Chapter 6: The Jewish People / 第六章：犹太民族

God Speaks to Abraham / 上帝对亚伯拉罕说话

Sargon the Great ruled over many cities in Mesopotamia. One of the cities in Sargon's empire was called Ur. And a very important man lived in the city of Ur. His name was Abram. The book of Genesis, in the Bible, tells us about Abram:

萨尔贡大帝统治着美索不达米亚的许多城市。萨尔贡帝国中的一个城市叫做乌尔。一个非常重要的人住在乌尔城。他的名字叫亚伯兰。圣经中的创世记告诉我们关于亚伯兰的故事：

Long ago, Abram lived with his father Terah in the city of Ur. He helped his father to run his business. Terah was a merchant; he bought and sold copper, gold, purple and scarlet cloth, cinnamon, and salt. He grew rich buying and selling in Ur.

很久以前，亚伯兰和他的父亲他拉住在乌尔城。他帮助父亲经营生意。他拉是一个商人；他买卖铜、金子、紫色和红色的布料、肉桂和盐。他通过在乌尔的买卖变得富有。

Terah should have been happy. Ur was the perfect place for a merchant to live. The city was built right on the banks of the Euphrates River, so that traders could sail right up to the city with their goods.

他拉本应该很快乐。乌尔是商人生活的完美地方。这个城市就建在幼发拉底河的河岸上，因此商人可以带着他们的货物直接航行到城市。

But Terah lived in difficult times. After Sargon's death, his empire had fallen apart. The kings of the cities around Ur were fighting with each other. Tribes of wild people called Gutians were invading the land between the rivers.

但是他拉生活在困难的时代。萨尔贡死亡后，他的帝国分崩离析了。乌尔周围城市的国王们互相战斗。被称为古提人的野蛮部落正在入侵两河之间的土地。

If Ur was attacked, the city might be burned. Terah could lose all of his riches in the war. Terah worried and worried. He asked the ancient Mesopotamian gods what he should do.

如果乌尔被攻击，城市可能会被烧毁。他拉可能在战争中失去他所有的财富。他拉担心不已。他询问古代美索不达米亚的神明他应该怎么做。

He made extra sacrifices to the moon-god—the special god of the city of Ur. He even went to Ur's largest ziggurat and asked the moon-god to protect him from evil. (The ziggurats were special pyramids, built with steps up the sides so that priests could go up to the top and sacrifice to the gods.)

他向月神——乌尔城的特殊神明——献上额外的祭品。他甚至去了乌尔最大的神庙塔，请求月神保护他免受邪恶的伤害。（神庙塔是特殊的金字塔，两边建有台阶，以便祭司可以登上顶部向神明献祭。）

Finally, Terah decided that he would take his family and leave Ur. He took Abram and Abram's wife Sarai with him, and set off to find a better place to live. They traveled along the banks of the Euphrates River, looking for a city to settle in.

最后，他拉决定带走他的家庭并离开乌尔。他带着亚伯兰和亚伯兰的妻子撒莱，出发寻找更好的生活地方。他们沿着幼发拉底河岸旅行，寻找可以定居的城市。

When they arrived at the city of Haran, up in the north of Mesopotamia, Terah liked what he saw. Haran was a rich city where people came to trade. And the people of Haran also worshipped the moon-god, so Terah felt right at home.

当他们到达位于美索不达米亚北部的哈兰城时，他拉喜欢他所看到的。哈兰是一个富有的城市，人们来这里贸易。哈兰人也崇拜月神，所以他拉感到很有家的感觉。

Terah and Abram and Sarai settled into Haran. Terah started to work as a merchant again. Abram took care of the sheep, goats, and cows that Terah bought with all the money he earned. The whole family was doing well.

他拉、亚伯兰和撒莱在哈兰定居下来。他拉重新开始做商人工作。亚伯兰照料他拉用赚来的钱买的绵羊、山羊和奶牛。整个家庭都过得很好。

But Terah was an old man, and after several years in Haran, he died. Then Abram became the head of the family. One night after Terah's funeral, Abram went out for a walk in the dark.

