28 以撒把雅各叫来,给他祝福,又嘱咐他说:“你不要娶迦南的女子为妻。 马上去巴旦·亚兰,到你外祖父彼土利家,在你舅父拉班的女儿中选一个做妻子。 愿全能的上帝赐福给你,使你的子孙众多,成为许多民族。 愿上帝把赐给亚伯拉罕的福气赐给你和你的后代,让你承受你寄居之地为产业,就是上帝赐给亚伯拉罕的地方。” 以撒让雅各前往巴旦·亚兰,去亚兰人彼土利的儿子拉班那里。拉班是雅各和以扫的舅父。

以扫看见父亲给雅各祝福,让他到巴旦·亚兰娶妻,叮嘱他不要娶迦南的女子, 又看见雅各听从父母到巴旦·亚兰去了, 就知道父亲以撒不喜欢迦南的女子。 他便到亚伯拉罕的儿子以实玛利那里,娶了以实玛利的女儿、尼拜约的妹妹玛哈拉为妻。他娶玛哈拉以前已经有两个妻子了。

雅各的梦

10 雅各离开别示巴,前往哈兰。 11 到了一个地方,太阳已经下山,他便在那里过夜。他枕着一块石头睡觉, 12 梦中看见有个梯子立在地上,直通到天上,梯子上有上帝的天使上上下下。 13 耶和华站在梯子上[a]对雅各说:“我是耶和华,是你祖父亚伯拉罕的上帝,也是以撒的上帝。我要把你现在躺卧的地方赐给你和你的后代。 14 你的后代必多如地上的尘沙,遍布四方,地上万族必因你和你的后代而蒙福。 15 我与你同在,无论你去哪里,我都会保护你,领你返回这片土地。我必实现对你的应许,决不离弃你。”

16 雅各一觉醒来,说:“耶和华居然在这里,我却不知道。” 17 他就害怕起来,说:“这地方何等可畏!这里是上帝的家,是通天的大门。”

18 雅各清早起来,把枕的那块石头立成柱子作记号,在上面浇上油。 19 他称那地方为伯特利[b],那地方以前叫路斯。 20 雅各许愿说:“如果上帝与我同在,在路上保护我,供给我衣食, 21 带领我平安地回到父亲的家,我就一定敬奉耶和华为我的上帝。 22 我立为柱子的这块石头必成为上帝的殿。凡你赐给我的,我必把十分之一献给你。”

Footnotes

  1. 28:13 在梯子上”或译“在他旁边”。
  2. 28:19 伯特利”意思是“上帝的家”。

28 Então Isaque mandou chamar Jacó, o abençoou e disse: “Não se case com uma mulher cananita. Em vez disso, vá de imediato a Padã-Arã, à casa de seu avô Betuel, e case-se com uma das filhas de seu tio Labão. Que o Deus Todo-poderoso[a] o abençoe e lhe dê muitos filhos, e que eles se multipliquem e venham a ser muitas nações. Que Deus dê a você e a seus descendentes as bênçãos que ele prometeu a Abraão. Que você venha a possuir esta terra na qual vive agora como estrangeiro, pois Deus entregou esta terra a Abraão”.

Assim, Isaque se despediu de Jacó, que foi a Padã-Arã morar com seu tio Labão, irmão de Rebeca, filho de Betuel, o arameu.

Esaú soube que seu pai, Isaque, havia abençoado Jacó e o enviado a Padã-Arã para encontrar uma esposa e que, ao abençoá-lo, tinha advertido a seu irmão: “Não se case com uma mulher cananita”. Também soube que Jacó havia obedecido aos pais e ido a Padã-Arã. Quando ficou evidente que seu pai não aprovava as mulheres cananitas, Esaú foi visitar a família de seu tio Ismael e, além das duas mulheres cananitas com as quais havia se casado, tomou para si uma das filhas de Ismael. O nome de sua nova mulher era Maalate, irmã de Nebaiote e filha de Ismael, filho de Abraão.

O sonho de Jacó em Betel

10 Nesse meio-tempo, Jacó partiu de Berseba e rumou para Harã. 11 Quando o sol se pôs, chegou a um bom local para acampar e ali passou a noite. Encontrou uma pedra para descansar a cabeça e se deitou para dormir. 12 Enquanto dormia, sonhou com uma escada que ia da terra ao céu e viu os anjos de Deus, que subiam e desciam pela escada.

