2868、“拿鹤的妾名叫流玛”表示既拜偶像，又拥有良善的外邦人或教会之外的人。这从前面的讨论清楚可知，因为由拿鹤的妻子所生的儿子来表示的外邦人或非基督徒排在前，而由他的妾所生的儿子来表示的外邦人或非基督徒排在后。如前所示，妻子所生的儿子是指教会之外凭良善而处于兄弟情谊的人（2863节）；而现在这些儿子是指教会之外既拜偶像，又拥有良善的人。因此，后者不像前者那样合法出生。尽管如此，他们仍是半合法的，因为那时，使女（即女仆或婢女）所生的子女被视为合法，这从以下事实清楚看出来：雅各的儿子是由使女辟拉和悉帕生的（创世记30:4-12）；源于他们的各支派等同于源于利亚和拉结所生儿子的，事实上没有什么区别。然而，从创世记（33:1-2，6-7）清楚可知，区别还是有的。那时，妻子为生育子女而给丈夫的使女或婢女被称为妾，这从拉结的使女辟拉明显看出来，她还被称为雅各的妾（创世记35:22）。男人从使女（即女仆或婢女）或妾生育子女在当时是允许的，好叫他们可以代表教会之外的人，以及教会之内低阶位的人。经上说，这个妾名叫“流玛”；该名字就与她的本质或性质有关（1896，2009节），在此是指提升，因为这就是“流玛”这个词的含义。关于教会之外的民族和人民的状态和命运，可参看前文（593，932，1032，1059，1327，1328，1366，2049，2051，2284，2589-2604节）。
Potts(1905-1910) 2868
2868. His concubine, whose name was Reumah. That this signifies Gentiles who are in idolatrous worship and in good, is evident from the things which precede; for in the former place are the Gentiles who are signified by the sons who were born to Nahor from his wife, and in this place are the Gentiles signified by those born from his concubine. By those from the wife were signified (as before shown) the Gentiles out of the church who are in brotherhood from good (n. 2863); those now signified are those out of the church who are in idolatrous worship and in good; thus these are not from so legitimate a stock as the former. Nevertheless they are as if legitimate; for at that time children who were born of maidservants were adopted as legitimate (as is evident from the sons of Jacob who were born of the maidservants Bilhah and Zilpah, Gen. 30:4-12; from whom tribes were derived equally as from those who were born of Leah and Rachel, and indeed without any difference). But that still there was a difference is evident from Genesis 33:1, 2, 6, 7. The maidservants who were at that time given to the husband by the wife for the sake of procreating children were called concubines; as is manifest from Bilhah, Rachel's maidservant, who is also called Jacob's concubine (Gen. 35:22). That men should procreate children from maidservants or concubines was tolerated at that time, in order that those who are out of the church might thus be represented, and also those who are in a lower degree within the church. The name of this concubine being said to be "Reumah" involves her quality (n. 1896, 2009); which here is exaltation, this being the meaning of the word "Reumah." (Concerning the state and lot of the nations and peoples who are out of the church, see above, n. 593, 932, 1032, 1059, 1327, 1328, 1366, 2049, 2051, 2284, 2589-2604.)
Elliott(1983-1999) 2868
2868. 'His concubine, whose name was Reumah' means gentiles whose worship was idolatrous but in whom good was present. This becomes clear from what has gone before, for in the former place come those gentiles meant by the sons born to Nahor from his wife, in the latter those born from his concubine. As has been shown, those born from his wife were people outside the Church who dwelt in a brotherly relationship by virtue of good, 2863, whereas these latter sons are people outside the Church whose worship was idolatrous but in whom good was present. Thus the latter were born from a less legitimate union than the former, though the union was nevertheless legitimate, for in those times children born from servant-girls were accepted as legitimate, as becomes clear from Jacob's sons born from the servant-girls Bilhah and Zilpah, Gen 30: 4-12, from whom tribes descended no less than from the sons born from Leah and Rachel, and who in this respect were no different from the latter. Yet that a difference did exist is clear from Gen 33: 1, 2, 6, 7.
[2] Servant-girls whom in those times a wife gave to her husband for the sake of producing children were called concubines, as is evident from Bilhah, Rachel's servant-girl, who is also called Jacob's concubine in Gen 35: 22. The practice of producing children by means of servant-girls or concubines was allowed in those times so that those outside the Church might be represented, as well as those of lower degree within the Church. The statement that the concubine's name was Reumah embodies the essential nature of that group of people, 1896, 2009, which in this case is exaltation, this being what Reumah means. Regarding the state and condition of nations and peoples outside the Church, see 593, 932, 1032, 1059, 1327, 1328, 1366, 2049, 2051, 2284, 2589-2604.
Latin(1748-1756) 2868
2868. `Concubina ejus et nomen ejus Reumah': quod significet gentiles qui in cultu idololatrico et in bono, constare potest ex illis quae praecedunt: in priore enim loco sunt gentiles qui significati per illos qui nati Nahori ex uxore, in posteriore qui ex concubina; qui ex uxore, fuerunt, ut ostensum, illi extra Ecclesiam qui in fraternitate ex bono sunt, n. 2863; hi qui extra Ecclesiam in cultu idololatrico et in bono; ita hi non ex tam legitimo toro ac illi, usque tamen sicut legitimi, nam tunc temporis liberi qui nascebantur ex ancillis, ut legitimi adoptabantur, ut constare potest ex filiis Jacobi qui nati sunt ex ancillis Bilha et Zilpa, Gen. xxx 4-12, ex quibus aeque tribus, sicut ex illis qui nati ex Lea et Rachele, et quidem absque differentia; at quod usque differentia, constare potest ex Gen. xxxiii 1, 2, 6, 7; [2] ancillae quae tunc dabantur marito ab uxore procreandorum liberorum causa, vocabantur concubinae, ut patet ex Bilha ancilla Rachelis, quae quoque vocatur concubina Jacobi, Gen. xxxv 22. Quod ex ancillis seu concubinis procrearent liberos, tunc temporis toleratum erat ut sic repraesentarentur illi qui extra ecclesiam, tum quoque illi qui in gradu inferiore intra Ecclesiam. Quod dicatur nomen ejus `Reumah,' involvit quale ejus, n. 1896, 2009, hic exaltationem, quae significatur per `Reumah': de statu et sorte gentium et populorum qui extra Ecclesiam, videatur n. 593, 932, 1032, 1059, 1327, 1328, 1366, 2049, 2051, 2284, 2589-2604.