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创世记 29-36
Chinese Contemporary Bible (Simplified)
创世记 29-36
Chinese Contemporary Bible (Simplified)
雅各到达舅父家
29 雅各继续前行，来到东方人住的地方， 2 看见田间有一口井，有三群羊卧在井边，因为当地人用那口井的水饮羊。井口盖着一块大石头。 3 羊群聚集在井旁的时候，牧人就把石头挪开饮羊，随后再把石头挪回原处。
4 雅各问牧人：“弟兄们，你们是从哪里来的？”他们说：“我们是从哈兰来的。” 5 雅各问道：“你们认识拿鹤的孙子拉班吗？”他们说：“我们认识。” 6 雅各又问：“他好吗？”他们回答说：“很好。你看，他的女儿拉结带着羊群来了。” 7 雅各对他们说：“太阳还高，不到把羊关起来的时候，你们饮了羊，再放它们去吃草吧！” 8 他们说：“不行，要等所有的羊群到齐，有人挪开井口的石头后，才能饮羊。”
9 他们还在说话的时候，拉结就带着她父亲的羊群来到井边，她是个牧羊女。 10 雅各看见表妹拉结和舅父拉班的羊群来了，就上前把井口的石头挪开，饮他舅父的羊。 11 他亲吻拉结，并放声大哭。 12 雅各告诉拉结自己是她父亲的外甥，是利百加的儿子。拉结便跑去告诉她父亲。
13 拉班听见外甥雅各来了，就跑去迎接他，拥抱他，亲吻他，然后把他接到自己家里。雅各把事情的经过告诉他。 14 拉班高兴地说：“你真是我的骨肉之亲啊！”雅各在拉班家里住了一个月。
雅各娶妻
15 一天，拉班对他说：“虽然我们是亲戚，也不能让你白白地替我工作。告诉我，你希望得到什么报酬？” 16 拉班有两个女儿，大的叫利亚，小的叫拉结。 17 利亚两眼无神[a]，而拉结长得美丽出众。 18 雅各爱上了拉结，于是对拉班说：“我愿意为你工作七年，请你把拉结许配给我。” 19 拉班说：“把她嫁给你比嫁给外人好，你就留下来吧！” 20 雅各为了拉结给拉班工作了七年。因为他深爱拉结，所以这七年在他眼中就像短短的几天。
21 一天，雅各对拉班说：“期限已经满了，现在请把我妻子给我，我好和她同房。” 22 于是，拉班就摆设宴席款待当地的人。 23 到了晚上，拉班却把女儿利亚送给雅各，雅各和她同房。 24 拉班又把自己的婢女悉帕送给女儿利亚做婢女。
25 第二天早上，雅各才发现娶的是利亚，就对拉班说：“你对我做的是什么事啊！我服侍你不就是为了拉结吗？你为什么骗我？” 26 拉班说：“依照本地的习俗，妹妹不能比姐姐先出嫁。 27 等这七天的婚期过了，我就把拉结也许配给你，你再替我工作七年。”
28 雅各同意了。过了七天，拉班把女儿拉结嫁给雅各， 29 又把自己的婢女辟拉送给拉结。 30 雅各也和拉结同房，他深爱拉结，胜过爱利亚。他又替拉班工作了七年。
雅各的儿女
31 耶和华看见利亚失宠，就使利亚生育，但拉结却不生育。 32 利亚怀孕生了一个儿子，给孩子取名叫吕便[b]。她说：“耶和华看见了我的痛苦，现在我丈夫一定会爱我。” 33 她又怀孕生了一个儿子，就说：“耶和华听见了我丈夫不爱我，所以又给我这个儿子。”于是，她给孩子取名叫西缅[c]。 34 她又再度怀孕，生了一个儿子，就说：“这次我丈夫一定会依恋我，因为我给他生了三个儿子。”于是，他给孩子取名叫利未[d]。 35 后来，利亚再次怀孕，生了一个儿子，她说：“这次我要赞美耶和华！”于是，她给孩子取名叫犹大[e]。之后，利亚停止了生育。
30 拉结见自己没有给雅各生孩子，就嫉妒姐姐。她对雅各说：“你给我孩子，不然我还不如死了！” 2 雅各气愤地说：“使你不能生育的是上帝，难道我能代替上帝吗？” 3 拉结说：“你去跟我的婢女辟拉同房吧，这样她可以为我生孩子，我也可以留下后代。” 4 于是拉结把婢女辟拉给丈夫做妾，雅各和辟拉同房。 5 辟拉怀了孕，为雅各生下一个儿子。 6 拉结说：“上帝为我申了冤，也听了我的恳求，赐给我一个儿子。”拉结就给孩子取名叫但[f]。 7 拉结的婢女辟拉又怀孕，为雅各生了第二个儿子。 8 拉结说：“我跟姐姐相争，我得胜了。”她就给这孩子取名叫拿弗他利[g]。
9 利亚见自己不再生育，就把婢女悉帕给雅各做妾。 10 悉帕给雅各生了一个儿子。 11 利亚说：“真幸运！”她便给孩子取名叫迦得[h]。 12 悉帕又给雅各生了第二个儿子， 13 利亚说：“我真有福啊！妇女们会说我有福！”她就为孩子取名亚设[i]。
14 在收麦子的季节，吕便在田间找到一些风茄，拿回家给母亲利亚。拉结知道后，对利亚说：“请给我一些你儿子找到的风茄。” 15 利亚说：“你抢了我丈夫还不够吗？现在还要抢我儿子的风茄吗？”拉结回答说：“你给我风茄，今夜雅各就跟你同房。” 16 那天晚上，雅各从田间回来，利亚就出来迎接他说：“你要来跟我同房，因为我已经用儿子的风茄把你雇下来了。”于是，那天晚上雅各便跟利亚同房。 17 上帝答应利亚的祈求，使她怀孕，为雅各生了第五个儿子。 18 利亚说：“我把婢女送给丈夫做妾，现在上帝给我报酬了。”因此，她就为孩子取名叫以萨迦[j]。
19 后来，利亚又怀孕，给雅各生下第六个儿子。 20 她说：“上帝赐给我珍贵的礼物，现在我丈夫会尊重我，因为我给他生了六个儿子。”于是，她就给这个儿子取名叫西布伦[k]。 21 后来，利亚又生了一个女儿，给她取名叫底娜。
22 上帝眷顾拉结，听了她的祷告，使她可以生育。 23 她就怀孕，生了一个儿子，说：“上帝除去了我的羞辱。” 24 她给孩子取名叫约瑟[l]，又说：“愿上帝再给我添一个儿子！”
雅各与拉班的协议
25 拉结生约瑟以后，雅各对拉班说：“请让我走吧！我想回故乡， 26 请你让我和妻儿一同回去吧！她们都是我替你工作得来的，你知道我怎样努力为你工作。”
27 拉班却挽留他，说：“如果你肯赏光，请你留下来！因为我占卜得知上帝为了你的缘故才赐福给我。 28 你要多少酬劳，只管说出来，我一定会给你。”
29 雅各回答说：“你知道我怎样努力地服侍你，照顾你的牲畜。 30 我来以前，你的财产很少。上帝因为我的到来而赐福给你，使你财产大增。但我自己什么时候才能兴家立业呢？”
31 拉班问：“我该给你什么呢？”雅各说：“你不用给我什么，只要你答应一件事，我就继续照料你的羊群。 32 今天让我从你的羊群中挑出黑色或有斑点的绵羊，以及有斑点的山羊作为我的薪酬。 33 以后，如果你在给我作薪酬的羊群中发现白色的绵羊或没有斑点的山羊，就算是我偷的。这样你可以知道我是否诚实。”
34 拉班说：“好，就照你的话做！” 35 当天，拉班把有条纹或斑点的公山羊以及有斑点或夹杂白纹的母山羊，连同黑色的绵羊都挑出来，交给自己的儿子们看管。 36 然后，他离开雅各，彼此相隔三天的路程。雅各继续为他照料其余的羊。
37 雅各折下一些杨树、杏树和枫树的嫩枝，削掉部分树皮，露出白色的条纹， 38 然后把这些嫩枝插在羊喝水的水槽和水沟里。羊群来喝水时互相交配。 39 它们对着这些树枝交配，就生下有条纹和有斑点的羊羔。 40 雅各把这些羊羔分出来，使它们与拉班的羊各在一处。他把自己的羊安置在一处，不与拉班的羊搀杂在一起。 41 每当肥壮的羊交配时，雅各就把有条纹的枝子插在水沟里，使羊对着树枝交配。 42 但如果交配的羊是瘦弱的，他就不插枝子。这样，瘦弱的羊归拉班，肥壮的羊归雅各。 43 因此，雅各变得极其富有，拥有很多羊、骆驼、驴和仆婢。
雅各逃离拉班
31 雅各听见拉班的儿子们说：“雅各夺去了我们父亲的一切！他的财富都是从我们父亲那里得来的。” 2 雅各发觉拉班对他的态度不如从前了。 3 这时，耶和华对雅各说：“回到你的家乡和亲族那里吧！我必与你同在。” 4 于是，雅各就派人把拉结和利亚叫到放羊的地方， 5 对她们说：“我感到你们父亲对我不如从前了，但我父亲的上帝常与我同在。 6 你们知道我是怎样尽心尽力地替你们父亲工作， 7 他却欺骗我，把我的工酬更改了十次。然而，上帝不让他苦待我。 8 如果他说把有斑点的羊给我当酬劳，羊群生的就都是有斑点的；如果他说把有条纹的给我，羊群生的就都是有条纹的。 9 上帝就这样把你们父亲的牲畜夺过来给了我。
10 “在羊群交配的季节，我梦见所有和母羊交配的公羊都是有条纹或有斑点的。 11 在梦中，上帝的天使叫我，我说，‘仆人在。’ 12 他说，‘拉班对你的所作所为，我都看见了。现在你留心看看，与母羊交配的公羊都是有条纹或有斑点的。 13 我就是你在伯特利遇见的上帝。你在那里用油浇过柱子，向我许过愿。现在，你要动身离开这里，回到你的家乡。’”
14 拉结和利亚说：“父亲的家产没有我们的份儿， 15 我们早就被当作外人了，他卖了我们，把我们的身价全部吞了。 16 上帝从我们父亲那里夺过来的一切财产，本来就属于我们和我们的儿女。现在你只管照上帝的吩咐做吧！”
17 雅各便起来让儿女和妻子都骑上骆驼， 18 带着他在巴旦·亚兰得到的所有牲畜和财物，启程去迦南的父亲以撒那里。 19 那时拉班正在外面剪羊毛，拉结偷了父亲的家庭神像。 20 雅各不辞而别，背着亚兰人拉班偷偷地跑了。 21 他带着所有的一切渡过幼发拉底河，逃往基列山区。
拉班追赶雅各
22 到了第三天，拉班才知道雅各逃走了。 23 于是，他带着族人去追赶，追了七天，在基列山区追上了雅各。 24 当天晚上，上帝在梦中对亚兰人拉班说：“你要当心，不可对雅各多说什么。”
25 拉班追上了雅各，那时雅各在基列山搭起帐篷，拉班和他的族人也在那里搭起帐篷。 26 拉班对雅各说：“你做的是什么？你欺瞒我，把我的女儿像战俘一样带走。 27 你为什么要偷偷地溜走？你为什么不告诉我，我好击鼓、弹琴、唱歌欢送你？ 28 你甚至不让我亲吻外孙和女儿，与他们道别，你这样做真愚蠢。 29 我有能力伤害你，但你父亲的上帝昨夜对我说，‘你要小心，不可对雅各多说什么。’ 30 你思家心切，一定要走，但你为什么要偷走我的神像呢？”
31 雅各对拉班说：“我逃跑是因为害怕你会夺回你的女儿。 32 至于你的神像，你在谁身上搜出来，谁就是该死的。你可以当着众弟兄的面察看，如果在我这里有什么物件是你的，你只管拿走。”雅各不知道拉结偷走了神像。
