34. 當以掃年到四十的時候，娶了赫人比利的女兒，猶滴為妻，再另娶赫人巴實抹的女兒以倫為妻。

35. 這兩個女人讓以撒和利百加感到十分擔憂。

AI：

Shebah   and   Beersheba   (also spelled Beer-sheba) are directly related, with Shebah being the specific well that gave the city its name. 

• Etymology: The name   Shebah   (or Shibah) means “oath” or “seven” in Hebrew. 
• Connection: In Genesis 26:33, Isaac named the well   Shebah   to commemorate the oath of peace sworn with the Philistines.   Consequently, the surrounding settlement became known as   Beersheba, which translates to “well of the oath” (or “well of seven”). 
• Usage: While   Beersheba   refers to the entire city or region,   Shebah  specifically refers to the well itself.   The two terms are often used interchangeably in biblical contexts to describe the same historical location. 

The   Hittites   (also spelled Hethites)  are the descendants of  Heth, who is identified in the Bible as the second son of  Canaan and a great-grandson of  Noah  through  Ham. 

• Genealogy: Heth is listed in the Table of Nations in   Genesis 10:15   and   1 Chronicles 1:13   as a direct descendant of Canaan. 
• Biblical Reference: They are frequently referred to in the Old Testament as the “sons of Heth” or “children of Heth.”
• Key Interactions:  The Hittites are prominently featured in   Genesis 23, where   Abraham  purchases the cave of Machpelah from   Ephron the Hittite to bury his wife   Sarah.  They are also mentioned in the narratives of   Esau   (who married Hittite women) and  King David  (whose loyal warrior  Uriah the Hittite is a central figure in 2 Samuel 11). 
• Historical Context: While the biblical text places them in Canaan (specifically near Hebron), archaeological evidence indicates a major  Hittite Empire existed in   Anatolia   (modern-day Turkey) during the second millennium BC.

在摩西描述以撒，他的遭遇和反應，在一個屬於自己的，或是不同於自己文化下生活的環境下，如何存活，而且能夠安然無恙且富足地生活。它只有二條方式，與耶和華立約，有必要也與人立約。這是二種不同的約，卻可是同時因為需要而立，立約是雙方，守約也是札雙方。

耶和華永不反悔，人不會。共你產就是不守約，守不守約是個很重要的判斷基準。

亞伯拉罕因旱災移居，沒有受到生活上許多不便，至少在記載時未有，更因為錯判，版耶和華為之修正，因為耶和華守約。

以撒同樣面對旱災，同樣的遭遇，有同樣的擔憂，耶和華同樣的方式，展現出來的過程不同，亞比米勒自己看到。叫以撒離開，沒有送大禮，因為以撒的財富比他還多。強弱立見，於是以約方式保障大家平安。

立約從來都是在不平等條件下的須要，耶和華不會因為你弱不去守約，人會。以撒沒有，在生存上，不是生命上愛到威脅，沒有投訴，而是盡力而為。正因如此，亞比米勒明白人若受耶和華祝福，這人的福氣不少。

這情況在人，未必都有亞比米勒的心胸和遠見，都會自以為強，失去了分辨的能力，記蠻幹起來。以今日伊朗的例子，被美國打到什麼防護都無，依舊蠻幹，這種是自私的行為，是憑血氣也不守約。伊朗以立約反約為手段，這種不尊重立約精神，也可以用在人與人之間，作為識別這人是否可以交心的人。

耶和華一直守約，今日的信眾有幾多守住？你守得住，恭喜！就多分享你守住的體會。