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雅各責備他的兒子連累了他
因為對於處理事情的方式有不同的看法跟做法
而兒子的這些看法與作法更不是出於神的心意
也導致了未來整個家族要面對更大的挑戰

很多時候你我處理事情也要面對類似的狀況
大家對於同一件事情有不同的看法與作法
因此不論是在生活中、在家庭中或是教會中
為了不同的看法與作法而引發的爭論或是彼此生氣
都會因此而出現後遺症
輕則使夫妻會友之間生氣不和、發怒、惡言相向
重則使夫妻會友之間離婚收場、離開教會
這都是令人難以想像的複雜與困難

回到一開始的處理原則來看這事件若是以神為中心
則雅各的孩子不應該做出以信仰為藉口卻行殺戮之實
但當人在憤怒之時是很容易忘記以神為中心的
可見人要以神為中心是一件如此困難的事

透過今天的經文提醒你我

當一件令你難以接受的事情發生之時，
先尋求神心意再想想自己該如何面對，

才不至於讓自己得罪了人更得罪了神。



創世記

34:18 哈抹和他的兒子示劍喜歡這話。
And their words pleased Hamor, and Shechem Hamor's son.
34:19 那少年人做這事並不遲延，因為他喜愛雅各的女兒；他在他父親家中也是人最尊重的。
And the young man deferred not to do the thing, because he had delight in Jacob's daughter: and he was more honourable than all the house of his father.
34:20 哈抹和他兒子示劍到本城的門口，對本城的人說：
And Hamor and Shechem his son came unto the gate of their city, and communed with the men of their city, saying,
34:21 「這些人與我們和睦，不如許他們在這地居住，做買賣；這地也寬闊，足可容下他們。我們可以娶他們的女兒為妻，也可以把我們的女兒嫁給他們。
These men are peaceable with us; therefore let them dwell in the land, and trade therein; for the land, behold, it is large enough for them; let us take their daughters to us for wives, and let us give them our daughters.
34:22 惟有一件事我們必須做，他們才肯應允和我們同住，成為一樣的人民：就是我們中間所有的男丁都要受割禮，和他們一樣。
Only herein will the men consent unto us for to dwell with us, to be one people, if every male among us be circumcised, as they are circumcised.
34:23 他們的群畜、貨財，和一切的牲口豈不都歸我們嗎？只要依從他們，他們就與我們同住。」
Shall not their cattle and their substance and every beast of theirs be ours? only let us consent unto them, and they will dwell with us.
34:24 凡從城門出入的人就都聽從哈抹和他兒子示劍的話；於是凡從城門出入的男丁都受了割禮。
And unto Hamor and unto Shechem his son hearkened all that went out of the gate of his city; and every male was circumcised, all that went out of the gate of his city.
34:25 到第三天，眾人正在疼痛的時候，雅各的兩個兒子，就是底拿的哥哥西緬和利未，各拿刀劍，趁著眾人想不到的時候來到城中，把一切男丁都殺了，
And it came to pass on the third day, when they were sore, that two of the sons of Jacob, Simeon and Levi, Dinah's brethren, took each man his sword, and came upon the city boldly, and slew all the males.
34:26 又用刀殺了哈抹和他兒子示劍，把底拿從示劍家裡帶出來就走了。
And they slew Hamor and Shechem his son with the edge of the sword, and took Dinah out of Shechem's house, and went out. edge: Heb. mouth
34:27 雅各的兒子們因為他們的妹子受了玷污，就來到被殺的人那裡，擄掠那城，
The sons of Jacob came upon the slain, and spoiled the city, because they had defiled their sister.
34:28 奪了他們的羊群、牛群，和驢，並城裡田間所有的；
They took their sheep, and their oxen, and their asses, and that which was in the city, and that which was in the field,
34:29 又把他們一切貨財、孩子、婦女，並各房中所有的，都擄掠去了。
And all their wealth, and all their little ones, and their wives took they captive, and spoiled even all that was in the house.
34:30 雅各對西緬和利未說：「你們連累我，使我在這地的居民中，就是在迦南人和比利洗人中，有了臭名。我的人丁既然稀少，他們必聚集來擊殺我，我和全家的人都必滅絕。」
And Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, Ye have troubled me to make me to stink among the inhabitants of the land, among the Canaanites and the Perizzites: and I being few in number, they shall gather themselves together against me, and slay me; and I shall be destroyed, I and my house.
34:31 他們說：「他豈可待我們的妹子如同妓女嗎？」
And they said, Should he deal with our sister as with an harlot?