33 拉班进入雅各、利亚和两个婢女的帐篷搜查，却搜不出什么。拉班离开利亚的帐篷进入拉结的帐篷， 34 那时拉结已经把神像藏在骆驼的鞍座里，自己坐在上面。拉班搜遍了整个帐篷什么也找不到。 35 拉结对父亲说：“父亲，请别生气，我有月事在身，不便起来。”结果，拉班搜来搜去找不到神像。
36 雅各发怒，斥责拉班说：“我做错了什么、犯了什么罪以致你对我穷追不舍？ 37 你搜遍我所有的东西，搜到了什么？现在就当着众弟兄的面拿出来，让他们评评理吧！ 38 我在你家这二十年，你的母绵羊、母山羊没有掉过胎，我也没有吃过你公羊的肉。 39 我没有把被野兽撕裂的羊带来给你，而是自己赔上。无论在白昼或黑夜被偷去的，你都要我赔偿。 40 我白天受尽烈日煎熬，晚上饱尝夜露寒霜，不得好睡。 41 这二十年来，我为了你的两个女儿，替你工作了十四年，又用了六年才从你那里得到这些羊，你把我的工钱更改了十次。 42 如果不是我父亲以撒敬畏的上帝，就是亚伯拉罕的上帝与我同在，你肯定会让我两手空空地回家。但上帝看见了我的难处和劳苦，所以在昨夜责备了你。”
雅各和拉班立约
43 拉班回答说：“女儿是我的，这些孩子是我的，羊群也是我的，你的一切都是我的，我又怎会伤害我的女儿和她们的孩子呢？ 44 来吧，你我立约为证。” 45 于是，雅各拿来一块石头，立作柱子， 46 又吩咐族人去收集石头。他们把石头堆成一堆，在旁边吃喝。 47 拉班称那石堆为伊迦尔·撒哈杜他[m]，雅各却称那石堆为迦累得[n]。
48 拉班说：“今日，这石堆是你我之间的凭证。”因此，那地方名叫迦累得， 49 又叫米斯巴，因为拉班说：“我们分手以后，愿上帝亲自鉴察我们。 50 倘若你虐待我的女儿，或在她们以外另娶妻子，即使没人知道，也有上帝在你我之间做见证。”
51 拉班又说：“看我在你我之间立的这石堆和石柱。 52 这石堆和石柱都是凭证，我一定不会越过石堆去害你，你也不可越过石堆和石柱来害我。 53 愿亚伯拉罕和拿鹤的上帝，就是他们父亲的上帝，在你我之间判断是非。”雅各便在他父亲以撒敬畏的上帝面前起誓， 54 又在山上献祭，请众弟兄吃饭。饭后，他们一同在山上过夜。
55 拉班清早起来，亲吻外孙和女儿，给他们祝福，然后回家去了。
雅各预备见以扫
32 雅各继续前行，遇见了上帝的天使。 2 雅各看见他们，就说：“这是上帝的军队！”于是称那地方为玛哈念[o]。
3 雅各先派人到西珥，就是以东，去见他哥哥以扫， 4 并吩咐他们：“你们要这样对我主以扫说，‘你仆人雅各一直寄居在拉班家里， 5 现在他带了牛羊、驴和仆婢回来见你，派我们来报信，希望得到你的恩待。’”
6 报信的人回到雅各那里，说：“我们到了你哥哥以扫那里，他正带着四百人前来见你。” 7 雅各听了非常害怕，便把随从、牛群、羊群和骆驼分成两队， 8 心想：“如果以扫来攻击一队，另一队还可以逃生。”
9 他祷告说：“耶和华，我祖父亚伯拉罕和我父亲以撒的上帝啊！你吩咐我回到家乡和亲族那里，答应厚待我。 10 我不配蒙你以慈爱和信实相待，我先前过约旦河的时候，手上只有一根杖，现在却有两队人丁家畜。 11 求你救我脱离我哥哥以扫的手，我怕他会来杀我和我的妻儿。 12 然而，你曾说，‘我必厚待你，使你的后代多如海沙，不可胜数。’”
13 那天晚上，雅各就在那里过夜，又挑选牲畜送给哥哥以扫作礼物： 14 母山羊二百只、公山羊二十只、母绵羊二百只、公绵羊二十只、 15 哺乳的骆驼三十头及其小骆驼、母牛四十头、公牛十头、母驴二十头、驴驹十头。 16 雅各把牲畜每类分成一群，交给仆人看管，对他们说：“你们走在前头，每群牲畜之间要保持一段距离！” 17 又吩咐走在最前面的仆人说：“我哥哥以扫遇到你的时候，如果问你是谁家的人？要到哪里去？前头这些牲畜是谁的？ 18 你就说，‘是仆人雅各要送给他主人以扫的礼物，他自己就跟在后面。’” 19 雅各又吩咐看管第二群、第三群及其余牲畜的仆人遇见以扫时也要这样回答， 20 并且一定要说：“你仆人雅各就在后面。”雅各想先用礼物去化解以扫的怨恨，或许见面时以扫会善待他。 21 于是，他派人先把礼物送过去，自己则留在营里过夜。
雅各遇见上帝
22 那天晚上，雅各起来带着两个妻子、两个婢女和十一个儿子渡过雅博渡口。 23 雅各把他们连同一切所有都送过河以后， 24 自己独自留下。这时，有一个人来和他摔跤，直到黎明。 25 那人见胜不过雅各，就在他的大腿窝摸了一下，他大腿的关节就脱了臼。 26 那人说：“天亮了，让我走吧！”但雅各说：“你不祝福我，我就不让你走。” 27 那人问道：“你叫什么名字？”他说：“我叫雅各。” 28 那人说：“你以后不要再叫雅各了，你要叫以色列，因为你跟上帝和人角力都得胜了。”
29 雅各说：“请你告诉我你的名字。”那人说：“你为什么问我的名字？”他就在那里给雅各祝福。 30 雅各称那地方为毗努伊勒，因为他说：“我当面见过上帝，竟能活命。” 31 雅各经过毗努伊勒的时候，太阳出来了，那时他的大腿瘸了。 32 以色列人至今都不吃大腿窝的筋，因为那人摸过雅各大腿窝的筋。
弟兄重逢
33 雅各远远看见以扫带着四百人迎面而来，便把孩子们分别交给利亚、拉结和两个婢女， 2 又吩咐两个婢女和她们的孩子走在前面，利亚和她的孩子跟在后面，拉结和约瑟走在最后。 3 他自己则走在他们前面，接连俯伏下拜七次，直到他哥哥跟前。
4 以扫见到雅各，就跑上去拥抱他，亲吻他，二人抱头痛哭。 5 以扫看见跟在雅各后面的妇女和孩子，就问：“这些和你同行的是谁？”雅各说：“这些孩子是上帝施恩赐给你仆人的。” 6 雅各的两个婢女和她们的孩子上前下拜， 7 利亚也和她的孩子上前下拜，最后约瑟和拉结也上前向以扫下拜。
8 以扫说：“我在路上遇见的那一群群牲畜是怎么回事？”雅各回答说：“我带来这些是要得到我主的恩待。” 9 以扫说：“弟弟，我已经有很多了，你自己留着吧！” 10 雅各说：“不，你若赏脸，就请收下！我见了你的面就像见了上帝的面，因为你这样善侍我。 11 请你收下我的礼物吧，因为上帝恩待了我，使我富足。”雅各再三恳求，以扫才收下。
12 以扫说：“我们走吧！我陪你们走。” 13 雅各却说：“我主知道孩子们还小，而且，我还要照料正在哺乳的牛羊，如果整天赶路，牛羊会累死。 14 倒不如请我主先走，我迁就牲畜和孩子慢慢走，我在西珥与我主会合。”
15 以扫说：“让我给你留几个帮手吧。”雅各说：“不用了，能得到我主的恩待就够了。” 16 于是，以扫在当天先回西珥去了， 17 雅各却去了疏割，在那里为自己建造房屋，为牲畜搭起棚子。因此那地方叫疏割[p]。
18 这样，雅各从巴旦·亚兰平安地回到迦南的示剑城，在城外搭营居住。 19 他搭营居住的这块地是他用一百块银子向示剑的父亲哈抹的子孙买的。 20 雅各在那里筑了一座坛，称之为伊利·伊罗伊·以色列[q]。
底娜受辱
34 一天，利亚给雅各所生的女儿底娜到外面去见当地的女子。 2 当地首领希未人哈抹的儿子示剑看到她，就抓住她，强行玷污了她。 3 他恋慕雅各的女儿底娜，就用甜言蜜语讨她欢心。 4 他求父亲哈抹为他说亲，把底娜娶过来。 5 消息传到雅各耳中时，他的儿子们正在田野放牧。他只好忍气吞声，等儿子们回来再作打算。 6 示剑的父亲哈抹来和雅各商议。 7 雅各的儿子们一听说这事，就从田野赶回来。大家都非常愤怒，因为示剑不该对以色列家做这丑事——玷污雅各的女儿。
8 哈抹跟他们商议说：“我儿子示剑爱慕你们家的女儿，请你们把女儿嫁给他吧！ 9 我们可以互相通婚，你们可以把女儿嫁给我们的儿子，也可以娶我们的女儿为妻。 10 你们可以在我们这里安顿下来，这片土地就在你们面前，住在这里做买卖、置产业吧。” 11 示剑对底娜的父亲和她的弟兄们说：“请你们恩待我，你们要什么，我都给你们。 12 只要你们答应把女儿嫁给我，无论你们要多少聘金和礼物，我必如数奉上。”
雅各之子计杀示剑人
13 雅各的儿子们因为示剑玷污了他们的妹妹底娜，就假意对示剑和他的父亲哈抹说： 14 “我们不能把妹妹嫁给没有受过割礼的人，这对我们是一种羞辱。 15 除非你们所有的男子都跟我们一样受割礼， 16 我们才能答应和你们通婚，共同生活，结成一个民族。 17 如果你们不肯这样做，我们就把妹妹带走。”
18 哈抹父子欣然答应。 19 示剑毫不迟延地照办，因为他热恋底娜。在哈抹家族中，他最受人尊重。 20 哈抹父子来到城门口，对那城的居民说： 21 “这些人跟我们相处和睦，就让他们在这里定居、做买卖吧。我们这里有足够的地方可以容纳他们，我们可以和他们通婚。 22 可是，他们有一个条件，就是要我们所有的男子和他们一样接受割礼，他们才答应和我们一起生活，结成一个民族。 23 到时候，他们的财产和牛羊等所有牲畜不全归我们了吗？我们同意他们吧，这样他们就会在我们这里定居。” 24 在城门进出的人听了哈抹父子的话，都表示赞同。于是，城里的男子都接受了割礼。
25 到了第三天，他们伤口正疼痛的时候，雅各的两个儿子——底娜的哥哥西缅和利未拿着利剑，乘众人没有防备，潜入城中，杀掉了所有的男子， 26 包括哈抹和示剑，从示剑家里带走了底娜。 27 雅各的儿子又到城里掳掠，因为他们的妹妹在那里被人玷污。 28 他们抢走牛群、羊群、驴群和城里城外所有的东西， 29 并带走所有财物、妇孺以及房屋里的一切。 30 雅各责备西缅和利未说：“你们为什么要给我惹麻烦，使我在当地的迦南人和比利洗人中留下臭名呢？我们人数很少，要是他们联手来攻击我们，我们全家必遭灭门之祸。” 31 他们说：“他怎么能把我们的妹妹当妓女对待？”
雅各迁往伯特利
35 上帝对雅各说：“你到伯特利去住，你要在那里为上帝筑一座坛，祂在你逃避你哥哥以扫时曾向你显现。” 2 于是，雅各吩咐家人和所有的随从：“你们要除掉你们当中的外族神像，沐浴更衣，洁净自己。 3 我们要上伯特利去，在那里为上帝筑一座坛，祂在我遭遇患难时听了我的祷告，一路都与我同在。” 4 他们把所有外族的神像和自己的耳环都交给雅各，雅各把这些东西埋在示剑的橡树下。
5 他们就出发了，上帝使恐惧笼罩周围的城邑，没有人敢追赶他们。 6 雅各和所有的随从来到迦南的路斯，也就是伯特利。 7 他在那里建造了一座坛，称那地方为伊勒·伯特利[r]，因为在他逃避哥哥的时候，上帝曾在那里向他显现。 8 后来利百加的奶妈底波拉死了，葬在伯特利山谷下面的橡树下，那棵树叫亚伦·巴古[s]。
