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28 Då kallade Isak på Jakob och välsignade honom: ”Gift dig inte med någon av dessa kanaaneiska flickor! Gå i stället till Paddan Aram, till din morfar Betuels hus, och gift dig med en av dina kusiner, en av din morbror Labans döttrar. Gud den Väldige kommer att välsigna dig och göra dig fruktsam. Du ska föröka dig och bli till många folk. Han ska ge dig och dina ättlingar Abrahams välsignelser som han gav Abraham, och detta land, där du nu lever som främling, ska tillhöra dig, för Gud har gett det till Abraham.”

Sedan sände Isak iväg Jakob, och denne gav sig iväg till Paddan Aram till sin morbror Laban, araméen Betuels son, Jakobs och Esaus mor, Rebeckas bror.

Esau förstod att Isak hade välsignat Jakob och skickat honom till Paddan Aram för att skaffa sig en hustru därifrån. När Isak hade välsignat Jakob hade han varnat honom för att gifta sig med en kanaaneiska. Jakob hade lytt sin far och mor och rest till Paddan Aram. När Esau insåg hur illa Isak tyckte om de kanaaneiska kvinnorna, gick han till Ismael och gifte sig med Machalat, Nevajots syster, som var dotter till Ismael, Abrahams son. Han gifte sig alltså med henne utöver de hustrur han redan hade.

Jakob bildar familj

Jakobs dröm

10 Jakob lämnade alltså Beer Sheva och gav sig iväg mot Harran. 11 När han vid solnedgången stannade för att slå läger för natten, tog han en sten som huvudkudde och lade sig för att sova. 12 Då fick han i en dröm se trappsteg[a] som nådde från jorden till himlen, och han såg hur Guds änglar gick upp och gick ner för dem.

13 Där uppe stod Herren, som sa: ”Jag är Herren, Abrahams och din far Isaks Gud. Jag ska ge marken du ligger på till dig och dina ättlingar. 14 Dina ättlingar kommer att bli som stoftet på jorden. Du kommer att utbreda dig från öster till väster och från norr till söder, och alla jordens folk kommer att bli välsignade genom dig och dina ättlingar. 15 Jag är med dig och ska skydda dig vart du än går och jag ska föra dig tillbaka till detta land. Jag ska aldrig överge dig. Det jag har lovat dig ska jag också göra.”

16 Sedan vaknade Jakob. ”Herren är verkligen här”, sa han, ”och det visste jag inte om.” 17 Han greps av fruktan och sa: ”Hur skräckinjagande är inte denna plats! Det kan inte vara annat än Guds hus och himlens port!” 18 Nästa morgon steg han upp tidigt och tog stenen, som han hade haft under huvudet, och reste upp den som en minnessten och hällde olja över den. 19 Han kallade platsen Betel[b]; tidigare hette staden Lus.

20 Sedan gav Jakob detta löfte: ”Om Gud är med mig och skyddar mig på denna resa och ger mig mat och kläder 21 och tryggt för mig tillbaka hem till min far, och om Herren kommer att vara min Gud, 22 då ska denna minnessten bli ett Guds hus och jag ska ge dig tionde av allt du ger mig!”

Footnotes

  1. 28:12 Stege eller trappa, troligen det senare, kanske liknande trappsteg som i dåtida ziqqurater, dvs. tempeltorn.
  2. 28:19 Betel betyder Guds hus.

28 So Isaac called for Jacob and blessed(A) him. Then he commanded him: “Do not marry a Canaanite woman.(B) Go at once to Paddan Aram,[a](C) to the house of your mother’s father Bethuel.(D) Take a wife for yourself there, from among the daughters of Laban, your mother’s brother.(E) May God Almighty[b](F) bless(G) you and make you fruitful(H) and increase your numbers(I) until you become a community of peoples. May he give you and your descendants the blessing given to Abraham,(J) so that you may take possession of the land(K) where you now reside as a foreigner,(L) the land God gave to Abraham.” Then Isaac sent Jacob on his way,(M) and he went to Paddan Aram,(N) to Laban son of Bethuel the Aramean,(O) the brother of Rebekah,(P) who was the mother of Jacob and Esau.

Now Esau learned that Isaac had blessed Jacob and had sent him to Paddan Aram to take a wife from there, and that when he blessed him he commanded him, “Do not marry a Canaanite woman,”(Q) and that Jacob had obeyed his father and mother and had gone to Paddan Aram. Esau then realized how displeasing the Canaanite women(R) were to his father Isaac;(S) so he went to Ishmael(T) and married Mahalath, the sister of Nebaioth(U) and daughter of Ishmael son of Abraham, in addition to the wives he already had.(V)