但是他拉是一个老的人，在哈兰生活了几年后，他死了。然后亚伯兰成为了家庭的头领。他拉的葬礼后的一个晚上，亚伯兰在黑暗中出去散步。

He leaned his arms on the fence surrounding his flocks, and listened to the noise of the sheep and goats. He wondered whether he should keep on farming, or whether he should become a merchant like his father. Maybe he should go back to Ur, where the rest of his relatives were. Suddenly he heard a voice say, "Abram!"

他把胳膊靠在围绕羊群的围栏上，倾听绵羊和山羊的声音。他想知道自己是否应该继续务农，还是应该像父亲一样成为商人。也许他应该回到乌尔，那里有他其余的亲戚。突然他听到一个声音说："亚伯兰！"

He looked around, but he didn't see anyone! "Who are you?" he said. "Are you one of the gods?" "I am the one God," the voice said, "and there is no other God except for me!" "What do you want me to do?" Abram asked. "Leave Haran," God said, "and go to the land I will show you. I will give it to you and your children. I will make you into a great nation!"

他环顾四周，但是他没有看见任何人！"你是谁？"他说。"你是神明中的一个吗？""我是唯一的上帝，"那声音说，"除了我没有别的上帝！""你要我做什么？"亚伯兰问。"离开哈兰，"上帝说，"去我将向你显示的土地。我将把它给你和你的孩子们。我将使你成为一个伟大的民族！"

"I will bless your friends and curse your enemies. And everyone on earth will be blessed because of you." God told Abram to go to Canaan. Abram had never thought about going to Canaan. After all, there were no large trading cities there. There were no rivers. It was far, far away from Mesopotamia—the only civilized place that he knew.

"我将祝福你的朋友，诅咒你的敌人。地球上的每个人都将因为你而被祝福。"上帝告诉亚伯兰去迦南。亚伯兰从未想过去迦南。毕竟，那里没有大的贸易城市。那里没有河流。它离美索不达米亚——他所知道的唯一文明的地方——非常非常远。

Strange, wild tribes lived in Canaan. Why would he go there? But Abram decided to do what God told him. He took Sarai, all his servants, and all of his sheep, goats, cows, and camels. And all of them left the safe city of Haran and started off into the wilderness.

奇怪的、野蛮的部落生活在迦南。他为什么要去那里？但是亚伯兰决定按照上帝告诉他的去做。他带上撒莱、所有的仆人，以及所有的绵羊、山羊、奶牛和骆驼。他们所有人都离开了安全的哈兰城，开始进入荒野。

Finally they arrived in Canaan. When they got there, God appeared to Abram again. "I will make an agreement with you," God said to Abram. "Obey me and worship me. You will be the father of a whole new nation, and I will give the whole land of Canaan to you and your children and grandchildren."

最后他们到达了迦南。当他们到达那里时，上帝再次向亚伯兰显现。"我将与你立一个协议，"上帝对亚伯兰说。"服从我并崇拜我。你将成为一个全新民族的父亲，我将把整个迦南地给你和你的孩子们以及孙子孙女。"

"I am going to change your name from Abram to Abraham, because Abraham means 'father of many children.' And I am going to change Sarai's name to Sarah, because Sarah means 'princess.' Sarah will be the mother of a whole nation of people!" Abraham thought this was very funny, because he was an old man—older than your grandparents.

"我将把你的名字从亚伯兰改变为亚伯拉罕，因为亚伯拉罕意思是'许多孩子的父亲'。我将把撒莱的名字改为撒拉，因为撒拉意思是'公主'。撒拉将成为整个民族的母亲！"亚伯拉罕觉得这很有趣的，因为他是一个老人——比你的祖父母还老。

He laughed and laughed at God's promise. "How can Sarah and I have children?" he asked God. "Nothing is impossible for God!" God said. And the next year, Sarah had a baby—when she was at least ninety years old! Abraham and Sarah named their son Isaac, which means "laughter," because they had laughed at God.