9 雅各从巴旦·亚兰回来后，上帝又向他显现，赐福给他。 10 上帝对他说：“你叫雅各，但从今以后不要再叫雅各了，你要改名叫以色列。”这样雅各改名为以色列。 11 上帝又说：“我是全能的上帝，你要生养众多，一国，甚至多国必从你而出，许多君王必出自你的子孙。 12 我要把赐给亚伯拉罕和以撒的土地赐给你和你的后代。” 13 上帝说完就离开雅各升上天去。 14 雅各在上帝跟他说话的地方立了一根石柱，又在柱子上奠酒、浇油， 15 称那地方为伯特利。
拉结和以撒去世
16 他们从伯特利继续前行，离以法他还有一段路时，拉结难产。 17 在难产的痛苦中，接生婆对她说：“不要害怕，你又添了一个儿子！” 18 拉结临死前给儿子取名叫便·俄尼[t]，雅各却叫他便雅悯[u]。 19 拉结死后就葬在通往以法他的路旁，以法他即伯利恒。 20 雅各在她的坟上立了石碑，至今还在。 21 以色列继续前行，在以得塔附近搭起了帐篷。 22 以色列在那里居住时，吕便和父亲的妾辟拉通奸，以色列也知道这件事。
雅各有十二个儿子。 23 利亚生了雅各的长子吕便、西缅、利未、犹大、以萨迦和西布伦。 24 拉结生了约瑟和便雅悯。 25 拉结的婢女辟拉生了但和拿弗他利。 26 利亚的婢女悉帕生了迦得和亚设。他们都是雅各的儿子，是在巴旦·亚兰出生的。
27 雅各来到他父亲以撒住的幔利，即基列·亚巴，也就是亚伯拉罕和以撒寄居的地方。基列·亚巴就是希伯仑。 28 以撒共活了一百八十岁， 29 年纪老迈，寿终正寝。他的儿子以扫和雅各把他安葬了。
以扫的后代
36 以下是以扫的后代，即以东的后代。
2 以扫娶了迦南女子为妻，她们是赫人以伦的女儿亚大和希未人祭便的孙女、亚拿的女儿阿何利巴玛。 3 他还娶了以实玛利的女儿、尼拜约的妹妹巴实抹。 4 亚大给以扫生了以利法，巴实抹生了流珥， 5 阿何利巴玛生了耶乌施、雅兰和可拉。他们都是以扫的儿子，是在迦南出生的。
Footnotes
- 29:17 “两眼无神”或译“两眼很美丽”。
- 29:32 “吕便”意思是“看，一个儿子”，此词发音像希伯来文“他看见了我的痛苦”一词的发音。
- 29:33 “西缅”意思是“听见”。
- 29:34 “利未”意思是“联合”。
- 29:35 “犹大”意思是“赞美”。
- 30:6 “但”意思是“申冤”。
- 30:8 “拿弗他利”意思是“相争”。
- 30:11 “迦得”意思是“幸运”。
- 30:13 “亚设”意思是“有福”。
- 30:18 “以萨迦”意思是“报酬”。
- 30:20 “西布伦”意思是“尊重”。
- 30:24 “约瑟”意思是“增添”。
- 31:47 “伊迦尔·撒哈杜他”意思是“做见证的石堆”。
- 31:47 “迦累得”意思是“以石堆为证”。
- 32:2 “玛哈念”意思是“两营军队”。
- 33:17 “疏割”意思是“棚子”。
- 33:20 “伊利·伊罗伊·以色列”意思是“以色列的上帝”。
- 35:7 “伊勒·伯特利”意思是“伯特利的上帝”。
- 35:8 “亚伦·巴古”意思是“哭泣的橡树”。
- 35:18 “便·俄尼”意思是“我在苦难中生的儿子”。
- 35:18 “便雅悯”意思是“右手之子”，“右手”希伯来文有幸运或力量的意思。
創世記 29-36
Chinese Contemporary Bible (Traditional)
創世記 29-36
Chinese Contemporary Bible (Traditional)
雅各到達舅父家
29 雅各繼續前行，來到東方人住的地方， 2 看見田間有一口井，有三群羊臥在井邊，因為當地人用那口井的水飲羊。井口蓋著一塊大石頭。 3 羊群聚集在井旁的時候，牧人就把石頭挪開飲羊，隨後再把石頭挪回原處。
4 雅各問牧人：「弟兄們，你們是從哪裡來的？」他們說：「我們是從哈蘭來的。」 5 雅各問道：「你們認識拿鶴的孫子拉班嗎？」他們說：「我們認識。」 6 雅各又問：「他好嗎？」他們回答說：「很好。你看，他的女兒拉結帶著羊群來了。」 7 雅各對他們說：「太陽還高，不到把羊關起來的時候，你們飲了羊，再放牠們去吃草吧！」 8 他們說：「不行，要等所有的羊群到齊，有人挪開井口的石頭後，才能飲羊。」
9 他們還在說話的時候，拉結就帶著她父親的羊群來到井邊，她是個牧羊女。 10 雅各看見表妹拉結和舅父拉班的羊群來了，就上前把井口的石頭挪開，飲他舅父的羊。 11 他親吻拉結，並放聲大哭。 12 雅各告訴拉結自己是她父親的外甥，是利百加的兒子。拉結便跑去告訴她父親。
13 拉班聽見外甥雅各來了，就跑去迎接他，擁抱他，親吻他，然後把他接到自己家裡。雅各把事情的經過告訴他。 14 拉班高興地說：「你真是我的骨肉之親啊！」雅各在拉班家裡住了一個月。
雅各娶妻
15 一天，拉班對他說：「雖然我們是親戚，也不能讓你白白地替我工作。告訴我，你希望得到什麼報酬？」 16 拉班有兩個女兒，大的叫利亞，小的叫拉結。 17 利亞兩眼無神[a]，而拉結長得美麗出眾。 18 雅各愛上了拉結，於是對拉班說：「我願意為你工作七年，請你把拉結許配給我。」 19 拉班說：「把她嫁給你比嫁給外人好，你就留下來吧！」 20 雅各為了拉結給拉班工作了七年。因為他深愛拉結，所以這七年在他眼中就像短短的幾天。
21 一天，雅各對拉班說：「期限已經滿了，現在請把我妻子給我，我好和她同房。」 22 於是，拉班就擺設宴席款待當地的人。 23 到了晚上，拉班卻把女兒利亞送給雅各，雅各和她同房。 24 拉班又把自己的婢女悉帕送給女兒利亞做婢女。
25 第二天早上，雅各才發現娶的是利亞，就對拉班說：「你對我做的是什麼事啊！我服侍你不就是為了拉結嗎？你為什麼騙我？」 26 拉班說：「依照本地的習俗，妹妹不能比姐姐先出嫁。 27 等這七天的婚期過了，我就把拉結也許配給你，你再替我工作七年。」
28 雅各同意了。過了七天，拉班把女兒拉結嫁給雅各， 29 又把自己的婢女辟拉送給拉結。 30 雅各也和拉結同房，他深愛拉結，勝過愛利亞。他又替拉班工作了七年。
雅各的兒女
31 耶和華看見利亞失寵，就使利亞生育，但拉結卻不生育。 32 利亞懷孕生了一個兒子，給孩子取名叫呂便[b]。她說：「耶和華看見了我的痛苦，現在我丈夫一定會愛我。」 33 她又懷孕生了一個兒子，就說：「耶和華聽見了我丈夫不愛我，所以又給我這個兒子。」於是，她給孩子取名叫西緬[c]。 34 她又再度懷孕，生了一個兒子，就說：「這次我丈夫一定會依戀我，因為我給他生了三個兒子。」於是，他給孩子取名叫利未[d]。 35 後來，利亞再次懷孕，生了一個兒子，她說：「這次我要讚美耶和華！」於是，她給孩子取名叫猶大[e]。之後，利亞停止了生育。
30 拉結見自己沒有給雅各生孩子，就嫉妒姐姐。她對雅各說：「你給我孩子，不然我還不如死了！」 2 雅各氣憤地說：「使你不能生育的是上帝，難道我能代替上帝嗎？」 3 拉結說：「你去跟我的婢女辟拉同房吧，這樣她可以為我生孩子，我也可以留下後代。」 4 於是拉結把婢女辟拉給丈夫做妾，雅各和辟拉同房。 5 辟拉懷了孕，為雅各生下一個兒子。 6 拉結說：「上帝為我申了冤，也聽了我的懇求，賜給我一個兒子。」拉結就給孩子取名叫但[f]。 7 拉結的婢女辟拉又懷孕，為雅各生了第二個兒子。 8 拉結說：「我跟姐姐相爭，我得勝了。」她就給這孩子取名叫拿弗他利[g]。
9 利亞見自己不再生育，就把婢女悉帕給雅各做妾。 10 悉帕給雅各生了一個兒子。 11 利亞說：「真幸運！」她便給孩子取名叫迦得[h]。 12 悉帕又給雅各生了第二個兒子， 13 利亞說：「我真有福啊！婦女們會說我有福！」她就為孩子取名亞設[i]。
14 在收麥子的季節，呂便在田間找到一些風茄，拿回家給母親利亞。拉結知道後，對利亞說：「請給我一些你兒子找到的風茄。」 15 利亞說：「你搶了我丈夫還不夠嗎？現在還要搶我兒子的風茄嗎？」拉結回答說：「你給我風茄，今夜雅各就跟你同房。」 16 那天晚上，雅各從田間回來，利亞就出來迎接他說：「你要來跟我同房，因為我已經用兒子的風茄把你雇下來了。」於是，那天晚上雅各便跟利亞同房。 17 上帝答應利亞的祈求，使她懷孕，為雅各生了第五個兒子。 18 利亞說：「我把婢女送給丈夫做妾，現在上帝給我報酬了。」因此，她就為孩子取名叫以薩迦[j]。
19 後來，利亞又懷孕，給雅各生下第六個兒子。 20 她說：「上帝賜給我珍貴的禮物，現在我丈夫會尊重我，因為我給他生了六個兒子。」於是，她就給這個兒子取名叫西布倫[k]。 21 後來，利亞又生了一個女兒，給她取名叫底娜。
22 上帝眷顧拉結，聽了她的禱告，使她可以生育。 23 她就懷孕，生了一個兒子，說：「上帝除去了我的羞辱。」 24 她給孩子取名叫約瑟[l]，又說：「願上帝再給我添一個兒子！」
雅各與拉班的協議
25 拉結生約瑟以後，雅各對拉班說：「請讓我走吧！我想回故鄉， 26 請你讓我和妻兒一同回去吧！她們都是我替你工作得來的，你知道我怎樣努力為你工作。」
27 拉班卻挽留他，說：「如果你肯賞光，請你留下來！因為我占卜得知上帝為了你的緣故才賜福給我。 28 你要多少酬勞，只管說出來，我一定會給你。」
29 雅各回答說：「你知道我怎樣努力地服侍你，照顧你的牲畜。 30 我來以前，你的財產很少。上帝因為我的到來而賜福給你，使你財產大增。但我自己什麼時候才能興家立業呢？」
31 拉班問：「我該給你什麼呢？」雅各說：「你不用給我什麼，只要你答應一件事，我就繼續照料你的羊群。 32 今天讓我從你的羊群中挑出黑色或有斑點的綿羊，以及有斑點的山羊作為我的薪酬。 33 以後，如果你在給我作薪酬的羊群中發現白色的綿羊或沒有斑點的山羊，就算是我偷的。這樣你可以知道我是否誠實。」
34 拉班說：「好，就照你的話做！」 35 當天，拉班把有條紋或斑點的公山羊以及有斑點或夾雜白紋的母山羊，連同黑色的綿羊都挑出來，交給自己的兒子們看管。 36 然後，他離開雅各，彼此相隔三天的路程。雅各繼續為他照料其餘的羊。
37 雅各折下一些楊樹、杏樹和楓樹的嫩枝，削掉部分樹皮，露出白色的條紋， 38 然後把這些嫩枝插在羊喝水的水槽和水溝裡。羊群來喝水時互相交配。 39 牠們對著這些樹枝交配，就生下有條紋和有斑點的羊羔。 40 雅各把這些羊羔分出來，使牠們與拉班的羊各在一處。他把自己的羊安置在一處，不與拉班的羊攙雜在一起。 41 每當肥壯的羊交配時，雅各就把有條紋的枝子插在水溝裡，使羊對著樹枝交配。 42 但如果交配的羊是瘦弱的，他就不插枝子。這樣，瘦弱的羊歸拉班，肥壯的羊歸雅各。 43 因此，雅各變得極其富有，擁有很多羊、駱駝、驢和僕婢。
