(续上)妥拉为什么记载以实玛利的寿数?为要借此推算雅各的年岁。以实玛利比以撒大十四岁,雅各出生时他七十四岁,离他一百三十七岁去世还有六十三年。
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……以实玛利的年岁为什么记在妥拉里?
Why were the years of Ishmael mentioned in the Torah?
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告诉我们那恶人的寿数是为什么呢?
For what purpose were we told the life span of that wicked man?
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为要借此推算雅各的年岁。
In order to reckon through them the years of Jacob.
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因为经上写着:「以实玛利享寿一百三十七岁」(创世记 25:17)。
As it is written: “And these are the years of the life of Ishmael, a hundred and thirty-seven years” (Genesis 25:17).
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以实玛利比以撒大多少岁?
How much older was Ishmael than Isaac?
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十四岁。
Fourteen years.
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因为经上写着:「夏甲给亚伯兰生以实玛利的时候,亚伯兰年八十六岁」(创世记 16:16)。
As it is written: “And Abram was eighty-six years old when Hagar bore Ishmael to Abram” (Genesis 16:16).
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又写着:「他儿子以撒生的时候,亚伯拉罕年一百岁」(创世记 21:5)。
And it is written: “And Abraham was a hundred years old when his son Isaac was born to him” (Genesis 21:5).
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论雅各和以扫又写着:「利百加生两个儿子的时候,以撒年六十岁」(创世记 25:26)。
And it is written with regard to Jacob and Esau: “And Isaac was sixty years old when she bore them” (Genesis 25:26).
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根据这几节经,雅各出生的时候以实玛利几岁?
Based on these verses, how old was Ishmael when Jacob was born?
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七十四岁。
Seventy-four.
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那时离他去世还剩多少年?
How many of his years remained then until his death?
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六十三年,因为以实玛利死时一百三十七岁。
Sixty-three, as Ishmael died at the age of a hundred and thirty-seven.