Jacob’s Dream at Bethel

10 Jacob left Beersheba(W) and set out for Harran.(X) 11 When he reached a certain place,(Y) he stopped for the night because the sun had set. Taking one of the stones there, he put it under his head(Z) and lay down to sleep. 12 He had a dream(AA) in which he saw a stairway resting on the earth, with its top reaching to heaven, and the angels of God were ascending and descending on it.(AB) 13 There above it[c] stood the Lord,(AC) and he said: “I am the Lord, the God of your father Abraham and the God of Isaac.(AD) I will give you and your descendants the land(AE) on which you are lying.(AF) 14 Your descendants will be like the dust of the earth, and you(AG) will spread out to the west and to the east, to the north and to the south.(AH) All peoples on earth will be blessed through you and your offspring.[d](AI) 15 I am with you(AJ) and will watch over you(AK) wherever you go,(AL) and I will bring you back to this land.(AM) I will not leave you(AN) until I have done what I have promised you.(AO)(AP)

16 When Jacob awoke from his sleep,(AQ) he thought, “Surely the Lord is in this place, and I was not aware of it.” 17 He was afraid and said, “How awesome is this place!(AR) This is none other than the house of God;(AS) this is the gate of heaven.”

18 Early the next morning Jacob took the stone he had placed under his head(AT) and set it up as a pillar(AU) and poured oil on top of it.(AV) 19 He called that place Bethel,[e](AW) though the city used to be called Luz.(AX)

20 Then Jacob made a vow,(AY) saying, “If God will be with me and will watch over me(AZ) on this journey I am taking and will give me food to eat and clothes to wear(BA) 21 so that I return safely(BB) to my father’s household,(BC) then the Lord[f] will be my God(BD) 22 and[g] this stone that I have set up as a pillar(BE) will be God’s house,(BF) and of all that you give me I will give you a tenth.(BG)

Footnotes

  1. Genesis 28:2 That is, Northwest Mesopotamia; also in verses 5, 6 and 7
  2. Genesis 28:3 Hebrew El-Shaddai
  3. Genesis 28:13 Or There beside him
  4. Genesis 28:14 Or will use your name and the name of your offspring in blessings (see 48:20)
  5. Genesis 28:19 Bethel means house of God.
  6. Genesis 28:21 Or Since God … father’s household, the Lord
  7. Genesis 28:22 Or household, and the Lord will be my God, 22 then

28 And Isaac called Jacob, and blessed him, and charged him, and said unto him, Thou shalt not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan.

Arise, go to Padanaram, to the house of Bethuel thy mother's father; and take thee a wife from thence of the daughers of Laban thy mother's brother.

And God Almighty bless thee, and make thee fruitful, and multiply thee, that thou mayest be a multitude of people;

And give thee the blessing of Abraham, to thee, and to thy seed with thee; that thou mayest inherit the land wherein thou art a stranger, which God gave unto Abraham.

And Isaac sent away Jacob: and he went to Padanaram unto Laban, son of Bethuel the Syrian, the brother of Rebekah, Jacob's and Esau's mother.

When Esau saw that Isaac had blessed Jacob, and sent him away to Padanaram, to take him a wife from thence; and that as he blessed him he gave him a charge, saying, Thou shalt not take a wife of the daughers of Canaan;

And that Jacob obeyed his father and his mother, and was gone to Padanaram;

And Esau seeing that the daughters of Canaan pleased not Isaac his father;

Then went Esau unto Ishmael, and took unto the wives which he had Mahalath the daughter of Ishmael Abraham's son, the sister of Nebajoth, to be his wife.

10 And Jacob went out from Beersheba, and went toward Haran.

11 And he lighted upon a certain place, and tarried there all night, because the sun was set; and he took of the stones of that place, and put them for his pillows, and lay down in that place to sleep.

12 And he dreamed, and behold a ladder set up on the earth, and the top of it reached to heaven: and behold the angels of God ascending and descending on it.

13 And, behold, the Lord stood above it, and said, I am the Lord God of Abraham thy father, and the God of Isaac: the land whereon thou liest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed;

14 And thy seed shall be as the dust of the earth, and thou shalt spread abroad to the west, and to the east, and to the north, and to the south: and in thee and in thy seed shall all the families of the earth be blessed.

15 And, behold, I am with thee, and will keep thee in all places whither thou goest, and will bring thee again into this land; for I will not leave thee, until I have done that which I have spoken to thee of.

16 And Jacob awaked out of his sleep, and he said, Surely the Lord is in this place; and I knew it not.

17 And he was afraid, and said, How dreadful is this place! this is none other but the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven.

18 And Jacob rose up early in the morning, and took the stone that he had put for his pillows, and set it up for a pillar, and poured oil upon the top of it.

19 And he called the name of that place Bethel: but the name of that city was called Luz at the first.

20 And Jacob vowed a vow, saying, If God will be with me, and will keep me in this way that I go, and will give me bread to eat, and raiment to put on,

21 So that I come again to my father's house in peace; then shall the Lord be my God:

22 And this stone, which I have set for a pillar, shall be God's house: and of all that thou shalt give me I will surely give the tenth unto thee.