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

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15. And when Joseph’s brothers saw that their father was dead, they said, “Joseph will perhaps hate us, and will certainly repay us all the evil which we did to him.”

16. And they sent a message to Joseph, saying, “Your father commanded before he died, saying,

17. ‘Thus shall you say to Joseph, “I beseech you now, forgive the trespass of your brothers and their sin, for they did evil to you.” ‘ And please now forgive the trespass of the servants of the God of your father.” And Joseph wept when they spoke to him.

18. And his brothers also went and fell down before his face. And they said, “Behold, we are your servants.”

19. And Joseph said to them, “Do not fear, for am I in the place of God?

20. But as for you, you thought evil against me, but God meant it for good to bring to pass, as it is this day, to save a great many people alive.

21. And now do not fear. I will nourish you and your little ones.” And he comforted them and spoke to their hearts.

22. And Joseph lived in Egypt, he and his father’s house. And Joseph lived a hundred and ten years.

23. And Joseph saw Ephraim’s sons of the third generation. Also the sons of Machir the son of Manasseh, were brought up upon Joseph’s knees.

24. And Joseph said to his brothers, “I am about to die. And God will surely visit you, and bring you out of this land into the land which He swore to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.”

25. And Joseph took an oath of the sons of Israel, saying, “God will surely visit you, and you shall carry up my bones from here.”

26. So Joseph died, being a hundred and ten years old. And they embalmed him, and put him in a coffin in Egypt.

 (A Faithful Version)

15. 眾兄弟在父親去世後，就擔心地談論：約瑟或會恨我們，有可能會一報前仇。

16. 商議完畢就派人見約瑟，說：父親臨終前吩咐是這樣：

17. 去跟約瑟說：要饒恕你眾兄弟曾犯過的錯，現在就看在父親相信的耶和華份上，就欣然和解不記前仇。約瑟聽罷，就心被觸動哭起來。

18. 眾兄分見狀，就慌忙俯伏在地，說：都是你的僕人，任你處置。

19. 約瑟扶起他們說：不用怕，我豈能代替神去審判？

20. 你們以為是在害我，卻原來是耶和華的心意，為要保全許我們一家人，才有今日的光景。

21. 不用擔心，我必盡力使我們一家人生存無缺。這話就如箴言安撫人的心靈。

22. 約瑟和家人一起，活到一百一十歲。

23. 約瑟在這些年間，能看到以法蓮第三代的子孫，又看到瑪拿西的兒子瑪吉，在其膝下養大。

24. 約瑟此時對眾兄弟說話：感到時候要到，臨終前要你們知道，神會一直眷顧著你們，也會領你們離開埃及地，回到祂應許給亞伯拉罕、以撒、雅各的那塊地。

25. 約瑟用以色列人的身份起誓說：耶和華會一路看顧你們，帶我的骨頭一起回去。

26. 約瑟離世時，享年一百一十歲。他們用香料塗抹遺體，放在棺，安葬在埃及。

群族消失，在人對歷史描述的基準，是以得失和武力大少二種成就作準。若以雅各在耶和華中的標準，個人的成就不會用人的判準，如上述的，而是看人自己的能力和內心中良性的選擇，如犧牲自己應有的權益。這些身外物貧乏或者豐富，不應阻礙人性善良的發揮。因此只有崇尚武力才德這人間至為理想的標準，離耶和華的喜悅準則，是有一大段距離。這距離在於靈巧純良，是人本質上存在，耶和華在創造時，人，不論男女都有，只因身體功能不同而選擇不同而矣。人生存於世是不會餓死，只要不被人為的生活標準和價值忽悠，活在以耶和華那份愛的方式作準，耶和華成了這人的同路人的時候，就是志同道合，必然與耶和華為一體，生活就可貧可富，無任何人為價值的束縛，自由自在。只求自己能力的彰顯，有日消失離去，是自然不過的事。

