【双语灵修】她是谁？WHO IS SHE?
创世记 12:10-20
那地遭遇饥荒。因饥荒甚大，亚伯兰就下埃及去，要在那里暂居。 将近埃及，就对他妻子撒莱说：“我知道你是容貌俊美的妇人， 埃及人看见你必说‘这是他的妻子’，他们就要杀我，却叫你存活。 求你说你是我的妹子，使我因你得平安，我的命也因你存活。” 及至亚伯兰到了埃及，埃及人看见那妇人极其美貌。 法老的臣宰看见了她，就在法老面前夸奖她，那妇人就被带进法老的宫去。 法老因这妇人就厚待亚伯兰，亚伯兰得了许多牛、羊、骆驼、公驴、母驴、仆婢。 耶和华因亚伯兰妻子撒莱的缘故，降大灾于法老和他的全家。
法老就召了亚伯兰来，说：“你这向我做的是什么事呢？为什么没有告诉我她是你的妻子？ 为什么说她是你的妹子，以致我把她取来要做我的妻子？现在你的妻子在这里，可以带她走吧！” 于是法老吩咐人将亚伯兰和他妻子，并他所有的都送走了。
星期六
三月七日
她是谁？
“法老……将亚伯兰和他的妻子，并他所有的都送走了。” - 创 12:20
那时有大饥荒，亚伯兰和撒莱需要食物。埃及地有粮食，但到那里可能会有危险。（这是神的子民第一次因饥荒到埃及找寻食物，这件事预表后来发生在亚伯兰的后人身上的事——参看《创世记》 37-50章。）
亚伯兰和撒莱进入埃及时，亚伯兰心生一计，他对撒莱说的话，言下之意是：“若有人问你是谁，我会告诉他们你是我的妹妹。如果我说你是我的妻子，他们可能会杀了我，为要得到你。”
一个骗局就这样开始了，而一个谎话带来另一个谎话。不久，撒莱便被带进法老宫里，要成为法老的妻子了。神藉着降病灾给法老和他的家人，来保护撒莱，这时真相便大白了。（多年之后，在另一次饥荒中，一个类似的骗局也发生在亚伯兰的儿子以撒身上——《创世记》 26章）
亚伯兰以为他是在为自己和妻子着想，现在他明白，供应和保护他们的其实是神。法老大可以因亚伯兰所作的杀了他，但神在这件事上保护他。亚伯兰没有被杀，反而被送走，连同撒莱在宫里得到所有的礼物也一同带走。归根究底，那些福份都是出自神信实的供应。
祷告
亲爱的神，很多时我们总以为我们能够保护自己，供应自己的需要，求你除去我们的自欺和骄傲，又帮助我们看到，惟有你才能供应我们的所需。阿们。
Genesis 12:10-20
SATURDAY, MARCH 7
WHO IS SHE?
Pharaoh . . . sent [Abram] on his way, with his wife and everything he had. —Genesis 12:20
It was a time of famine, and Abram and Sarai needed food. There was food in Egypt, but going there could be dangerous. (This would not be the first time God’s people sought food in Egypt during a famine, and this episode foreshadows events that took place later in the story of Abram’s descendants— see Genesis 37-50.)
As Abram and Sarai entered Egypt, Abram came up with a plan. He told Sarai, in effect, “If people ask who you are, I will tell them you are my sister. If I say you are my wife, they might kill me to get to you.”
So a deception began, and one lie led to another. Before long, Sarai was taken to become a wife in Pharaoh’s household. And the truth came out when God protected Sarai by inflicting diseases on Pharaoh and his household. (Some years later, a similar type of cover-up took place in the life of Abram’s son Isaac during another famine—Genesis 26.)
Abram had thought he was providing for himself and his wife, but he learned that it is God who provides and protects. Pharaoh could easily have killed Abram for his actions, but God provided protection for him in that way too.
Instead of being killed, Abram was sent away with all the gifts he had received when Sarai was taken into the palace. And those blessings came ultimately through the faithful provision of God.
Dear God, so often we think we can protect and provide for ourselves. Please take away our deception and pride, and help us to see that you alone are the one who provides. Amen.