雅各逃離拉班
31 雅各聽見拉班的兒子們說：「雅各奪去了我們父親的一切！他的財富都是從我們父親那裡得來的。」 2 雅各發覺拉班對他的態度不如從前了。 3 這時，耶和華對雅各說：「回到你的家鄉和親族那裡吧！我必與你同在。」 4 於是，雅各就派人把拉結和利亞叫到放羊的地方， 5 對她們說：「我感到你們父親對我不如從前了，但我父親的上帝常與我同在。 6 你們知道我是怎樣盡心盡力地替你們父親工作， 7 他卻欺騙我，把我的工酬更改了十次。然而，上帝不讓他苦待我。 8 如果他說把有斑點的羊給我當酬勞，羊群生的就都是有斑點的；如果他說把有條紋的給我，羊群生的就都是有條紋的。 9 上帝就這樣把你們父親的牲畜奪過來給了我。
10 「在羊群交配的季節，我夢見所有和母羊交配的公羊都是有條紋或有斑點的。 11 在夢中，上帝的天使叫我，我說，『僕人在。』 12 他說，『拉班對你的所作所為，我都看見了。現在你留心看看，與母羊交配的公羊都是有條紋或有斑點的。 13 我就是你在伯特利遇見的上帝。你在那裡用油澆過柱子，向我許過願。現在，你要動身離開這裡，回到你的家鄉。』」
14 拉結和利亞說：「父親的家產沒有我們的份兒， 15 我們早就被當作外人了，他賣了我們，把我們的身價全部吞了。 16 上帝從我們父親那裡奪過來的一切財產，本來就屬於我們和我們的兒女。現在你只管照上帝的吩咐做吧！」
17 雅各便起來讓兒女和妻子都騎上駱駝， 18 帶著他在巴旦·亞蘭得到的所有牲畜和財物，啟程去迦南的父親以撒那裡。 19 那時拉班正在外面剪羊毛，拉結偷了父親的家庭神像。 20 雅各不辭而別，背著亞蘭人拉班偷偷地跑了。 21 他帶著所有的一切渡過幼發拉底河，逃往基列山區。
拉班追趕雅各
22 到了第三天，拉班才知道雅各逃走了。 23 於是，他帶著族人去追趕，追了七天，在基列山區追上了雅各。 24 當天晚上，上帝在夢中對亞蘭人拉班說：「你要當心，不可對雅各多說什麼。」
25 拉班追上了雅各，那時雅各在基列山搭起帳篷，拉班和他的族人也在那裡搭起帳篷。 26 拉班對雅各說：「你做的是什麼？你欺瞞我，把我的女兒像戰俘一樣帶走。 27 你為什麼要偷偷地溜走？你為什麼不告訴我，我好擊鼓、彈琴、唱歌歡送你？ 28 你甚至不讓我親吻外孫和女兒，與他們道別，你這樣做真愚蠢。 29 我有能力傷害你，但你父親的上帝昨夜對我說，『你要小心，不可對雅各多說什麼。』 30 你思家心切，一定要走，但你為什麼要偷走我的神像呢？」
31 雅各對拉班說：「我逃跑是因為害怕你會奪回你的女兒。 32 至於你的神像，你在誰身上搜出來，誰就是該死的。你可以當著眾弟兄的面察看，如果在我這裡有什麼物件是你的，你只管拿走。」雅各不知道拉結偷走了神像。
33 拉班進入雅各、利亞和兩個婢女的帳篷搜查，卻搜不出什麼。拉班離開利亞的帳篷進入拉結的帳篷， 34 那時拉結已經把神像藏在駱駝的鞍座裡，自己坐在上面。拉班搜遍了整個帳篷什麼也找不到。 35 拉結對父親說：「父親，請別生氣，我有月事在身，不便起來。」結果，拉班搜來搜去找不到神像。
36 雅各發怒，斥責拉班說：「我做錯了什麼、犯了什麼罪以致你對我窮追不捨？ 37 你搜遍我所有的東西，搜到了什麼？現在就當著眾弟兄的面拿出來，讓他們評評理吧！ 38 我在你家這二十年，你的母綿羊、母山羊沒有掉過胎，我也沒有吃過你公羊的肉。 39 我沒有把被野獸撕裂的羊帶來給你，而是自己賠上。無論在白晝或黑夜被偷去的，你都要我賠償。 40 我白天受盡烈日煎熬，晚上飽嚐夜露寒霜，不得好睡。 41 這二十年來，我為了你的兩個女兒，替你工作了十四年，又用了六年才從你那裡得到這些羊，你把我的工錢更改了十次。 42 如果不是我父親以撒敬畏的上帝，就是亞伯拉罕的上帝與我同在，你肯定會讓我兩手空空地回家。但上帝看見了我的難處和勞苦，所以在昨夜責備了你。」
雅各和拉班立約
43 拉班回答說：「女兒是我的，這些孩子是我的，羊群也是我的，你的一切都是我的，我又怎會傷害我的女兒和她們的孩子呢？ 44 來吧，你我立約為證。」 45 於是，雅各拿來一塊石頭，立作柱子， 46 又吩咐族人去收集石頭。他們把石頭堆成一堆，在旁邊吃喝。 47 拉班稱那石堆為伊迦爾·撒哈杜他[m]，雅各卻稱那石堆為迦累得[n]。
48 拉班說：「今日，這石堆是你我之間的憑證。」因此，那地方名叫迦累得， 49 又叫米斯巴，因為拉班說：「我們分手以後，願上帝親自鑒察我們。 50 倘若你虐待我的女兒，或在她們以外另娶妻子，即使沒人知道，也有上帝在你我之間做見證。」
51 拉班又說：「看我在你我之間立的這石堆和石柱。 52 這石堆和石柱都是憑證，我一定不會越過石堆去害你，你也不可越過石堆和石柱來害我。 53 願亞伯拉罕和拿鶴的上帝，就是他們父親的上帝，在你我之間判斷是非。」雅各便在他父親以撒敬畏的上帝面前起誓， 54 又在山上獻祭，請眾弟兄吃飯。飯後，他們一同在山上過夜。
55 拉班清早起來，親吻外孫和女兒，給他們祝福，然後回家去了。
雅各預備見以掃
32 雅各繼續前行，遇見了上帝的天使。 2 雅各看見他們，就說：「這是上帝的軍隊！」於是稱那地方為瑪哈念[o]。
3 雅各先派人到西珥，就是以東，去見他哥哥以掃， 4 並吩咐他們：「你們要這樣對我主以掃說，『你僕人雅各一直寄居在拉班家裡， 5 現在他帶了牛羊、驢和僕婢回來見你，派我們來報信，希望得到你的恩待。』」
6 報信的人回到雅各那裡，說：「我們到了你哥哥以掃那裡，他正帶著四百人前來見你。」 7 雅各聽了非常害怕，便把隨從、牛群、羊群和駱駝分成兩隊， 8 心想：「如果以掃來攻擊一隊，另一隊還可以逃生。」
9 他禱告說：「耶和華，我祖父亞伯拉罕和我父親以撒的上帝啊！你吩咐我回到家鄉和親族那裡，答應厚待我。 10 我不配蒙你以慈愛和信實相待，我先前過約旦河的時候，手上只有一根杖，現在卻有兩隊人丁家畜。 11 求你救我脫離我哥哥以掃的手，我怕他會來殺我和我的妻兒。 12 然而，你曾說，『我必厚待你，使你的後代多如海沙，不可勝數。』」
13 那天晚上，雅各就在那裡過夜，又挑選牲畜送給哥哥以掃作禮物： 14 母山羊二百隻、公山羊二十隻、母綿羊二百隻、公綿羊二十隻、 15 哺乳的駱駝三十頭及其小駱駝、母牛四十頭、公牛十頭、母驢二十頭、驢駒十頭。 16 雅各把牲畜每類分成一群，交給僕人看管，對他們說：「你們走在前頭，每群牲畜之間要保持一段距離！」 17 又吩咐走在最前面的僕人說：「我哥哥以掃遇到你的時候，如果問你是誰家的人？要到哪裡去？前頭這些牲畜是誰的？ 18 你就說，『是僕人雅各要送給他主人以掃的禮物，他自己就跟在後面。』」 19 雅各又吩咐看管第二群、第三群及其餘牲畜的僕人遇見以掃時也要這樣回答， 20 並且一定要說：「你僕人雅各就在後面。」雅各想先用禮物去化解以掃的怨恨，或許見面時以掃會善待他。 21 於是，他派人先把禮物送過去，自己則留在營裡過夜。
雅各遇見上帝
22 那天晚上，雅各起來帶著兩個妻子、兩個婢女和十一個兒子渡過雅博渡口。 23 雅各把他們連同一切所有都送過河以後， 24 自己獨自留下。這時，有一個人來和他摔跤，直到黎明。 25 那人見勝不過雅各，就在他的大腿窩摸了一下，他大腿的關節就脫了臼。 26 那人說：「天亮了，讓我走吧！」但雅各說：「你不祝福我，我就不讓你走。」 27 那人問道：「你叫什麼名字？」他說：「我叫雅各。」 28 那人說：「你以後不要再叫雅各了，你要叫以色列，因為你跟上帝和人角力都得勝了。」
29 雅各說：「請你告訴我你的名字。」那人說：「你為什麼問我的名字？」他就在那裡給雅各祝福。 30 雅各稱那地方為毗努伊勒，因為他說：「我當面見過上帝，竟能活命。」 31 雅各經過毗努伊勒的時候，太陽出來了，那時他的大腿瘸了。 32 以色列人至今都不吃大腿窩的筋，因為那人摸過雅各大腿窩的筋。
弟兄重逢
33 雅各遠遠看見以掃帶著四百人迎面而來，便把孩子們分別交給利亞、拉結和兩個婢女， 2 又吩咐兩個婢女和她們的孩子走在前面，利亞和她的孩子跟在後面，拉結和約瑟走在最後。 3 他自己則走在他們前面，接連俯伏下拜七次，直到他哥哥跟前。
4 以掃見到雅各，就跑上去擁抱他，親吻他，二人抱頭痛哭。 5 以掃看見跟在雅各後面的婦女和孩子，就問：「這些和你同行的是誰？」雅各說：「這些孩子是上帝施恩賜給你僕人的。」 6 雅各的兩個婢女和她們的孩子上前下拜， 7 利亞也和她的孩子上前下拜，最後約瑟和拉結也上前向以掃下拜。
8 以掃說：「我在路上遇見的那一群群牲畜是怎麼回事？」雅各回答說：「我帶來這些是要得到我主的恩待。」 9 以掃說：「弟弟，我已經有很多了，你自己留著吧！」 10 雅各說：「不，你若賞臉，就請收下！我見了你的面就像見了上帝的面，因為你這樣善侍我。 11 請你收下我的禮物吧，因為上帝恩待了我，使我富足。」雅各再三懇求，以掃才收下。
12 以掃說：「我們走吧！我陪你們走。」 13 雅各卻說：「我主知道孩子們還小，而且，我還要照料正在哺乳的牛羊，如果整天趕路，牛羊會累死。 14 倒不如請我主先走，我遷就牲畜和孩子慢慢走，我在西珥與我主會合。」
15 以掃說：「讓我給你留幾個幫手吧。」雅各說：「不用了，能得到我主的恩待就夠了。」 16 於是，以掃在當天先回西珥去了， 17 雅各卻去了疏割，在那裡為自己建造房屋，為牲畜搭起棚子。因此那地方叫疏割[p]。
18 這樣，雅各從巴旦·亞蘭平安地回到迦南的示劍城，在城外搭營居住。 19 他搭營居住的這塊地是他用一百塊銀子向示劍的父親哈抹的子孫買的。 20 雅各在那裡築了一座壇，稱之為伊利·伊羅伊·以色列[q]。
底娜受辱
34 一天，利亞給雅各所生的女兒底娜到外面去見當地的女子。 2 當地首領希未人哈抹的兒子示劍看到她，就抓住她，強行玷污了她。 3 他戀慕雅各的女兒底娜，就用甜言蜜語討她歡心。 4 他求父親哈抹為他說親，把底娜娶過來。 5 消息傳到雅各耳中時，他的兒子們正在田野放牧。他只好忍氣吞聲，等兒子們回來再作打算。 6 示劍的父親哈抹來和雅各商議。 7 雅各的兒子們一聽說這事，就從田野趕回來。大家都非常憤怒，因為示劍不該對以色列家做這醜事——玷污雅各的女兒。