瑪吉又稱為瑪希爾，來自百科全書：

Machir  or  Makir  (Hebrew: מָכִיר  Māḵîr, “bartered”) was the name of two figures in the  Hebrew Bible

1. Machir was the son of  Manasseh, grandson of  Joseph, and father of  Gilead  in the  Book of Numbers  26:29.
2. According to the  Books of Samuel, Machir son of  Ammiel  was the name of a descendant of Machir ben Manasseh who resided at  Lo-debar. The text states that here he looked after  Mephibosheth, the son of  Jonathan, until  David  took over his care, and also looked after David himself when David became a fugitive.

來自AI:

1. Machir, Son of Manasseh

The primary biblical figure named  Machir  was the eldest (and possibly only) son of  Manasseh, making him a grandson of  Joseph. Born in Egypt to an Aramean concubine, his descendants, known as the  Machirites, became a powerful and warlike clan. 

• Conquest of Gilead:  The Machirites are credited with capturing the region of Gilead east of the Jordan River from the Amorites. Consequently, Machir is often called the “father of Gilead,” and the land was allotted to his family by Moses. 
• Military Reputation:  Described as a “man of war,” the clan received the territories of Gilead and Bashan due to their martial prowess. In the Song of Deborah (Judges 5), the name “Machir” is used poetically to represent the entire tribe of Manasseh. 
• Family:  He was the father of Gilead, Peresh, and Sheresh, and had a daughter who married into the tribe of Judah. His wife was Maacah.

2. Machir, Son of Ammiel

A later descendant, also named  Machir, was the son of Ammiel and a wealthy landowner residing in  Lo-debar.   He is noted for his loyalty and hospitality during turbulent times in Israel’s monarchy.

• Guardian of Mephibosheth:  He sheltered and cared for Mephibosheth, the crippled son of Jonathan (King Saul’s son), until King David brought him to Jerusalem. 
• Supporter of David:  During King David’s flight from his son Absalom’s rebellion, this Machir provided essential supplies, including beds, basins, and food, to the king and his followers at Mahanaim. 

The primary achievement attributed to Machir and his lineage is the  conquest and settlement of Gilead.  Unlike other tribes that received land solely by lot, Machir’s descendants actively seized their territory through military force, driving out established pagan nations. This action secured a strategic and fertile inheritance for the tribe of Manasseh. 

它是一個消失的族群，內中的原因以下有詳細的說明：

雅各離世，兄分之間似乎是到了算舊脹的時候。人怕死的心理，很普遍，這心態很奇怪，世上學術研事沒有這研究，有的是人的恐懼。怕死會不會就是恐懼的根源，大家可以自行探索。

在眾人面臨生死的時候，那份恐懼逼使他們承認一個事實，有做過對人不住的事。為何做過對人不對的事，會有害怕的感覺，相信是人的良心仍在，恭喜，他仍是個人。現代有門學問，叫辯論技巧，有反正雙方，有公証人作準。公証人作準的原則依據，從可而來？於是，在無公証人在旁，人作假證的十分平常的事。若翻看美國各州的交通事件的錄像，人的自由比社會約制這共同手則，來得重要，這是人犯事有權的自私心作怪，有權利無義務。幸好雅各的子女，犯了錯會承認，也願意屬求諒解，也有作出諒解的胸襟和勇氣。不要小看這舉動，大多數人不會。

若一位犯錯不會認錯的，這人能誠心去改過的可能，有多高？很低是不是？若一家人都會做錯不認，這家人的關係會如何？它若是在社會，那問題就不用問，看今日的世事就清楚明白。

信仰是個人的事，世界是由每個人在一起組成，個人的事會影響世界，因此雅各一家人的事，它同樣是世界和平安定繁榮的事。挪亞當日的社會，有多個家庭是這樣，有錯會認，相信沒有洪水下來這回事。覺得這道理可靠，自己做起，又多去分享，那麼世界和平會因你而來。