他对上帝的承诺笑了又笑。"撒拉和我怎么能有孩子？"他问上帝。"对上帝来说没有什么是不可能的！"上帝说。第二年，撒拉生了一个婴儿——当时她至少九十岁了！亚伯拉罕和撒拉给他们的儿子起名叫以撒，意思是"笑声"，因为他们曾对上帝发笑。

Isaac had a son named Jacob. And then Jacob had sons—twelve of them. These twelve sons all had families of their own. All of these families lived in Canaan. Eventually, each one of Jacob's sons had a whole tribe of people named after him. The tribe of Judah was named after Jacob's son Judah. The tribe of Benjamin was named after his youngest son Benjamin. These twelve tribes became known as the nation of Israel, or the Jewish people.

以撒有一个儿子叫雅各。然后雅各有了儿子们——十二个。这十二个儿子都有自己的家庭。所有这些家庭都生活在迦南。最终，雅各的每个儿子都有了以他命名的整个部落。犹大部落以雅各的儿子犹大命名。便雅悯部落以他最小的儿子便雅悯命名。这十二个部落被称为以色列民族，或犹太人。

Joseph Goes to Egypt / 约瑟去埃及

Jacob's twelve sons didn't always get along with each other. They all wanted to be their father's favorite. But Jacob loved his son Joseph the best. The book of Genesis, in the Bible, tells us about Joseph and his brothers.

雅各的十二个儿子并不总是彼此和睦相处。他们都想成为父亲的最喜爱的。但是雅各最爱他的儿子约瑟。圣经中的创世记告诉我们关于约瑟和他兄弟们的故事。

One day, Joseph was out in the fields with his brothers, watching his father's sheep. Suddenly he heard his father Jacob calling, "Joseph! Joseph!" "Watch my sheep for me!" Joseph told his brothers. He ran quickly to his father's tent. "Yes, Father?" he asked. "Joseph," Jacob said, "you are very special to me. So I've made you a beautiful coat to wear."

一天，约瑟和他的兄弟们在田野里，看守他父亲的羊。突然他听到父亲雅各在喊："约瑟！约瑟！""替我看羊！"约瑟告诉他的兄弟们。他快速跑到父亲的帐篷。"是的，父亲？"他问。"约瑟，"雅各说，"你对我来说非常特别的。所以我给你做了一件漂亮的外套穿。"

He held out a beautiful coat—as colorful as a field full of flowers and as soft as a cloud, trimmed with a border of purple. Joseph could hardly believe his eyes. He was used to plain clothes, made from the skin of goats and the wool of his father's sheep.

他拿出一件美丽的外套——像满是花朵的田野一样色彩斑斓的，像云朵一样柔软的，边缘装饰着紫色的花边。约瑟几乎不敢相信自己的眼睛。他习惯了朴素的衣服，用山羊的皮肤和他父亲羊的羊毛制成。

He took the coat and slipped it on. "Thank you, Father!" he said. "I'll always wear it—even while I'm tending the sheep!" And he ran back to his flock of sheep. "Look, Judah!" he shouted. "Look, Benjamin! Look, all of you! Father made me a special coat!" His brothers stared at the coat. "Why didn't I get one?" Judah asked. "I'm older than you are!"

他拿起外套穿上。"谢谢您，父亲！"他说。"我会一直穿着它——即使在照看羊的时候！"他跑回他的羊群。"看，犹大！"他喊道。"看，便雅悯！看，你们所有人！父亲给我做了一件特别的外套！"他的兄弟们盯着这件外套。"为什么我没有得到一件？"犹大问。"我比你更老的！"

"Why did Father make a coat for you, and not for any of the rest of us?" All the brothers grumbled and complained about Joseph's coat. But Joseph wore the coat day and night. He boasted about his coat. He bragged about how much his father loved him. Finally, the other eleven brothers could stand it no more.