8 哈抹跟他們商議說：「我兒子示劍愛慕你們家的女兒，請你們把女兒嫁給他吧！ 9 我們可以互相通婚，你們可以把女兒嫁給我們的兒子，也可以娶我們的女兒為妻。 10 你們可以在我們這裡安頓下來，這片土地就在你們面前，住在這裡做買賣、置產業吧。」 11 示劍對底娜的父親和她的弟兄們說：「請你們恩待我，你們要什麼，我都給你們。 12 只要你們答應把女兒嫁給我，無論你們要多少聘金和禮物，我必如數奉上。」
雅各之子計殺示劍人
13 雅各的兒子們因為示劍玷污了他們的妹妹底娜，就假意對示劍和他的父親哈抹說： 14 「我們不能把妹妹嫁給沒有受過割禮的人，這對我們是一種羞辱。 15 除非你們所有的男子都跟我們一樣受割禮， 16 我們才能答應和你們通婚，共同生活，結成一個民族。 17 如果你們不肯這樣做，我們就把妹妹帶走。」
18 哈抹父子欣然答應。 19 示劍毫不遲延地照辦，因為他熱戀底娜。在哈抹家族中，他最受人尊重。 20 哈抹父子來到城門口，對那城的居民說： 21 「這些人跟我們相處和睦，就讓他們在這裡定居、做買賣吧。我們這裡有足夠的地方可以容納他們，我們可以和他們通婚。 22 可是，他們有一個條件，就是要我們所有的男子和他們一樣接受割禮，他們才答應和我們一起生活，結成一個民族。 23 到時候，他們的財產和牛羊等所有牲畜不全歸我們了嗎？我們同意他們吧，這樣他們就會在我們這裡定居。」 24 在城門進出的人聽了哈抹父子的話，都表示贊同。於是，城裡的男子都接受了割禮。
25 到了第三天，他們傷口正疼痛的時候，雅各的兩個兒子——底娜的哥哥西緬和利未拿著利劍，乘眾人沒有防備，潛入城中，殺掉了所有的男子， 26 包括哈抹和示劍，從示劍家裡帶走了底娜。 27 雅各的兒子又到城裡擄掠，因為他們的妹妹在那裡被人玷污。 28 他們搶走牛群、羊群、驢群和城裡城外所有的東西， 29 並帶走所有財物、婦孺以及房屋裡的一切。 30 雅各責備西緬和利未說：「你們為什麼要給我惹麻煩，使我在當地的迦南人和比利洗人中留下臭名呢？我們人數很少，要是他們聯手來攻擊我們，我們全家必遭滅門之禍。」 31 他們說：「他怎麼能把我們的妹妹當妓女對待？」
雅各遷往伯特利
35 上帝對雅各說：「你到伯特利去住，你要在那裡為上帝築一座壇，祂在你逃避你哥哥以掃時曾向你顯現。」 2 於是，雅各吩咐家人和所有的隨從：「你們要除掉你們當中的外族神像，沐浴更衣，潔淨自己。 3 我們要上伯特利去，在那裡為上帝築一座壇，祂在我遭遇患難時聽了我的禱告，一路都與我同在。」 4 他們把所有外族的神像和自己的耳環都交給雅各，雅各把這些東西埋在示劍的橡樹下。
5 他們就出發了，上帝使恐懼籠罩周圍的城邑，沒有人敢追趕他們。 6 雅各和所有的隨從來到迦南的路斯，也就是伯特利。 7 他在那裡建造了一座壇，稱那地方為伊勒·伯特利[r]，因為在他逃避哥哥的時候，上帝曾在那裡向他顯現。 8 後來利百加的奶媽底波拉死了，葬在伯特利山谷下面的橡樹下，那棵樹叫亞倫·巴古[s]。
9 雅各從巴旦·亞蘭回來後，上帝又向他顯現，賜福給他。 10 上帝對他說：「你叫雅各，但從今以後不要再叫雅各了，你要改名叫以色列。」這樣雅各改名為以色列。 11 上帝又說：「我是全能的上帝，你要生養眾多，一國，甚至多國必從你而出，許多君王必出自你的子孫。 12 我要把賜給亞伯拉罕和以撒的土地賜給你和你的後代。」 13 上帝說完就離開雅各升上天去。 14 雅各在上帝跟他說話的地方立了一根石柱，又在柱子上奠酒、澆油， 15 稱那地方為伯特利。
拉結和以撒去世
16 他們從伯特利繼續前行，離以法他還有一段路時，拉結難產。 17 在難產的痛苦中，接生婆對她說：「不要害怕，你又添了一個兒子！」 18 拉結臨死前給兒子取名叫便·俄尼[t]，雅各卻叫他便雅憫[u]。 19 拉結死後就葬在通往以法他的路旁，以法他即伯利恆。 20 雅各在她的墳上立了石碑，至今還在。 21 以色列繼續前行，在以得塔附近搭起了帳篷。 22 以色列在那裡居住時，呂便和父親的妾辟拉通姦，以色列也知道這件事。
雅各有十二個兒子。 23 利亞生了雅各的長子呂便、西緬、利未、猶大、以薩迦和西布倫。 24 拉結生了約瑟和便雅憫。 25 拉結的婢女辟拉生了但和拿弗他利。 26 利亞的婢女悉帕生了迦得和亞設。他們都是雅各的兒子，是在巴旦·亞蘭出生的。
27 雅各來到他父親以撒住的幔利，即基列·亞巴，也就是亞伯拉罕和以撒寄居的地方。基列·亞巴就是希伯崙。 28 以撒共活了一百八十歲， 29 年紀老邁，壽終正寢。他的兒子以掃和雅各把他安葬了。
以掃的後代
36 以下是以掃的後代，即以東的後代。
2 以掃娶了迦南女子為妻，她們是赫人以倫的女兒亞大和希未人祭便的孫女、亞拿的女兒阿何利巴瑪。 3 他還娶了以實瑪利的女兒、尼拜約的妹妹巴實抹。 4 亞大給以掃生了以利法，巴實抹生了流珥， 5 阿何利巴瑪生了耶烏施、雅蘭和可拉。他們都是以掃的兒子，是在迦南出生的。
6 以掃帶著他在迦南所得的妻子、兒女和家中所有的人員，以及所有的牲畜和財產離開雅各，遷往別處。 7 以掃和雅各兩家的財產和牲畜太多，那地方不夠他們住， 8 於是以掃，即以東，搬到了西珥山居住。
9 以掃是西珥山區以東人的祖先，以下是他的子孫。
10 以掃的妻子亞大生了以利法，巴實抹生了流珥。 11 以利法的兒子是提幔、阿抹、洗玻、迦坦、基納斯， 12 以利法的妾亭納為他生了亞瑪力，他們都是以掃妻子亞大的子孫。 13 流珥的兒子是拿哈、謝拉、沙瑪和米撒，他們都是以掃妻子巴實抹的子孫。 14 以掃的妻子阿何利巴瑪是祭便的孫女、亞拿的女兒，她給以掃生了耶烏施、雅蘭和可拉。
15 以下是以掃子孫中的族長。
以掃的長子以利法的子孫中有提幔族長、阿抹族長、洗玻族長、基納斯族長、 16 可拉族長、迦坦族長、亞瑪力族長，他們都是以利法在以東的後代，即亞大的子孫。 17 以掃的兒子流珥的子孫中有拿哈族長、謝拉族長、沙瑪族長、米撒族長，他們都是流珥在以東的後代，即以掃的妻子巴實抹的子孫。 18 以掃的妻子阿何利巴瑪的子孫中有耶烏施族長、雅蘭族長和可拉族長。這些都是以掃的妻子、亞拿的女兒阿何利巴瑪子孫中的族長。
19 這些族長都是以掃的子孫，以掃又名以東。
20 以下是住在以東境內何利人西珥的子孫：羅坍、朔巴、祭便、亞拿、 21 底順、以察、底珊。他們都是以東境內何利人西珥的子孫中的族長。
22 羅坍的兒子是何利和希幔，羅坍的妹妹是亭納。 23 朔巴的兒子是亞勒文、瑪拿轄、以巴錄、示玻和阿南。 24 祭便的兒子是亞雅和亞拿，在曠野為父親放驢時發現溫泉的就是亞拿。 25 亞拿的兒子名叫底順、女兒名叫阿何利巴瑪。 26 底順的兒子是欣但、伊是班、益蘭和基蘭。 27 以察的兒子是辟罕、撒番和亞干。 28 底珊的兒子是烏斯和亞蘭。
29 以下是何利人的族長：羅坍族長、朔巴族長、祭便族長、亞拿族長、 30 底順族長、以察族長、底珊族長。他們是西珥地區何利人各宗族的族長。
31 以色列人還沒有君王統治之前，在以東做王的人如下： 32 比珥的兒子比拉在以東做王，定都亭哈巴。 33 比拉死後，波斯拉人謝拉的兒子約巴繼位。 34 約巴死後，提幔地區的戶珊繼位。 35 戶珊死後，比達之子哈達繼位，定都亞未得，他曾在摩押地區擊敗米甸人。 36 哈達死後，瑪士利加人桑拉繼位。 37 桑拉死後，大河邊的利河伯人掃羅繼位。 38 掃羅死後，亞革波的兒子巴勒·哈南繼位。 39 巴勒·哈南死後，哈達繼位，定都巴烏，他的妻子名叫米希她別，是米·薩合的孫女、瑪特列的女兒。
40 以下是按宗族在各地區做族長的以掃的後代：亭納、亞勒瓦、耶帖、 41 阿何利巴瑪、以拉、比嫩、 42 基納斯、提幔、米比薩、 43 瑪基疊、以蘭。這些人在所住的以東各地做族長。以掃是以東人的始祖。
Footnotes
- 29·17 「兩眼無神」或譯「兩眼很美麗」。
- 29·32 「呂便」意思是「看，一個兒子」，此詞發音像希伯來文「他看見了我的痛苦」一詞的發音。
- 29·33 「西緬」意思是「聽見」。
- 29·34 「利未」意思是「聯合」。
- 29·35 「猶大」意思是「讚美」。
- 30·6 「但」意思是「伸冤」。
- 30·8 「拿弗他利」意思是「相爭」。
- 30·11 「迦得」意思是「幸運」。
- 30·13 「亞設」意思是「有福」。
- 30·18 「以薩迦」意思是「報酬」。
- 30·20 「西布倫」意思是「尊重」。
- 30·24 「約瑟」意思是「增添」。
- 31·47 「伊迦爾·撒哈杜他」意思是「做見證的石堆」。
- 31·47 「迦累得」意思是「以石堆為證」。
- 32·2 「瑪哈念」意思是「兩營軍隊」。
- 33·17 「疏割」意思是「棚子」。
- 33·20 「伊利·伊羅伊·以色列」意思是「以色列的上帝」。
- 35·7 「伊勒·伯特利」意思是「伯特利的上帝」。
- 35·8 「亞倫·巴古」意思是「哭泣的橡樹」。
- 35·18 「便·俄尼」意思是「我在苦難中生的兒子」。
- 35·18 「便雅憫」意思是「右手之子」，「右手」希伯來文有幸運或力量的意思。
Genesis 29-36
New International Version
Genesis 29-36
New International Version
Jacob Arrives in Paddan Aram
29 Then Jacob continued on his journey and came to the land of the eastern peoples.(A) 2 There he saw a well in the open country, with three flocks of sheep lying near it because the flocks were watered from that well.(B) The stone(C) over the mouth of the well was large. 3 When all the flocks were gathered there, the shepherds would roll the stone(D) away from the well’s mouth and water the sheep.(E) Then they would return the stone to its place over the mouth of the well.
