利河伯意为“宽阔之地”:以撒在创世记 26 章中的井



  • 利河伯在希伯来语中意为“宽阔之地”,以撒给一口井起了这个名字,因为正如他所说:“耶和华给我们宽阔之地。”
  • 在以撒命名这口井之前,他先前的两口井——埃色和西提拿——因与基拉耳的牧人发生争执而被夺走。
  • 以撒所用的“宽阔”一词的动词与利河伯这个名字来自同一个希伯来语词根,大卫所说的“我在困苦中,你曾使我宽广”也是如此。
  • 在利河伯之后,神在别是巴向以撒显现,告诉他:“不要惧怕,因为我与你同在。”
  • 圣经中还提到尼尼微附近有一座名为利河伯的城市,以及河边的利河伯,那是早期以东一位君王的家乡。
  • 拿曼尼德将这三口井解读为三座圣殿,马太·亨利将利河伯解读为天堂的写照,但创世记本身并没有这样说。
  • “耶和华利河伯”并不是圣经中神的名字;利河伯是那口井的名字。

Rehoboth means “broad places,” or simply room. It is the name Isaac gave a well in Genesis 26:22, after two other wells had been fought over, and he explained it himself: “For now the LORD hath made room for us, and we shall be fruitful in the land.” The Hebrew word comes from a root meaning to be wide. So the name is a sentence of thanks dug into the ground. Isaac had been told “Go from us” (Genesis 26:16)…

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