"为什么父亲给你做了外套，而不给我们其他任何人做？"所有的兄弟都对约瑟的外套抱怨和埋怨。但是约瑟日夜穿着这件外套。他炫耀他的外套。他自夸父亲多么爱他。最后，其他十一个兄弟再也无法忍受了。

One morning, they were all out in a field a long way away from Jacob's tent when they heard Joseph coming. "Here comes our father's favorite!" they complained. "Let's get rid of him so that we never have to hear him brag about his colored coat again!" And when Joseph came, they grabbed him, took his coat away, and threw him into a pit in the ground.

一天早上，他们都在离雅各帐篷很远的田野里，这时他们听到约瑟来了。"我们父亲的宠儿来了！"他们抱怨道。"让我们摆脱他，这样我们就再也不用听他吹嘘他的彩色外套了！"当约瑟来时，他们抓住了他，拿走了他的外套，把他扔进了地上的一个坑里。

When they saw some desert traders coming along, they pulled Joseph out of the pit and sold him to the traders as a slave. Then they smeared some goat blood on Joseph's coat and took it back to their father. "Look," they said. "We found this out in the desert. A lion must have killed Joseph!"

当他们看到一些沙漠商人走过来时，他们把约瑟从坑里拉出来，把他作为奴隶卖给了商人。然后他们在约瑟的外套上涂抹了一些山羊的血，把它带回给他们的父亲。"看，"他们说。"我们在沙漠里发现了这个。一只狮子一定杀死了约瑟！"

Jacob wept and wept, because he thought that Joseph was dead. But the desert traders took Joseph down to Egypt and sold him to the pharaoh of Egypt as a slave. Down in Egypt, Joseph lived in the house of Potiphar, the captain of the pharaoh's guards.

雅各哭泣不止，因为他以为约瑟死了。但是沙漠商人把约瑟带到埃及，把他作为奴隶卖给了埃及的法老。在埃及，约瑟住在波提乏家里，他是法老卫兵的队长。

He missed his father. He cried at nights because his brothers had been so cruel to him. But he worked hard in Potiphar's house. Soon, Potiphar took notice of him. He trusted Joseph more and more and gave him more and more responsibility. Soon, Joseph was running Potiphar's whole household!

他想念他的父亲。他晚上哭，因为他的兄弟们对他如此残忍的。但是他在波提乏家努力地工作。很快，波提乏注意到了他。他越来越信任约瑟，给了他越来越多的责任。很快，约瑟就在管理波提乏的整个家庭！

But Potiphar's wife decided that Joseph had too much power in her husband's house. She told lies about Joseph to Potiphar. Potiphar believed his wife—and he had Joseph thrown in jail. "What will happen to me?" Joseph thought. "Will I never be free? First my brothers sell me as a slave, and then I end up in the pharaoh's jail!"

但是波提乏的妻子认为约瑟在她丈夫家里有太多权力。她向波提乏说约瑟的谎言。波提乏相信了他的妻子——他让约瑟被关进监狱。"我会怎么样？"约瑟想。"我永远不会自由的吗？先是我的兄弟们把我卖为奴隶，然后我又被关进法老的监狱！"

One morning, one of the other prisoners looked troubled. "What is the matter?" Joseph asked. "I had a strange dream," the man said. "I dreamed that a vine grew up out of the ground, right in front of me. The vine grew branches, the branches grew grapes, and the grapes got ripe—right there in front of my eyes!"

一天早上，其他囚犯中的一个看起来很困扰。"怎么了？"约瑟问。"我做了一个奇怪的梦，"那人说。"我梦见一根葡萄藤从地里长出来，就在我面前。葡萄藤长出枝条，枝条长出葡萄，葡萄变成熟的——就在我眼前！"

"Then I squeezed the grapes into a cup, and gave the cup to Pharaoh." "I know what your dream means!" Joseph exclaimed. "It means that Pharaoh is going to take you out of jail and forgive your crimes!" "How do you know?" the dreamer asked. "Only God knows what dreams mean," Joseph said, "and he showed me the answer to your dream."

