Browse Bible Study Resources

Daily Devotions

My Song In The Night (Genesis)
我夜间的歌曲《创世记》

My Song In The Night (Genesis)
我夜间的歌曲《创世记》 
Day 
Day 245

Text: Genesis 31: 36-37

MEDITATION

Genesis 31:36-37

36 Then Jacob was angry and rebuked Laban, and Jacob answered and said to Laban: “What is my trespass? What is my sin, that you have so hotly pursued me?
37 Although you have searched all my things, what part of your household things have you found? Set it here before my brethren and your brethren, that they may judge between us both!

MEANINGFUL APPLICATION TO LIFE

1. An angry rebuke

a. This was directed towards Laban.
b. Jacob was angry and he rebuked his father-in-law.

2. Rhetorical questions

a. What was Jacob’s sin or trespass?
i. The words “sin” and “trespass” were used for emphasis.
ii. Sin and trespass would simply be “wrongdoing”.
b. Jacob was confident that he had not done wrong to his father-in-law.
i. He had not stolen anything from Laban.
ii. Why had Laban pursued him so intently as if he was a criminal?

3. A word of challenge

a. Laban had searched all the tents thoroughly.
b. There were five separate tents that had been thoroughly searched.
i. Jacob’s own personal tent.
ii. The four tents of his four wives.
c. What had Laban actually found?
i. He could show everyone the things that had been stolen from Laban.
ii. There were two groups there; Laban’s and Jacob’s.

Jacob had been treated as if he was a criminal. This was humiliating and frustrating.

经文：创世记 31：36-37

沉思

《创世记 31：36-37》
36 雅各就发怒斥责拉班说：“我有什么过犯，有什么罪恶，你竟这样火速地追我！

37 你摸遍了我一切的家具，你搜出什么来呢？可以放在你我弟兄面前，叫他们在你我中间辨别辨别！

在生活里有意义地应用

1. 发怒斥责

a. 这是朝拉班所发的
b. 雅各很愤怒地斥责他的岳父

2. 反问

a. 雅各的过犯和罪恶是什么呢？
i. “过犯”和“罪恶”这两个词汇是为了加重言词
ii. 过犯和罪恶简单来说是“作恶”
b. 雅各很肯定他并没有对他的岳父作恶
i. 他并没有偷拉班的东西
ii. 拉班为何像犯人一样火速地追他？

3. 质问

a. 拉班已经仔细地搜查了所有的帐篷
b. 他彻底地搜寻了五个帐篷
i. 雅各的私人帐篷
ii. 雅各妻子们的四个帐篷
c. 拉班到底找到了什么呢？
i. 拉班可以把从他那儿偷走的东西拿出来给大家看
ii. 那里有两组人：拉班的弟兄和雅各的弟兄。

拉班像对犯人一样地对待雅各。这令他感到又羞耻又沮丧。