ALPHA MAAMA (A.M.)

Tusite Fepueli 16, 2021 

Israel settled in the land of Egypt, in the land of Goshen

Pea na‘e nofo ‘a ‘Isileli ‘i ‘Isipite ‘i he feitu‘u ko Kōseni 

Senesi 47 (Genesis 47)

(v. 27) Thus Israel settled in the land of Egypt, in the land of Goshen. And they gained possessions in it, and were fruitful and multiplied greatly.

(v. 27) Pea na‘e nofo ‘a ‘Isileli ‘i ‘Isipite ‘i he feitu‘u ko Kōseni; pea na‘a nau ma‘u tofi‘a ai, mo nau tupu, mo nau faka‘au ke fu‘u lahi.

*Commentary: Matthew Henry*

The comfort Jacob lived in (v. 27, 28); while the Egyptians were impoverished in their own land, Jacob was replenished in a strange land. He lived seventeen years after he came into Egypt, far beyond his own expectation. Seventeen years he had nourished Joseph (for so old he was when he was sold from him, ch. 37:2), and now, by way of requital, seventeen years Joseph nourished him. Observe how kindly Providence ordered Jacob's affairs, that when he was old, and least able to bear care or fatigue, he had least occasion for it, being well provided for by his son without his own forecast. Thus God considers the frame of his people.

*Tohi Vete: Matiu Henelē*

Naʻe nonga ‘a e moʻui ‘a Sekope (v 27, 28); lolotonga ‘a e faingaʻaʻia ‘a e kau ‘Isipite´ ‘i honau fonua´, naʻe fakafoʻou ‘a e moʻui ia ‘a Sekope ‘i ha fonua muli. Naʻa ne moʻui ‘i ha taʻu ‘e 17 hili ‘ene tuʻuta ‘i ‘Isipite´, ‘o hulu atu ia ‘i heʻene ‘amanaki´. Naʻe taʻu ‘e 17 ‘ene tauhi ‘a Siosifa´ (he ko hono taʻu ia naʻe fakatau popula ai ia´, vahe 37:2), pea ko eni, kuo totongi fakafoki ‘e Siosifa ‘a e ngaahi taʻu ko ia´ ‘o ne tauhi mo fafanga ai ia. Fakatokangaʻi ‘a e fai tuʻutuʻuni ‘a e ‘ofa faka-palovitenisi´ ‘i he ngaahi laka ‘a Sekope´, ‘a ē ‘i heʻene toulekeleka´, pea ‘ikai te ne kei lava ‘i hono ivi ‘oʻona´ ke tokangaʻi ‘ene moʻui´, naʻe fai kotoa ‘e hono foha´ ‘a hono tauhi´, neongo ‘a ‘ene taʻeʻamanekina´. ‘Io, ‘oku tokangaekina ‘e Sihova ‘a ‘ene kakai´.

GOD IS . . . (KO E ‘OTUA, ‘OKU . . )

2        GOD IS SIMPLE

            Doctrine

God is not simply good but rather goodness itself. God is not merely powerful but rather omnipotence itself. More than that, when we speak of his attributes, we must keep in mind that because his essence remains undivided, his goodness is his power. Or, God's love is his power is his eternity is his immutability is his omniscience is his goodness, and so forth. In other words, there is technically no such thing as attributes (plural) but only God's simple, undivided essence.

2        KO E ‘OTUA´, ‘OKU LAULOTAHA

            Tokāteline

‘Oku lelei ‘a e ‘Otua´, ka ‘oku ope atu ai, he ko Ia ‘a lelei. ‘Oku ‘ikai ke mafimafi pe ‘a e ‘Otua´, ka ko mafimafi tonu Ia. Pea ‘ikai ko ia pe, ka ‘i he taimi ‘oku tau lave ai ki hono ngaahi ‘ulungaanga´ (natula´), kuopau ke tau manatuʻi, koeʻuhi´ ‘oku ‘ikai ke vaetuʻua ‘a hono natula´, te tau pehē leva, ko ‘ene lelei´ ‘a hono mafai´. Pe, ko ‘ene ‘ofa´ ‘a hono ivi´, ‘a ē ‘oku lauikuonga´, ‘a ē ‘oku taʻeliliu´, ‘a ē ‘oku ne taʻefaʻalaua ‘ene ‘ilo´, ‘a ē ‘oku lelei´ mo e hā fua. ‘I hono fakalea ‘e taha´, ‘e lava pe ke tau pehē, ‘oku ‘ikai ke ‘i ai ha ngaahi ‘ulungaanga ia ‘o e ‘Otua´, ka ko hono uho laulōtaha pe ‘a ē ‘oku ‘ikai malava ke māvahevahe´.