"然后我把葡萄挤压到杯子里，把杯子给了法老。""我知道你的梦是什么意思！"约瑟喊道。"这意味着法老将把你从监狱里带出来，原谅你的罪行！""你怎么知道？"做梦者问。"只有上帝知道梦的意思，"约瑟说，"他向我显示了你梦的答案。"

Sure enough, three days later soldiers appeared at the jail's door and took the prisoner away. "You've been pardoned," they said. "You can return to Pharaoh's palace and work for him again." As the dreamer was walking away, Joseph called after him, "Remember me! Tell Pharaoh that I am innocent, so that I can get out of jail!"

果然，三天后士兵出现在监狱门口，把那个囚犯带走了。"你被赦免了，"他们说。"你可以回到法老的宫殿，再次为他工作。"当做梦者走开时，约瑟在后面喊道："记住我！告诉法老我是无辜的，这样我就能出狱了！"

But the dreamer forgot all about Joseph, and Joseph stayed in prison for months and months and months. One night, the pharaoh himself had a terrifying dream. When he woke up, he said, "Who can tell me what my dream means?" Then the dreamer remembered Joseph. "Great Pharaoh," he said, "the Israelite in your prison knows what dreams mean. His god tells him!"

但是做梦者完全忘记了约瑟，约瑟在监狱里待了几个月又几个月。一天晚上，法老自己做了一个可怕的梦。当他醒来时，他说："谁能告诉我我的梦是什么意思？"然后做梦者想起了约瑟。"伟大的法老，"他说，"你监狱里的以色列人知道梦的意思。他的神告诉他！"

"Get him at once!" the Pharaoh said. So Joseph was brought from prison, right to the pharaoh's throne room. Pharaoh said to him, "I had a terrible dream. I dreamed that I was standing by the river Nile, and that seven big, fat cows walked up out of the water and started to graze on the riverbank."

"立刻把他带来！"法老说。所以约瑟从监狱被带到法老的王座室。法老对他说："我做了一个可怕的梦。我梦见我站在尼罗河边，七头又大又肥的牛从水里走上来，开始在河岸上吃草。"

"Then, seven ugly, thin cows came up from the water—and swallowed the fat cows right up! What does it mean? Can you tell me?" "My god gives me the wisdom to understand dreams," Joseph replied. "He tells me that the seven fat cows stand for seven good years, when the Nile will overflow, the crops will grow, and the Egyptians will have plenty to eat."

"然后，七头丑陋瘦弱的牛从水里上来——把肥牛全部吞下了！这是什么意思？你能告诉我吗？""我的神给我智慧来理解梦，"约瑟回答。"他告诉我七头肥牛代表七个好年，那时尼罗河会泛滥，庄稼会生长，埃及人会有很多吃的。"

"But the seven thin cows stand for seven years of famine. The Nile won't flood, and your crops will die. Pharaoh, you should choose a wise man and put him in charge of gathering grain during the seven good years. Store the grain, so that the Egyptians will have something to eat during the years of famine."

"但是七头瘦牛代表七年的饥荒。尼罗河不会洪水，你的庄稼会死。法老，你应该选择一个聪明的人，让他负责在七个好年里收集谷物。储存谷物，这样埃及人在饥荒年间就有东西吃了。"

"A wise man?" the Pharaoh said. "No one is wiser than you, Joseph. I will put you in charge of gathering the grain. You will be second in command to me." So Pharaoh took the ring off his finger and put it on Joseph's finger. And he gave Joseph white linen robes and a gold chain to wear around his neck.

"一个聪明的人？"法老说。"没有人比你更聪明，约瑟。我将让你负责收集谷物。你将是我的第二把手。"所以法老从他的手指上取下戒指，戴在约瑟的手指上。他给约瑟白色的亚麻长袍和一条金链子戴在脖子上。

He gave Joseph a chariot to ride in, and men to run in front of him and shout "Make way!" Joseph went all around Egypt, collecting grain from the farmers and storing it. Sure enough, for seven years the Nile overflowed and crops were good. But then famine came. The Nile was low, and the ground became dry and cracked.

