“ Forty years later, in the desert near Mount Sinai, an angel appeared to Moses in the flame of a burning bush.

“过了四十年，在西奈山的旷野，有一位天使从荆棘火焰中向摩西显现。

“过了四十年，在西奈山的旷野，有一位天使在荆棘的火焰中向摩西显现。

“过了四十年，在西奈山的旷野，有一位天使在荆棘的火焰中向摩西显现。

“过了四十年，在西奈山的旷野，上帝的天使在荆棘火焰中向摩西显现。

“过了四十年，在西奈山的旷野，有一位使者，在荆棘中的火焰里，向摩西显现。

过了四十年，在西奈山的旷野，一位天使在荆棘火焰中向摩西显现。

「過了四十年，在西奈山的曠野，有一位天使從荊棘火焰中向摩西顯現。

「過了四十年，在西奈山的曠野，有一位天使在荊棘的火焰中向摩西顯現。

「過了四十年，在西奈山的曠野，有一位天使在荊棘的火焰中向摩西顯現。

「過了四十年，在西奈山的曠野，上帝的天使在荊棘火焰中向摩西顯現。

“過了四十年，在西奈山的曠野，有一位使者，在荊棘中的火燄裡，向摩西顯現。

『過了四十年、在西乃山的野地、有一位天使在刺叢的火燄中向摩西顯現。

過了四十年，在西奈山的曠野，一位天使在荊棘火焰中向摩西顯現。

逾四十年、天使於西乃山之野、棘叢火焰中、見於摩西、

逾四十載、於西乃山野、棘火焰中、主之使者、顯與摩西、

越四十年、主之使者在西乃山之野、荊棘火焰中、現於摩西、

閱四十載、在西乃山曠野、有一天神現於棘叢火焰中、

“ After forty years had passed, an angel appeared to Moses in the flames of a burning bush in the desert near Mount Sinai.

“ Forty years passed. Then an angel appeared to Moses in the flames of a burning bush. This happened in the desert near Mount Sinai.

“ Now when forty years had passed, an angel appeared to him in the wilderness of Mount Sinai, in a flame of fire in a bush.

After forty years had passed, an angel appeared to him in the wilderness of Mount Sinai, in the flame of a burning bush.

“ After forty years had passed, an angel appeared to him in the wilderness of Mount Sinai, in the flame of a burning thorn bush.

“ And when forty years had passed, an Angel of the Lord appeared to him in a flame of fire in a bush, in the wilderness of Mount Sinai.

And when forty years were fulfilled, an angel appeared to him in the wilderness of mount Sinai, in a flame of fire in a bush.

After 40 years had passed, an angel appeared to him in the wilderness of Mount Sinai, in the flame of a burning bush.

And when forty years were expired, there appeared to him in the wilderness of mount Sina an angel of the Lord in a flame of fire in a bush.

“ After forty years had passed, an angel appeared to him in the desert of Mount Sinai, in the flame of a burning bush.

“ When forty years were fulfilled, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in the wilderness of Mount Sinai, in a flame of fire in a bush.

“ So God sent back the same man his people had previously rejected when they demanded,‘ Who made you a ruler and judge over us?’ Through the angel who appeared to him in the burning bush, God sent Moses to be their ruler and savior.

One day Moses was tending the flock of his father in law, Jethro, the priest of Midian. He led the flock far into the wilderness and came to Sinai, the mountain of God.There the angel of the Lord appeared to him in a blazing fire from the middle of a bush. Moses stared in amazement. Though the bush was engulfed in flames, it didn’t burn up.

In all their suffering he also suffered, and he personally rescued them. In his love and mercy he redeemed them. He lifted them up and carried them through all the years.

When you go through deep waters, I will be with you. When you go through rivers of difficulty, you will not drown. When you walk through the fire of oppression, you will not be burned up; the flames will not consume you.

Then you put a leader over us. We went through fire and flood, but you brought us to a place of great abundance.

Then he blessed Joseph and said,“ May the God before whom my grandfather Abraham and my father, Isaac, walked— the God who has been my shepherd all my life, to this very day,the Angel who has redeemed me from all harm— may he bless these boys. May they preserve my name and the names of Abraham and Isaac. And may their descendants multiply greatly throughout the earth.”

