在荒野中的夏甲 (Hagar: The Woman in the Wilderness)
3/15/2018


在荒野中的夏甲 (Hagar: The Woman in the Wilderness)

Session 3 March 18, 2018 Unit 1: Women in the Bible

Genesis 16:7-16; 21:8-21

Worldwide Outreach Teaching School

Dr. Meiman Lai Saidi

上週Last Week::  敬畏神的性格和如何應驗於日常生活。We examined who is having Godly Character and we can notice those characters iin our everyday lives.

這週This Week: 我們將看到上帝對祂百姓總是信實的，當百姓須要祂時,祂總不離去我們. We will see that God is always faithful to His people. He doesn’t abandon people in their time of need.

A. Difficult Situation, then Meet Angel             A.困境中遇天使

Scriptures Reading: Genesis 16:7-16      讀經文: 創世記 16:7-16

  1. The angel of the LORD found Hagar near a spring in the desert; it was the spring that is beside the road to Shur.
  2. And he said, "Hagar, servant of Sarai, where have you come from, and where are you going?" "I'm running away from my mistress Sarai," she answered.
  3. Then the angel of the LORD told her, "Go back to your mistress and submit to her."
  4. The angel added, "I will so increase your descendants that they will be too numerous to count."

7. 耶和華的使者在曠野、書珥路上 的水泉旁遇見他、

8. 對他說、撒萊的使女夏甲、你從那裡來、要往那裡去．夏甲說、我從我的主母撒萊面前逃出來。

9. 耶和華的使者對他說、你回到你主母那裡、服在他手下。

10. 又說、我必使你的後裔極其繁多、甚至不可勝數。

 

 

 

11.   The angel of the LORD also said to her: "You are now with child and you will have a son. You shall name him Ishmael, for the LORD has heard of your misery.

12.   He will be a wild donkey of a man; his hand will be against everyone and everyone's hand against him, and he will live in hostility toward all his brothers."

13.   She gave this name to the LORD who spoke to her: "You are the God who sees me," for she said, "I have now seen the One who sees me."

14.   That is why the well was called Beer Lahai Roi ; it is still there, between Kadesh and Bered.

15.   So Hagar bore Abram a son, and Abram gave the name Ishmael to the son she had borne.

16.   Abram was eighty-six years old when Hagar bore him Ishmael.

Hagar was an Egyptian slave belonging to Abraham and Sarah. She was pregnant with Abraham’s child. She seems to be running back across the desert toward Egypt because she just can’t take anymore from Sarah. Before Sarah had her son, she encouraged Abraham to have children with her slaves. Once Sarah had a child, she was not excited about Abraham having a child with someone else. Hagar was in a very difficult situation.

God encourages Hagar to take the right path, which going back to Abraham and Sarah and submitting to Sarah.

We have watched three people make serous mistakes:

1 Sarai, who took matters into her own hands and gave her maidservant to husband, Abram;                                                       2 Abram, who went along with the plan, but when circumstances began to go wrong, refused to help solve the problem;                                        3 Hagar, who ran away from the problem, in spite of this messy situation, we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him。(Ro. 8:28)

Sarai and Abram still received the son they so desperately wanted, and God solved Hagar’s problem despite Abram’s refusal to get involved.

 
  1. 並說、你如今懷孕要生一個兒子、可以給他起名叫以實瑪利、因為耶和華聽見了你的苦情。〔以實瑪利就是　神聽見的意思〕
  2. 他為人必像野驢．他的手要攻打人、人的手也要攻打他、他必住在眾弟兄的東邊。
  3. 夏甲就稱那對他說話的耶和華為看顧人的　神．因而說、在這裡我也看見那看顧我的麼。
  4. 所以這井名叫庇耳拉海萊．這井正在加低斯、和巴列中間。
  5. 後來夏甲給亞伯蘭生了一個兒子．亞伯蘭給他起名叫以實瑪利。
  6. 夏甲給亞伯蘭生以實瑪利的時候、亞伯蘭年八十六歲。

夏甲是埃及人，屬於撒萊和亞伯蘭的奴隸，她已懷了亞伯蘭的孩子。是因為撒萊鼓勵其夫亞伯蘭和奴僕夏甲懷了胎，現在撒萊已生了自己的兒子，就不愉快亞伯蘭和別人有小孩。夏甲失望著主人對待她不好，故想回埃及，正走在沙漠地區。夏甲處在非常的苦境中。

上帝鼓勵夏甲走回主人，繼續服事撒萊和亞伯蘭。

 

 

我們已看到三人都有嚴重的過錯:

1 撒萊用自己的方法將女傭給了丈夫，亞伯蘭;  

2亞伯蘭卻只聽從太太撒萊的計劃與女傭關係, 卻拒絕幫忙解決困難；

3 夏甲, 逃避困難造成更亂的情行， 我們曉得萬事都互相效力、叫愛　神的人得益處、就是按他旨意的人。. (羅馬書 8:28)

撒萊和亞伯蘭已有自己所求要的兒子，既往不究的亞伯蘭，結果是上帝解決了夏甲的困難。

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Outcome:

  1. God hears our cries and sees us in our time of desperation Ge.16:7-15
  2. God fix our serous mistakes, blessing in disguise.