他给约瑟一辆战车乘坐，派人在他前面跑并喊"让路！"约瑟走遍埃及，从农民那里收集谷物并储存起来。果然，七年里尼罗河泛滥，庄稼很好。但是接着饥荒来了。尼罗河水位很低，土地变得干燥裂开的。

The sun beat down on the fields, and the crops died. The Egyptians began to get hungry. Then Joseph started to hand out the grain that he had saved, a little bit for each family. In the lands around Egypt, people were hungry because of the famine. But in Egypt, everyone had food to eat! Up in Canaan, Jacob and his family were starving.

太阳烤着田野，庄稼死了。埃及人开始饥饿的。然后约瑟开始分发他储存的谷物，每个家庭一点点。在埃及周围的土地上，人们因为饥荒而饥饿。但在埃及，每个人都有食物吃！在迦南，雅各和他的家人正在挨饿。

There was no water; their sheep and goats were dying and their crops had failed. Finally Jacob said to his sons, "I hear that they have grain in Egypt. Go and get us some!" Joseph's brothers walked for days and days and days through the hot sand to reach Egypt. When they got to Pharaoh's palace, they were tired and thirsty and sweaty.

没有水；他们的绵羊和山羊正在死去，他们的庄稼歉收了。最后雅各对他的儿子们说："我听说埃及有谷物。去给我们弄一些！"约瑟的兄弟们在炎热的沙子中走了好多天才到达埃及。当他们到达法老的宫殿时，他们又累又口渴的又出汗的。

They waited in a long, long line of hungry people before they could go into the room where Joseph sat, giving out grain. When they got there, they didn't recognize Joseph at all. He had been in Egypt for years and years. He had grown up. And he was dressed like an Egyptian. But Joseph recognized his brothers. They had sold him as a slave—and now they were here, asking him for food.

他们在一长列饥饿的人群中等待，然后才能进入约瑟坐着分发谷物的房间。当他们到达那里时，他们完全没有认出约瑟。他在埃及已经很多年了。他已经长大了。而且他穿得像个埃及人。但是约瑟认出了他的兄弟们。他们曾把他卖为奴隶——现在他们在这里，向他要食物。

For weeks, Joseph didn't tell his brothers who he was. But finally, he could no longer bear to keep his secret. He invited them for a big dinner. And when dinner was over, he sent all his servants away. "I am Joseph!" he said to his brothers. "Is my father still alive?" The brothers could hardly believe their eyes. And they were terrified. "Now we are in his power!" they whispered to each other. "He will kill us!"

几个星期以来，约瑟没有告诉他的兄弟们他是谁。但最后，他再也无法忍受保守这个秘密。他邀请他们吃一顿丰盛的晚餐。当晚餐结束后，他把所有仆人都打发走了。"我是约瑟！"他对他的兄弟们说。"我的父亲还活着的吗？"兄弟们几乎不敢相信自己的眼睛。他们害怕的。"现在我们在他的控制下！"他们互相低声说。"他会杀死我们！"

But Joseph said, "I forgive the evil thing you did to me! God sent me ahead of you so that you could come and get food from me during this famine. Go back to Canaan and get all your flocks and your families and your tents. Come and live in Egypt, where there is plenty of food!" So Joseph's father and brothers and all their families—the Israelites—came down to Egypt and lived there, on the banks of the Nile.

但是约瑟说："我原谅你们对我做的坏事！上帝派我在你们之前来，这样你们就能在这次饥荒期间来从我这里得到食物。回到迦南，带上你们所有的羊群、家庭和帐篷。来埃及生活，这里有充足的食物！"所以约瑟的父亲和兄弟们以及他们所有的家庭——以色列人——来到埃及，在尼罗河岸生活。

The Israelite nation grew larger and larger. They kept on worshipping their one god, even though the Egyptians believed in many different gods. And as long as Joseph lived, Pharaoh was kind to the Israelites and let them have a part of Egypt for their very own.