“ But now, as to whether the dead will be raised— haven’t you ever read about this in the writings of Moses, in the story of the burning bush? Long after Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob had died, God said to Moses,‘ I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.’

Moses was eighty years old, and Aaron was eighty three when they made their demands to Pharaoh.

“ As the time drew near when God would fulfill his promise to Abraham, the number of our people in Egypt greatly increased.

Then the angel of the Lord called again to Abraham from heaven.“ This is what the Lord says: Because you have obeyed me and have not withheld even your son, your only son, I swear by my own name thatI will certainly bless you. I will multiply your descendants beyond number, like the stars in the sky and the sand on the seashore. Your descendants will conquer the cities of their enemies.And through your descendants all the nations of the earth will be blessed— all because you have obeyed me.”

I am the God of your father— the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.” When Moses heard this, he covered his face because he was afraid to look at God.

Then the high officers, officials, governors, and advisers crowded around them and saw that the fire had not touched them. Not a hair on their heads was singed, and their clothing was not scorched. They didn’t even smell of smoke!

Remember that the Lord rescued you from the iron smelting furnace of Egypt in order to make you his very own people and his special possession, which is what you are today.

The angel of the Lord found Hagar beside a spring of water in the wilderness, along the road to Shur.The angel said to her,“ Hagar, Sarai’s servant, where have you come from, and where are you going?”“ I’m running away from my mistress, Sarai,” she replied.The angel of the Lord said to her,“ Return to your mistress, and submit to her authority.”Then he added,“ I will give you more descendants than you can count.”And the angel also said,“ You are now pregnant and will give birth to a son. You are to name him Ishmael( which means‘ God hears’), for the Lord has heard your cry of distress.This son of yours will be a wild man, as untamed as a wild donkey! He will raise his fist against everyone, and everyone will be against him. Yes, he will live in open hostility against all his relatives.”Thereafter, Hagar used another name to refer to the Lord, who had spoken to her. She said,“ You are the God who sees me.” She also said,“ Have I truly seen the One who sees me?”

Even in the womb, Jacob struggled with his brother; when he became a man, he even fought with God.Yes, he wrestled with the angel and won. He wept and pleaded for a blessing from him. There at Bethel he met God face to face, and God spoke to him—the Lord God of Heaven’s Armies, the Lord is his name!

So he got up and ate and drank, and the food gave him enough strength to travel forty days and forty nights to Mount Sinai, the mountain of God.

This left Jacob all alone in the camp, and a man came and wrestled with him until the dawn began to break.When the man saw that he would not win the match, he touched Jacob’s hip and wrenched it out of its socket.Then the man said,“ Let me go, for the dawn is breaking!” But Jacob said,“ I will not let you go unless you bless me.”“ What is your name?” the man asked. He replied,“ Jacob.”“ Your name will no longer be Jacob,” the man told him.“ From now on you will be called Israel, because you have fought with God and with men and have won.”“ Please tell me your name,” Jacob said.“ Why do you want to know my name?” the man replied. Then he blessed Jacob there.Jacob named the place Peniel( which means“ face of God”), for he said,“ I have seen God face to face, yet my life has been spared.”

And now Jerusalem is just like Mount Sinai in Arabia, because she and her children live in slavery to the law.

with the best gifts of the earth and its bounty, and the favor of the one who appeared in the burning bush. May these blessings rest on Joseph’s head, crowning the brow of the prince among his brothers.

‘ I am the God of your ancestors— the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.’ Moses shook with terror and did not dare to look.

Exactly two months after the Israelites left Egypt, they arrived in the wilderness of Sinai.After breaking camp at Rephidim, they came to the wilderness of Sinai and set up camp there at the base of Mount Sinai.

“ Look! I am sending my messenger, and he will prepare the way before me. Then the Lord you are seeking will suddenly come to his Temple. The messenger of the covenant, whom you look for so eagerly, is surely coming,” says the Lord of Heaven’s Armies.

“ But now, as to whether the dead will be raised— even Moses proved this when he wrote about the burning bush. Long after Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob had died, he referred to the Lord as‘ the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.’