4 Jacob asked the shepherds, “My brothers, where are you from?”(F)
“We’re from Harran,(G)” they replied.
5 He said to them, “Do you know Laban, Nahor’s grandson?”(H)
“Yes, we know him,” they answered.
6 Then Jacob asked them, “Is he well?”
“Yes, he is,” they said, “and here comes his daughter Rachel(I) with the sheep.(J)”
7 “Look,” he said, “the sun is still high; it is not time for the flocks to be gathered. Water the sheep and take them back to pasture.”
8 “We can’t,” they replied, “until all the flocks are gathered and the stone(K) has been rolled away from the mouth of the well. Then we will water(L) the sheep.”
9 While he was still talking with them, Rachel came with her father’s sheep,(M) for she was a shepherd. 10 When Jacob saw Rachel(N) daughter of his uncle Laban, and Laban’s sheep, he went over and rolled the stone(O) away from the mouth of the well and watered(P) his uncle’s sheep.(Q) 11 Then Jacob kissed(R) Rachel and began to weep aloud.(S) 12 He had told Rachel that he was a relative(T) of her father and a son of Rebekah.(U) So she ran and told her father.(V)
13 As soon as Laban(W) heard the news about Jacob, his sister’s son, he hurried to meet him. He embraced him(X) and kissed him and brought him to his home, and there Jacob told him all these things. 14 Then Laban said to him, “You are my own flesh and blood.”(Y)
Jacob Marries Leah and Rachel
After Jacob had stayed with him for a whole month, 15 Laban said to him, “Just because you are a relative(Z) of mine, should you work for me for nothing? Tell me what your wages(AA) should be.”
16 Now Laban had two daughters; the name of the older was Leah,(AB) and the name of the younger was Rachel.(AC) 17 Leah had weak[a] eyes, but Rachel(AD) had a lovely figure and was beautiful.(AE) 18 Jacob was in love with Rachel(AF) and said, “I’ll work for you seven years in return for your younger daughter Rachel.”(AG)
19 Laban said, “It’s better that I give her to you than to some other man. Stay here with me.” 20 So Jacob served seven years to get Rachel,(AH) but they seemed like only a few days to him because of his love for her.(AI)
21 Then Jacob said to Laban, “Give me my wife. My time is completed, and I want to make love to her.(AJ)”
22 So Laban brought together all the people of the place and gave a feast.(AK) 23 But when evening came, he took his daughter Leah(AL) and brought her to Jacob, and Jacob made love to her. 24 And Laban gave his servant Zilpah(AM) to his daughter as her attendant.(AN)
25 When morning came, there was Leah! So Jacob said to Laban, “What is this you have done to me?(AO) I served you for Rachel, didn’t I? Why have you deceived me?(AP)”
26 Laban replied, “It is not our custom here to give the younger daughter in marriage before the older one.(AQ) 27 Finish this daughter’s bridal week;(AR) then we will give you the younger one also, in return for another seven years of work.(AS)”
28 And Jacob did so. He finished the week with Leah, and then Laban gave him his daughter Rachel to be his wife.(AT) 29 Laban gave his servant Bilhah(AU) to his daughter Rachel as her attendant.(AV) 30 Jacob made love to Rachel also, and his love for Rachel was greater than his love for Leah.(AW) And he worked for Laban another seven years.(AX)
Jacob’s Children
31 When the Lord saw that Leah was not loved,(AY) he enabled her to conceive,(AZ) but Rachel remained childless. 32 Leah became pregnant and gave birth to a son.(BA) She named him Reuben,[b](BB) for she said, “It is because the Lord has seen my misery.(BC) Surely my husband will love me now.”
33 She conceived again, and when she gave birth to a son she said, “Because the Lord heard that I am not loved,(BD) he gave me this one too.” So she named him Simeon.[c](BE)
34 Again she conceived, and when she gave birth to a son she said, “Now at last my husband will become attached to me,(BF) because I have borne him three sons.” So he was named Levi.[d](BG)
35 She conceived again, and when she gave birth to a son she said, “This time I will praise the Lord.” So she named him Judah.[e](BH) Then she stopped having children.(BI)
30 When Rachel saw that she was not bearing Jacob any children,(BJ) she became jealous of her sister.(BK) So she said to Jacob, “Give me children, or I’ll die!”
2 Jacob became angry with her and said, “Am I in the place of God,(BL) who has kept you from having children?”(BM)
3 Then she said, “Here is Bilhah,(BN) my servant.(BO) Sleep with her so that she can bear children for me and I too can build a family through her.”(BP)
4 So she gave him her servant Bilhah as a wife.(BQ) Jacob slept with her,(BR) 5 and she became pregnant and bore him a son. 6 Then Rachel said, “God has vindicated me;(BS) he has listened to my plea and given me a son.”(BT) Because of this she named him Dan.[f](BU)
7 Rachel’s servant Bilhah(BV) conceived again and bore Jacob a second son. 8 Then Rachel said, “I have had a great struggle with my sister, and I have won.”(BW) So she named him Naphtali.[g](BX)
9 When Leah(BY) saw that she had stopped having children,(BZ) she took her servant Zilpah(CA) and gave her to Jacob as a wife.(CB) 10 Leah’s servant Zilpah(CC) bore Jacob a son. 11 Then Leah said, “What good fortune!”[h] So she named him Gad.[i](CD)
12 Leah’s servant Zilpah bore Jacob a second son. 13 Then Leah said, “How happy I am! The women will call me(CE) happy.”(CF) So she named him Asher.[j](CG)
14 During wheat harvest,(CH) Reuben went out into the fields and found some mandrake plants,(CI) which he brought to his mother Leah. Rachel said to Leah, “Please give me some of your son’s mandrakes.”
15 But she said to her, “Wasn’t it enough(CJ) that you took away my husband? Will you take my son’s mandrakes too?”
“Very well,” Rachel said, “he can sleep with you tonight in return for your son’s mandrakes.”(CK)
16 So when Jacob came in from the fields that evening, Leah went out to meet him. “You must sleep with me,” she said. “I have hired you with my son’s mandrakes.”(CL) So he slept with her that night.
17 God listened to Leah,(CM) and she became pregnant and bore Jacob a fifth son. 18 Then Leah said, “God has rewarded me for giving my servant to my husband.”(CN) So she named him Issachar.[k](CO)
19 Leah conceived again and bore Jacob a sixth son. 20 Then Leah said, “God has presented me with a precious gift. This time my husband will treat me with honor,(CP) because I have borne him six sons.” So she named him Zebulun.[l](CQ)
21 Some time later she gave birth to a daughter and named her Dinah.(CR)
22 Then God remembered Rachel;(CS) he listened to her(CT) and enabled her to conceive.(CU) 23 She became pregnant and gave birth to a son(CV) and said, “God has taken away my disgrace.”(CW) 24 She named him Joseph,[m](CX) and said, “May the Lord add to me another son.”(CY)
Jacob’s Flocks Increase
25 After Rachel gave birth to Joseph, Jacob said to Laban, “Send me on my way(CZ) so I can go back to my own homeland.(DA) 26 Give me my wives and children, for whom I have served you,(DB) and I will be on my way. You know how much work I’ve done for you.”
27 But Laban said to him, “If I have found favor in your eyes,(DC) please stay. I have learned by divination(DD) that the Lord has blessed me because of you.”(DE) 28 He added, “Name your wages,(DF) and I will pay them.”
29 Jacob said to him, “You know how I have worked for you(DG) and how your livestock has fared under my care.(DH) 30 The little you had before I came has increased greatly, and the Lord has blessed you wherever I have been.(DI) But now, when may I do something for my own household?(DJ)”
31 “What shall I give you?” he asked.
“Don’t give me anything,” Jacob replied. “But if you will do this one thing for me, I will go on tending your flocks and watching over them: 32 Let me go through all your flocks today and remove from them every speckled or spotted sheep, every dark-colored lamb and every spotted or speckled goat.(DK) They will be my wages.(DL) 33 And my honesty will testify for me in the future, whenever you check on the wages you have paid me. Any goat in my possession that is not speckled or spotted, or any lamb that is not dark-colored,(DM) will be considered stolen.(DN)”
34 “Agreed,” said Laban. “Let it be as you have said.” 35 That same day he removed all the male goats that were streaked or spotted, and all the speckled or spotted female goats (all that had white on them) and all the dark-colored lambs,(DO) and he placed them in the care of his sons.(DP) 36 Then he put a three-day journey(DQ) between himself and Jacob, while Jacob continued to tend the rest of Laban’s flocks.
37 Jacob, however, took fresh-cut branches from poplar, almond(DR) and plane trees(DS) and made white stripes on them by peeling the bark and exposing the white inner wood of the branches.(DT) 38 Then he placed the peeled branches(DU) in all the watering troughs,(DV) so that they would be directly in front of the flocks when they came to drink. When the flocks were in heat(DW) and came to drink, 39 they mated in front of the branches.(DX) And they bore young that were streaked or speckled or spotted.(DY) 40 Jacob set apart the young of the flock by themselves, but made the rest face the streaked and dark-colored animals(DZ) that belonged to Laban. Thus he made separate flocks for himself and did not put them with Laban’s animals. 41 Whenever the stronger females were in heat,(EA) Jacob would place the branches in the troughs in front of the animals so they would mate near the branches,(EB) 42 but if the animals were weak, he would not place them there. So the weak animals went to Laban and the strong ones to Jacob.(EC) 43 In this way the man grew exceedingly prosperous and came to own large flocks, and female and male servants, and camels and donkeys.(ED)
Jacob Flees From Laban
31 Jacob heard that Laban’s sons(EE) were saying, “Jacob has taken everything our father owned and has gained all this wealth from what belonged to our father.”(EF) 2 And Jacob noticed that Laban’s attitude toward him was not what it had been.(EG)
3 Then the Lord said to Jacob, “Go back(EH) to the land of your fathers and to your relatives, and I will be with you.”(EI)
4 So Jacob sent word to Rachel and Leah to come out to the fields where his flocks were. 5 He said to them, “I see that your father’s(EJ) attitude toward me is not what it was before,(EK) but the God of my father has been with me.(EL) 6 You know that I’ve worked for your father with all my strength,(EM) 7 yet your father has cheated(EN) me by changing my wages(EO) ten times.(EP) However, God has not allowed him to harm me.(EQ) 8 If he said, ‘The speckled ones will be your wages,’ then all the flocks gave birth to speckled young; and if he said, ‘The streaked ones will be your wages,’(ER) then all the flocks bore streaked young. 9 So God has taken away your father’s livestock(ES) and has given them to me.(ET)
10 “In breeding season I once had a dream(EU) in which I looked up and saw that the male goats mating with the flock were streaked, speckled or spotted. 11 The angel of God(EV) said to me in the dream,(EW) ‘Jacob.’ I answered, ‘Here I am.’(EX) 12 And he said, ‘Look up and see that all the male goats mating with the flock are streaked, speckled or spotted,(EY) for I have seen all that Laban has been doing to you.(EZ) 13 I am the God of Bethel,(FA) where you anointed a pillar(FB) and where you made a vow(FC) to me. Now leave this land at once and go back to your native land.(FD)’”
14 Then Rachel and Leah replied, “Do we still have any share(FE) in the inheritance of our father’s estate? 15 Does he not regard us as foreigners?(FF) Not only has he sold us, but he has used up what was paid for us.(FG) 16 Surely all the wealth that God took away from our father belongs to us and our children.(FH) So do whatever God has told you.”