以色列民族越来越壮大。他们继续崇拜他们的一个神，尽管埃及人信仰许多不同的神。只要约瑟活着，法老就对以色列人很善良的，让他们拥有埃及的一部分作为自己的家园。

[原书插图：埃及法老的头像画像]

📚 Chapter Vocabulary / 本章词汇表

基础生活词汇 / Basic Life Vocabulary

father

/ˈfɑːðər/

中文：父亲
定义：男性家长
例句：Abram helped his father Terah run the business.

family

/ˈfæməli/

中文：家庭
定义：由亲属组成的群体
例句：Terah took his family and left Ur.

house

/haʊs/

中文：房子
定义：人们居住的建筑
例句：Joseph lived in Potiphar's house.

children

/ˈtʃɪldrən/

中文：孩子们
定义：年幼的人类
例句：Abraham means 'father of many children.'

food

/fuːd/

中文：食物
定义：人们吃的东西
例句：Everyone in Egypt had food to eat.

water

/ˈwɔːtər/

中文：水
定义：透明的液体
例句：There was no water in Canaan during the famine.

历史专业词汇 / Historical Terms

empire

/ˈempaɪər/

中文：帝国
定义：由皇帝统治的大国
例句：Sargon's empire had fallen apart.

merchant

/ˈmɜːrtʃənt/

中文：商人
定义：做买卖的人
例句：Terah was a merchant who traded goods.

civilization

/ˌsɪvəlɪˈzeɪʃən/

中文：文明
定义：高度发展的人类社会
例句：Mesopotamia was the only civilized place Abram knew.

pharaoh

/ˈfɛroʊ/

中文：法老
定义：古埃及的国王
例句：Joseph became second in command to Pharaoh.

tribe

/traɪb/

中文：部落
定义：有共同祖先的群体
例句：The twelve tribes became the nation of Israel.

slave

/sleɪv/

中文：奴隶
定义：被迫为他人工作的人
例句：Joseph's brothers sold him as a slave.

地理相关词汇 / Geography Vocabulary

Mesopotamia

/ˌmesəpəˈteɪmiə/

中文：美索不达米亚
定义：两河流域古代文明地区
例句：Sargon ruled many cities in Mesopotamia.

Egypt

/ˈiːdʒɪpt/

中文：埃及
定义：非洲东北部的国家
例句：Joseph was sold to Egypt as a slave.

Canaan

/ˈkeɪnən/

中文：迦南
定义：应许之地
例句：God told Abraham to go to Canaan.

Nile

/naɪl/

中文：尼罗河
定义：流经埃及的大河
例句：The Israelites lived on the banks of the Nile.

desert

/ˈdezərt/

中文：沙漠
定义：干燥少雨的地区
例句：Desert traders bought Joseph from his brothers.

wilderness

/ˈwɪldərnəs/

中文：荒野
定义：未开发的野外地区
例句：Abraham left Haran and went into the wilderness.

宗教文化词汇 / Religious & Cultural Terms

God

/ɡɑːd/

中文：上帝
定义：最高的神明
例句：God spoke to Abraham and made promises.

worship

/ˈwɜːrʃɪp/

中文：崇拜
定义：对神明的敬拜
例句：The Israelites worshipped one God.

dream

/driːm/

中文：梦
定义：睡觉时的想象
例句：Joseph could interpret dreams.

promise

/ˈprɑːməs/

中文：承诺
定义：保证做某事
例句：God made promises to Abraham.

forgive

/fərˈɡɪv/

中文：原谅
定义：不再生气或责怪
例句：Joseph forgave his brothers for selling him.

nation

/ˈneɪʃən/

中文：民族
定义：有共同文化的人群
例句：Abraham became the father of a great nation.

📊 处理统计信息 / Processing Statistics

✅ 英文段落数：28个
✅ 中文对照段落数：28个
✅ 标注词汇总数：76个
✅ 词汇卡片数：24个
✅ 词汇分类：6个类别
✅ JavaScript发音功能：已添加
✅ 响应式设计：已实现
✅ 悬停提示功能：已实现