So on the seventh day, God rested from his labors And for this reason he blessed the seventh day and declared it "holy."

在第七天，上帝从劳作中歇息,为此他赐福于第七天，称它为“神圣的“

耶鲁公开课 - 旧约导论课程节选

I pay too much attention to suffering and that suffering is not what God wants, that we need to concentrate on God's blessings, which are that we be healthy and wealthy.

我过于注重受苦这件事了,受苦并非上帝希望的，我们需要专注于上帝的赐福才对，我们要健康，要富裕。

普林斯顿公开课 - 人性课程节选

Then, as I probed them, one sprang up, and stared With piteous recognition in fixed eyes, Lifting distressful hands, as if to bless.

我小心翼翼的试探他们，一个涌现,固执的眼里带着哀怨的赞誉，举起绝望的双手好像要赐福与我。

耶鲁公开课 - 现代诗歌课程节选

One would be characteristic of semi-nomadic pastoralists: the sacrifice of the first lamb born in the spring to the deity in order to procure favor and continued blessing on the flocks for the spring.

一种是具有半游牧人的特色：,他们把春天里的第一只羊羔献给神,为了获得神的偏爱,来年春天继续赐福。

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