17 Then Jacob put his children and his wives(FI) on camels,(FJ) 18 and he drove all his livestock ahead of him, along with all the goods he had accumulated(FK) in Paddan Aram,[n](FL) to go to his father Isaac(FM) in the land of Canaan.(FN)
19 When Laban had gone to shear his sheep,(FO) Rachel stole her father’s household gods.(FP) 20 Moreover, Jacob deceived(FQ) Laban the Aramean(FR) by not telling him he was running away.(FS) 21 So he fled(FT) with all he had, crossed the Euphrates River,(FU) and headed for the hill country of Gilead.(FV)
Laban Pursues Jacob
22 On the third day(FW) Laban was told that Jacob had fled.(FX) 23 Taking his relatives(FY) with him(FZ), he pursued Jacob for seven days and caught up with him in the hill country of Gilead.(GA) 24 Then God came to Laban the Aramean(GB) in a dream at night and said to him,(GC) “Be careful not to say anything to Jacob, either good or bad.”(GD)
25 Jacob had pitched his tent in the hill country of Gilead(GE) when Laban overtook him, and Laban and his relatives camped there too. 26 Then Laban said to Jacob, “What have you done?(GF) You’ve deceived me,(GG) and you’ve carried off my daughters like captives in war.(GH) 27 Why did you run off secretly and deceive me? Why didn’t you tell me,(GI) so I could send you away with joy and singing to the music of timbrels(GJ) and harps?(GK) 28 You didn’t even let me kiss my grandchildren and my daughters goodbye.(GL) You have done a foolish thing. 29 I have the power to harm you;(GM) but last night the God of your father(GN) said to me, ‘Be careful not to say anything to Jacob, either good or bad.’(GO) 30 Now you have gone off because you longed to return to your father’s household.(GP) But why did you steal(GQ) my gods?(GR)”
31 Jacob answered Laban, “I was afraid, because I thought you would take your daughters away from me by force.(GS) 32 But if you find anyone who has your gods, that person shall not live.(GT) In the presence of our relatives, see for yourself whether there is anything of yours here with me; and if so, take it.” Now Jacob did not know that Rachel had stolen the gods.(GU)
33 So Laban went into Jacob’s tent and into Leah’s tent(GV) and into the tent of the two female servants,(GW) but he found nothing.(GX) After he came out of Leah’s tent, he entered Rachel’s tent. 34 Now Rachel had taken the household gods(GY) and put them inside her camel’s saddle(GZ) and was sitting on them. Laban searched(HA) through everything in the tent but found nothing.
35 Rachel said to her father, “Don’t be angry, my lord, that I cannot stand up in your presence;(HB) I’m having my period.(HC)” So he searched but could not find the household gods.(HD)
36 Jacob was angry and took Laban to task. “What is my crime?” he asked Laban. “How have I wronged(HE) you that you hunt me down?(HF) 37 Now that you have searched through all my goods, what have you found that belongs to your household?(HG) Put it here in front of your relatives(HH) and mine, and let them judge between the two of us.(HI)
38 “I have been with you for twenty years now.(HJ) Your sheep and goats have not miscarried,(HK) nor have I eaten rams from your flocks. 39 I did not bring you animals torn by wild beasts; I bore the loss myself. And you demanded payment from me for whatever was stolen(HL) by day or night.(HM) 40 This was my situation: The heat consumed me in the daytime and the cold at night, and sleep fled from my eyes.(HN) 41 It was like this for the twenty years(HO) I was in your household. I worked for you fourteen years for your two daughters(HP) and six years for your flocks,(HQ) and you changed my wages(HR) ten times.(HS) 42 If the God of my father,(HT) the God of Abraham(HU) and the Fear of Isaac,(HV) had not been with me,(HW) you would surely have sent me away empty-handed. But God has seen my hardship and the toil of my hands,(HX) and last night he rebuked you.(HY)”
43 Laban answered Jacob, “The women are my daughters, the children are my children, and the flocks are my flocks.(HZ) All you see is mine. Yet what can I do today about these daughters of mine, or about the children they have borne? 44 Come now, let’s make a covenant,(IA) you and I, and let it serve as a witness between us.”(IB)
45 So Jacob took a stone and set it up as a pillar.(IC) 46 He said to his relatives, “Gather some stones.” So they took stones and piled them in a heap,(ID) and they ate there by the heap. 47 Laban called it Jegar Sahadutha, and Jacob called it Galeed.[o](IE)
48 Laban said, “This heap(IF) is a witness between you and me today.”(IG) That is why it was called Galeed. 49 It was also called Mizpah,[p](IH) because he said, “May the Lord keep watch between you and me when we are away from each other. 50 If you mistreat(II) my daughters or if you take any wives besides my daughters, even though no one is with us, remember that God is a witness(IJ) between you and me.”(IK)
51 Laban also said to Jacob, “Here is this heap,(IL) and here is this pillar(IM) I have set up between you and me. 52 This heap is a witness, and this pillar is a witness,(IN) that I will not go past this heap to your side to harm you and that you will not go past this heap(IO) and pillar to my side to harm me.(IP) 53 May the God of Abraham(IQ) and the God of Nahor,(IR) the God of their father, judge between us.”(IS)
So Jacob took an oath(IT) in the name of the Fear of his father Isaac.(IU) 54 He offered a sacrifice(IV) there in the hill country and invited his relatives to a meal.(IW) After they had eaten, they spent the night there.
55 Early the next morning Laban kissed his grandchildren and his daughters(IX) and blessed(IY) them. Then he left and returned home.[q](IZ)
Jacob Prepares to Meet Esau
32 [r]Jacob also went on his way, and the angels of God(JA) met him. 2 When Jacob saw them, he said, “This is the camp of God!”(JB) So he named that place Mahanaim.[s](JC)
3 Jacob sent messengers(JD) ahead of him to his brother Esau(JE) in the land of Seir,(JF) the country of Edom.(JG) 4 He instructed them: “This is what you are to say to my lord(JH) Esau: ‘Your servant(JI) Jacob says, I have been staying with Laban(JJ) and have remained there till now. 5 I have cattle and donkeys, sheep and goats, male and female servants.(JK) Now I am sending this message to my lord,(JL) that I may find favor in your eyes.(JM)’”
6 When the messengers returned to Jacob, they said, “We went to your brother Esau, and now he is coming to meet you, and four hundred men are with him.”(JN)
7 In great fear(JO) and distress(JP) Jacob divided the people who were with him into two groups,[t](JQ) and the flocks and herds and camels as well. 8 He thought, “If Esau comes and attacks one group,[u] the group[v] that is left may escape.”
9 Then Jacob prayed, “O God of my father Abraham,(JR) God of my father Isaac,(JS) Lord, you who said to me, ‘Go back to your country and your relatives, and I will make you prosper,’(JT) 10 I am unworthy of all the kindness and faithfulness(JU) you have shown your servant. I had only my staff(JV) when I crossed this Jordan, but now I have become two camps.(JW) 11 Save me, I pray, from the hand of my brother Esau, for I am afraid(JX) he will come and attack me,(JY) and also the mothers with their children.(JZ) 12 But you have said, ‘I will surely make you prosper and will make your descendants like the sand(KA) of the sea, which cannot be counted.(KB)’”
13 He spent the night there, and from what he had with him he selected a gift(KC) for his brother Esau: 14 two hundred female goats and twenty male goats, two hundred ewes and twenty rams,(KD) 15 thirty female camels with their young, forty cows and ten bulls, and twenty female donkeys and ten male donkeys.(KE) 16 He put them in the care of his servants, each herd by itself, and said to his servants, “Go ahead of me, and keep some space between the herds.”(KF)
17 He instructed the one in the lead: “When my brother Esau meets you and asks, ‘Who do you belong to, and where are you going, and who owns all these animals in front of you?’ 18 then you are to say, ‘They belong to your servant(KG) Jacob. They are a gift(KH) sent to my lord Esau, and he is coming behind us.’”
19 He also instructed the second, the third and all the others who followed the herds: “You are to say the same thing to Esau when you meet him. 20 And be sure to say, ‘Your servant(KI) Jacob is coming behind us.’” For he thought, “I will pacify him with these gifts(KJ) I am sending on ahead;(KK) later, when I see him, perhaps he will receive me.”(KL) 21 So Jacob’s gifts(KM) went on ahead of him, but he himself spent the night in the camp.
Jacob Wrestles With God
22 That night Jacob got up and took his two wives, his two female servants and his eleven sons(KN) and crossed the ford of the Jabbok.(KO) 23 After he had sent them across the stream, he sent over all his possessions.(KP) 24 So Jacob was left alone,(KQ) and a man(KR) wrestled with him till daybreak. 25 When the man saw that he could not overpower him, he touched the socket of Jacob’s hip(KS) so that his hip was wrenched as he wrestled with the man. 26 Then the man said, “Let me go, for it is daybreak.”
But Jacob replied, “I will not let you go unless you bless me.”(KT)
27 The man asked him, “What is your name?”
“Jacob,”(KU) he answered.
28 Then the man said, “Your name(KV) will no longer be Jacob, but Israel,[w](KW) because you have struggled with God and with humans and have overcome.”(KX)
29 Jacob said, “Please tell me your name.”(KY)
But he replied, “Why do you ask my name?”(KZ) Then he blessed(LA) him there.
30 So Jacob called the place Peniel,[x] saying, “It is because I saw God face to face,(LB) and yet my life was spared.”
31 The sun rose above him as he passed Peniel,[y](LC) and he was limping because of his hip. 32 Therefore to this day the Israelites do not eat the tendon attached to the socket of the hip,(LD) because the socket of Jacob’s hip was touched near the tendon.
Jacob Meets Esau
33 Jacob looked up and there was Esau, coming with his four hundred men;(LE) so he divided the children among Leah, Rachel and the two female servants.(LF) 2 He put the female servants and their children(LG) in front, Leah and her children next, and Rachel and Joseph(LH) in the rear. 3 He himself went on ahead and bowed down to the ground(LI) seven times(LJ) as he approached his brother.
4 But Esau(LK) ran to meet Jacob and embraced him; he threw his arms around his neck and kissed him.(LL) And they wept.(LM) 5 Then Esau looked up and saw the women and children. “Who are these with you?” he asked.
Jacob answered, “They are the children God has graciously given your servant.(LN)”
6 Then the female servants and their children(LO) approached and bowed down.(LP) 7 Next, Leah and her children(LQ) came and bowed down.(LR) Last of all came Joseph and Rachel,(LS) and they too bowed down.
8 Esau asked, “What’s the meaning of all these flocks and herds I met?”(LT)
“To find favor in your eyes, my lord,”(LU) he said.
9 But Esau said, “I already have plenty,(LV) my brother. Keep what you have for yourself.”
10 “No, please!” said Jacob. “If I have found favor in your eyes,(LW) accept this gift(LX) from me. For to see your face is like seeing the face of God,(LY) now that you have received me favorably.(LZ) 11 Please accept the present(MA) that was brought to you, for God has been gracious to me(MB) and I have all I need.”(MC) And because Jacob insisted,(MD) Esau accepted it.