13 No topo da escada estava o Senhor, que lhe disse: “Eu sou o Senhor, o Deus de seu avô, Abraão, e o Deus de seu pai, Isaque. A terra na qual você está deitado lhe pertence. Eu a darei a você e a seus descendentes. 14 Seus descendentes serão tão numerosos quanto o pó da terra! Eles se espalharão por todas as direções: leste e oeste, norte e sul. E todas as famílias da terra serão abençoadas por seu intermédio e de sua descendência. 15 Além disso, estarei com você e o protegerei aonde quer que vá. Um dia, trarei você de volta a esta terra. Não o deixarei enquanto não tiver terminado de lhe dar tudo que prometi”.

16 Então Jacó acordou e disse: “Certamente o Senhor está neste lugar, e eu não havia percebido!”. 17 Contudo, também teve medo e disse: “Como é temível este lugar! Não é outro, senão a casa de Deus; é a porta para os céus!”.

18 Na manhã seguinte, Jacó se levantou bem cedo. Pegou a pedra na qual havia descansado a cabeça, colocou-a em pé, como coluna memorial, e derramou azeite de oliva sobre ela. 19 Chamou o lugar de Betel,[b] embora anteriormente se chamasse Luz.

20 Então Jacó fez o seguinte voto: “Se, de fato, Deus for comigo e me proteger nesta jornada, se ele me providenciar alimento e roupa, 21 e se eu voltar são e salvo à casa de meu pai, então o Senhor certamente será o meu Deus. 22 E esta coluna memorial que eu levantei será um lugar de adoração a Deus, e eu entregarei a Deus a décima parte de tudo que ele me der”.

Footnotes

  1. 28.3 Em hebraico, El-Shaddai.
  2. 28.19 Betel significa “casa de Deus”.

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 Yitzchak called for Ya’akov, and blessed him, and charged him, and said unto him, Thou shalt not take an isha of the Banot Kena’an.

Arise, go to Paddanah- Aram, to the bais Betuel avi immecha; and take thee an isha from there of the banot Lavan achi immecha.

And El Shaddai bless thee, and make thee fruitful, and multiply thee, that thou mayest be a kahal amim;

And give thee the birkat Avraham, to thee, and to thy zera with thee; that thou mayest inherit the eretz wherein thou art a ger, which Elohim gave unto Avraham.

And Yitzchak sent away Ya’akov; and he went to Padanah-Aram unto Lavan ben Betuel the Aramean, achi Rivkah, em Ya’akov and Esav.

When Esav saw that Yitzchak had blessed Ya’akov, and sent him away to Padanah-Aram, to take an isha for him from there; and that when he blessed him he gave him a charge, saying, Thou shalt not take an isha of the Banot Kena’an;

And that Ya’akov obeyed his av and his em, and went to Padanah-Aram;

And Esav seeing that the Banot Kena’an pleased not Yitzchak his av;

Then went Esav unto Yishmael, and took unto the nashim which he had Machalat bat Yishmael ben Avraham, the achot of Nevayot, to be his wife.

[VAYETZE]

10 And Ya’akov went out from Beer-Sheva, and went toward Charan.

11 And he reached a certain place, and tarried there, because the shemesh was set; and he took of the avanim of that place, and put them for his pillow, and lay down in that place to sleep.

12 And he had a chalom, and hinei a sullam (ladder, stairway) set up on the ground, and the top of it reached to Shomayim: and hinei the malachim of Elohim ascending and descending on it.

13 And, hinei, Hashem stood above it, and said, I am Hashem Elohei Avraham thy av, and Elohei Yitzchak; ha’aretz whereon thou liest, to thee will I give it, and to thy zera;

14 And thy zera shall be as the dust of ha’aretz, 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 zera shall kol hamishpochot haadamah be blessed.

15 And, hinei, I am with thee, and will be shomer over thee in all places where thou goest, and will bring thee back into haadamah hazot; for I will not leave thee, until I have done that which I have promised thee.

16 And Ya’akov awoke out of his sleep, and he said, Surely Hashem is in this place! And I had no da’as of it.

17 And he was afraid, and said, How nora (awesome) is this place! This is none other than the Beis Elohim, and this is the Sha’ar HaShomayim.

18 And Ya’akov rose up early in the boker, and took haeven (the stone) that he had put for his pillow, and set it up for a matzevah (pillar), and poured shemen upon the top of it.

19 And he called the shem of that place Beit-El; but the shem of that ir was called Luz at the first.

20 And Ya’akov vowed a neder (vow), saying, If Elohim will be with me, and will be shomer over me in this derech (way, journey) that I go, and will give me lechem to eat, and beged (clothes) to put on,

21 So that I return to bais avi in shalom; then shall Hashem be for me Elohim (my G-d).

22 And this even (stone), which I have set for a matzevah (pillar), shall be Beis Elohim: and of all that Thou shalt give me I will surely give the aser (tenth) unto Thee.