 

 

 

總之: 1. 上帝聽到我們的哭聲，也看到我們極其無望的時後。創世記16:7-15      2. 上帝也修正我們的錯誤，使我們因禍得福。

 

B. God Hears and Sees                                               B. 上帝聽到也看到

    Scriptures Reading: Genesis 21:8-21                           讀經文: 創世記21:8-21

  1. The child grew and was weaned, and on the day Isaac was weaned Abraham held a great feast.
  2. But Sarah saw that the son whom Hagar the Egyptian had borne to Abraham was mocking,
  3. and she said to Abraham, "Get rid of that slave woman and her son, for that slave woman's son will never share in the inheritance with my son Isaac."
  4. The matter distressed Abraham greatly because it concerned his son.
  5. But God said to him, "Do not be so distressed about the boy and your maidservant. Listen to whatever Sarah tells you, because it is through Isaac that your offspring will be reckoned.
  6. I will make the son of the maidservant into a nation also, because he is your offspring."
  7. Early the next morning Abraham took some food and a skin of water and gave them to Hagar. He set them on her shoulders and then sent her off with the boy. She went on her way and wandered in the desert of Beersheba.
  8. When the water in the skin was gone, she put the boy under one of the bushes.
  9. Then she went off and sat down nearby, about a bowshot away, for she thought, "I cannot watch the boy die." And as she sat there nearby, she began to sob.
  10. God heard the boy crying, and the angel of God called to Hagar from heaven and said to her, "What is the matter, Hagar? Do not be afraid; God has heard the
  11. Lift the boy up and take him by the hand, for I will make him into a great nation."
  12. Then God opened her eyes and she saw a well of water. So she went and filled the skin with water and gave the boy a drink.
  13. God was with the boy as he grew up. He lived in the desert and became an archer.
  14. While he was living in the Desert of Paran, his mother got a wife for him from Egypt.

 

 
  1. 孩子漸長、就斷了奶．以撒斷奶的日子、亞伯拉罕設擺豐盛的筵席。
  2. 當時、撒拉看見埃及人夏甲給亞伯拉罕所生的兒子戲笑、
  3.  就對亞伯拉罕說、你把這使女、和他兒子趕出去、因為這使女的兒子、不可與我的兒子以撒、一同承受產業。
  4. 亞伯拉罕因他兒子的緣故很憂愁。
  5. 神對亞伯拉罕說、你不必為這童子和你的使女憂愁、凡撒拉對你說的話、你都該聽從．因為從以撒生的、纔要稱為你的後裔。
  6. 至於使女的兒子、我也必使他的後裔成立一國、因為他是你所生的。
  7. 亞伯拉罕清早起來、拿餅和一皮袋水、給了夏甲、搭在他的肩上、又把孩子交給他、打發他走．夏甲就走了、在別是巴的曠野走迷了路
  8. 皮袋的水用盡了、夏甲就把孩子撇在小樹底下、
  9. 自己走開約有一箭之遠、相對而坐、說、我不忍見孩子死、就相對而坐、放聲大哭。
  10. 神聽見童子的聲音．　神的使者從天上呼叫夏甲說、夏甲、你為何這樣呢、不要害怕、　神已經聽見童子的聲音了。
  11. 起來、把童子抱在懷中、〔懷原文作手〕我必使他的後裔成為大國
  12. 神使夏甲的眼睛明亮、他就看見一口水井、便去將皮袋盛滿了水、給童子喝。
  13. 神保佑童子、他就漸長、住在曠野、成了弓箭手。
  14. 他住在巴蘭的曠野、他母親從埃及地給他娶了一個妻子。

 

 

 

 

Outcome:   Whatever Hagar would face in the future, she would have the strong memory of the God who sees, hears, and who came to her, reminding her that she was not alone. God’s purposes would be worked out in her life.

           It was a lot of hard work to make a life in the desert, but Ishmael grew up to become an archer and his mother Hagar was even able to get him an Egyptian wife.

           The moral of the story is that because Hagar chose God’s way, she chose life and blessing for her and her son.

 

Think about it: In what ways can you become more aware of those in need?

 

總之: 來日，無論夏甲面對困難  她印象深刻、深記得上帝也看到、也聽到、並與她同在；上帝對我們的目標的確是在我們生秳中顯現，我們並非孤獨而行的。

          過沙漠地的生活的確困難，但以實瑪利, 已長成弓箭手，且其母有能力給他物色一埃及妻子。

           這故事的教訓是因夏甲她選擇聽神的聲音，即速選擇與兒子生活在神的祝福裏。

 

思想: 那些方式使您能更敏感別人的須要呢？