12 Then Esau said, “Let us be on our way; I’ll accompany you.”
13 But Jacob said to him, “My lord(ME) knows that the children are tender and that I must care for the ewes and cows that are nursing their young.(MF) If they are driven hard just one day, all the animals will die. 14 So let my lord go on ahead of his servant, while I move along slowly at the pace of the flocks and herds(MG) before me and the pace of the children, until I come to my lord in Seir.(MH)”
15 Esau said, “Then let me leave some of my men with you.”
“But why do that?” Jacob asked. “Just let me find favor in the eyes of my lord.”(MI)
16 So that day Esau started on his way back to Seir.(MJ) 17 Jacob, however, went to Sukkoth,(MK) where he built a place for himself and made shelters for his livestock. That is why the place is called Sukkoth.[z]
18 After Jacob came from Paddan Aram,[aa](ML) he arrived safely at the city of Shechem(MM) in Canaan and camped within sight of the city. 19 For a hundred pieces of silver,[ab] he bought from the sons of Hamor,(MN) the father of Shechem,(MO) the plot of ground(MP) where he pitched his tent.(MQ) 20 There he set up an altar(MR) and called it El Elohe Israel.[ac]
Dinah and the Shechemites
34 Now Dinah,(MS) the daughter Leah had borne to Jacob, went out to visit the women of the land. 2 When Shechem(MT) son of Hamor(MU) the Hivite,(MV) the ruler of that area, saw her, he took her and raped her.(MW) 3 His heart was drawn to Dinah(MX) daughter of Jacob;(MY) he loved(MZ) the young woman and spoke tenderly(NA) to her. 4 And Shechem said to his father Hamor, “Get me this girl as my wife.”(NB)
5 When Jacob heard that his daughter Dinah had been defiled,(NC) his sons were in the fields with his livestock; so he did nothing about it until they came home.
6 Then Shechem’s father Hamor went out to talk with Jacob.(ND) 7 Meanwhile, Jacob’s sons had come in from the fields as soon as they heard what had happened. They were shocked(NE) and furious,(NF) because Shechem had done an outrageous thing in[ad] Israel(NG) by sleeping with Jacob’s daughter—a thing that should not be done.(NH)
8 But Hamor said to them, “My son Shechem has his heart set on your daughter. Please give her to him as his wife.(NI) 9 Intermarry with us; give us your daughters and take our daughters for yourselves.(NJ) 10 You can settle among us;(NK) the land is open to you.(NL) Live in it, trade[ae] in it,(NM) and acquire property in it.(NN)”
11 Then Shechem said to Dinah’s father and brothers, “Let me find favor in your eyes,(NO) and I will give you whatever you ask. 12 Make the price for the bride(NP) and the gift I am to bring as great as you like, and I’ll pay whatever you ask me. Only give me the young woman as my wife.”
13 Because their sister Dinah had been defiled,(NQ) Jacob’s sons replied deceitfully(NR) as they spoke to Shechem and his father Hamor. 14 They said to them, “We can’t do such a thing; we can’t give our sister to a man who is not circumcised.(NS) That would be a disgrace to us. 15 We will enter into an agreement with you on one condition(NT) only: that you become like us by circumcising all your males.(NU) 16 Then we will give you our daughters and take your daughters for ourselves.(NV) We’ll settle among you and become one people with you.(NW) 17 But if you will not agree to be circumcised, we’ll take our sister and go.”
18 Their proposal seemed good to Hamor and his son Shechem. 19 The young man, who was the most honored(NX) of all his father’s family, lost no time in doing what they said, because he was delighted with Jacob’s daughter.(NY) 20 So Hamor and his son Shechem went to the gate of their city(NZ) to speak to the men of their city. 21 “These men are friendly toward us,” they said. “Let them live in our land and trade in it;(OA) the land has plenty of room for them. We can marry their daughters and they can marry ours.(OB) 22 But the men will agree to live with us as one people only on the condition that our males be circumcised,(OC) as they themselves are. 23 Won’t their livestock, their property and all their other animals become ours?(OD) So let us agree to their terms, and they will settle among us.(OE)”
24 All the men who went out of the city gate(OF) agreed with Hamor and his son Shechem, and every male in the city was circumcised.
25 Three days later, while all of them were still in pain,(OG) two of Jacob’s sons, Simeon(OH) and Levi,(OI) Dinah’s brothers, took their swords(OJ) and attacked the unsuspecting city,(OK) killing every male.(OL) 26 They put Hamor and his son Shechem to the sword(OM) and took Dinah(ON) from Shechem’s house and left. 27 The sons of Jacob came upon the dead bodies and looted the city(OO) where[af] their sister had been defiled.(OP) 28 They seized their flocks and herds and donkeys(OQ) and everything else of theirs in the city and out in the fields.(OR) 29 They carried off all their wealth and all their women and children,(OS) taking as plunder(OT) everything in the houses.(OU)
30 Then Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, “You have brought trouble(OV) on me by making me obnoxious(OW) to the Canaanites and Perizzites, the people living in this land.(OX) We are few in number,(OY) and if they join forces against me and attack me, I and my household will be destroyed.”
31 But they replied, “Should he have treated our sister like a prostitute?(OZ)”
Jacob Returns to Bethel
35 Then God said to Jacob, “Go up to Bethel(PA) and settle there, and build an altar(PB) there to God,(PC) who appeared to you(PD) when you were fleeing from your brother Esau.”(PE)
2 So Jacob said to his household(PF) and to all who were with him, “Get rid of the foreign gods(PG) you have with you, and purify yourselves and change your clothes.(PH) 3 Then come, let us go up to Bethel, where I will build an altar to God,(PI) who answered me in the day of my distress(PJ) and who has been with me wherever I have gone.(PK)” 4 So they gave Jacob all the foreign gods they had and the rings in their ears,(PL) and Jacob buried them under the oak(PM) at Shechem.(PN) 5 Then they set out, and the terror of God(PO) fell on the towns all around them so that no one pursued them.(PP)
6 Jacob and all the people with him came to Luz(PQ) (that is, Bethel) in the land of Canaan.(PR) 7 There he built an altar,(PS) and he called the place El Bethel,[ag](PT) because it was there that God revealed himself to him(PU) when he was fleeing from his brother.(PV)
8 Now Deborah, Rebekah’s nurse,(PW) died and was buried under the oak(PX) outside Bethel.(PY) So it was named Allon Bakuth.[ah]
9 After Jacob returned from Paddan Aram,[ai](PZ) God appeared to him again and blessed him.(QA) 10 God said to him, “Your name is Jacob,[aj] but you will no longer be called Jacob; your name will be Israel.[ak]”(QB) So he named him Israel.
11 And God said to him, “I am God Almighty[al];(QC) be fruitful and increase in number.(QD) A nation(QE) and a community of nations will come from you, and kings will be among your descendants.(QF) 12 The land I gave to Abraham and Isaac I also give to you, and I will give this land to your descendants after you.(QG)”(QH) 13 Then God went up from him(QI) at the place where he had talked with him.
14 Jacob set up a stone pillar(QJ) at the place where God had talked with him, and he poured out a drink offering(QK) on it; he also poured oil on it.(QL) 15 Jacob called the place where God had talked with him Bethel.[am](QM)
The Deaths of Rachel and Isaac(QN)
16 Then they moved on from Bethel. While they were still some distance from Ephrath,(QO) Rachel(QP) began to give birth and had great difficulty. 17 And as she was having great difficulty in childbirth, the midwife(QQ) said to her, “Don’t despair, for you have another son.”(QR) 18 As she breathed her last—for she was dying—she named her son Ben-Oni.[an](QS) But his father named him Benjamin.[ao](QT)
19 So Rachel died and was buried on the way to Ephrath(QU) (that is, Bethlehem(QV)). 20 Over her tomb Jacob set up a pillar, and to this day(QW) that pillar marks Rachel’s tomb.(QX)
21 Israel moved on again and pitched his tent beyond Migdal Eder.(QY) 22 While Israel was living in that region, Reuben went in and slept with his father’s concubine(QZ) Bilhah,(RA) and Israel heard of it.
Jacob had twelve sons:
23 The sons of Leah:(RB)
Reuben the firstborn(RC) of Jacob,
Simeon, Levi, Judah,(RD) Issachar and Zebulun.(RE)
24 The sons of Rachel:
25 The sons of Rachel’s servant Bilhah:(RH)
Dan and Naphtali.(RI)
26 The sons of Leah’s servant Zilpah:(RJ)
These were the sons of Jacob,(RM) who were born to him in Paddan Aram.(RN)
27 Jacob came home to his father Isaac(RO) in Mamre,(RP) near Kiriath Arba(RQ) (that is, Hebron),(RR) where Abraham and Isaac had stayed.(RS) 28 Isaac lived a hundred and eighty years.(RT) 29 Then he breathed his last and died and was gathered to his people,(RU) old and full of years.(RV) And his sons Esau and Jacob buried him.(RW)
Esau’s Descendants(RX)(RY)
36 This is the account(RZ) of the family line of Esau (that is, Edom).(SA)
2 Esau took his wives from the women of Canaan:(SB) Adah daughter of Elon the Hittite,(SC) and Oholibamah(SD) daughter of Anah(SE) and granddaughter of Zibeon the Hivite(SF)— 3 also Basemath(SG) daughter of Ishmael and sister of Nebaioth.(SH)
4 Adah bore Eliphaz to Esau, Basemath bore Reuel,(SI) 5 and Oholibamah bore Jeush, Jalam and Korah.(SJ) These were the sons of Esau, who were born to him in Canaan.
Footnotes
- Genesis 29:17 Or delicate
- Genesis 29:32 Reuben sounds like the Hebrew for he has seen my misery; the name means see, a son.
- Genesis 29:33 Simeon probably means one who hears.
- Genesis 29:34 Levi sounds like and may be derived from the Hebrew for attached.
- Genesis 29:35 Judah sounds like and may be derived from the Hebrew for praise.
- Genesis 30:6 Dan here means he has vindicated.
- Genesis 30:8 Naphtali means my struggle.
- Genesis 30:11 Or “A troop is coming!”
- Genesis 30:11 Gad can mean good fortune or a troop.
- Genesis 30:13 Asher means happy.
- Genesis 30:18 Issachar sounds like the Hebrew for reward.
- Genesis 30:20 Zebulun probably means honor.
- Genesis 30:24 Joseph means may he add.
- Genesis 31:18 That is, Northwest Mesopotamia
- Genesis 31:47 The Aramaic Jegar Sahadutha and the Hebrew Galeed both mean witness heap.
- Genesis 31:49 Mizpah means watchtower.
- Genesis 31:55 In Hebrew texts this verse (31:55) is numbered 32:1.
- Genesis 32:1 In Hebrew texts 32:1-32 is numbered 32:2-33.
- Genesis 32:2 Mahanaim means two camps.
- Genesis 32:7 Or camps
- Genesis 32:8 Or camp
- Genesis 32:8 Or camp
- Genesis 32:28 Israel probably means he struggles with God.
- Genesis 32:30 Peniel means face of God.
- Genesis 32:31 Hebrew Penuel, a variant of Peniel
- Genesis 33:17 Sukkoth means shelters.
- Genesis 33:18 That is, Northwest Mesopotamia
- Genesis 33:19 Hebrew hundred kesitahs; a kesitah was a unit of money of unknown weight and value.
- Genesis 33:20 El Elohe Israel can mean El is the God of Israel or mighty is the God of Israel.
- Genesis 34:7 Or against
- Genesis 34:10 Or move about freely; also in verse 21
- Genesis 34:27 Or because
- Genesis 35:7 El Bethel means God of Bethel.
- Genesis 35:8 Allon Bakuth means oak of weeping.
- Genesis 35:9 That is, Northwest Mesopotamia; also in verse 26
- Genesis 35:10 Jacob means he grasps the heel, a Hebrew idiom for he deceives.
- Genesis 35:10 Israel probably means he struggles with God.
- Genesis 35:11 Hebrew El-Shaddai
- Genesis 35:15 Bethel means house of God.
- Genesis 35:18 Ben-Oni means son of my trouble.
- Genesis 35:18 Benjamin means son of my right hand.
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