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雅各谋夺祝福

27 以撒年老,眼睛昏花,看不见东西了;他把他的大儿子以扫叫了来,对他说:“我儿啊!”以扫回答他:“我在这里。” 以撒说:“现在我已经老了,不知道甚么时候会死。 你现在拿你打猎的用具,就是你的箭囊和弓,出到田野去为我打猎。 照我所喜欢的,给我预备美味的食物,拿来给我吃;好让我在未死以前给你祝福。”

以撒对他儿子以扫说话的时候,利百加也听见。以扫到田野去打猎,要带些野味回来。 利百加就对她儿子雅各说:“我听见你父亲对你的哥哥以扫这样说: ‘你去为我打些猎物回来,给我预备美味的食物,让我吃了,在我未死以前可以在耶和华面前给你祝福。’ 我儿啊,现在你要听我的话,照着我吩咐你的去作。 你快到羊群那里去,给我牵两只肥嫩的小山羊来,我要照你父亲所喜欢的,给他预备美味的食物。 10 然后你要拿去给你父亲吃,好让他在未死以前给你祝福。” 11 雅各对他的母亲利百加说:“但是哥哥以扫浑身是毛,而我却是个皮肤光滑的人。 12 万一我父亲摸着我,必以为我是骗子,那时我就必自招咒诅,而不是祝福了。” 13 他母亲对他说:“我儿啊,愿你所招的咒诅归到我身上吧,你只管听我的话,去把羊牵来给我。” 14 他就去把羊羔牵来,交给他母亲,他母亲就照他父亲所喜欢的,预备美味的食物。 15 利百加又把大儿子以扫留在家里最好的衣服拿来,给她小儿子雅各穿上。 16 又用小山羊的皮,包在雅各的手上和他颈上光滑的地方。 17 然后,她把自己所预备美味的食物和饼,放在她儿子雅各的手里。

18 雅各来到他父亲那里,说:“我父啊!”以撒说:“我在这里,我儿啊,你是谁?” 19 雅各对他父亲说:“我就是你的长子以扫,你吩咐我作的,我已经照样作了。请坐起来,吃我的猎物,好给我祝福。” 20 以撒问他的儿子:“我儿啊,你怎么这样快就猎到了呢?”雅各回答:“因为耶和华你的 神叫我碰着好机会。” 21 以撒对雅各说:“我儿啊,你上前来,让我摸摸你,看看你是不是我的儿子以扫。” 22 雅各就走近他父亲以撒身边,以撒摸着他,说:“声音是雅各的声音,手却是以扫的手。” 23 以撒认不出他来,因为他的手上有毛,好象他哥哥以扫的手一样,于是给他祝福。 24 以撒问:“你真是我的儿子以扫吗?”他回答:“我是。” 25 以撒说:“把食物递给我,好让我吃我儿子的猎物,我就给你祝福。”雅各把食物递给他,他就吃了;又拿酒给他,他也喝了。 26 他父亲以撒对他说:“我儿啊,你上前来,和我亲吻。” 27 他就上前和父亲亲吻;他父亲一闻到他衣服的香气,就给他祝福,说:

“看哪,我儿子的香气,

好象蒙耶和华赐福的田地所发出的香气一样。

28 愿 神赐给你

天上的甘露,

地上的沃土,

以及大量五谷和美酒。

29 愿万民服事你,

愿万族向你下拜,

愿你作你兄弟的主人,

愿你母亲的子孙向你下拜。

咒诅你的,愿他受咒诅;

给你祝福的,愿他蒙福。”

以扫求父祝福

30 以撒给雅各祝福完了,雅各刚刚从他父亲以撒那里出来的时候,他哥哥以扫就打猎回来了。 31 他也预备了美味的食物,拿来给他父亲,对他说:“请我父起来,吃你儿子的猎物,好给我祝福。” 32 他父亲以撒问他:“你是谁?”他回答:“我就是你的长子以扫。” 33 以撒就大大地战兢起来,说:“那么,刚才去打猎又拿猎物给我的是谁呢?在你未来以先,我已经吃了,又给他祝福了;他将来必定蒙福。” 34 以扫听了他父亲的话,就非常痛心,放声大哭,对他父亲说:“我父啊,求你也给我祝福。” 35 以撒说:“你弟弟已经前来,用诡计把你的祝福夺去了。” 36 以扫说:“他名叫雅各不是很对吗?因为他欺骗了我两次。从前他夺去我的长子名分,现在他又夺去我的祝福。”以扫又说:“你再没有祝福留给我吗?” 37 以撒回答以扫,说:“我已经立他作你的主人,又把他所有的兄弟给了他作仆人,并且把五谷和美酒供给他了。我儿啊,我还可以为你作甚么呢?” 38 以扫问他的父亲:“我父啊,你只有一个祝福吗?我父啊,求你也给我祝福。”以扫就放声大哭。 39 他父亲以撒回答他,说:

“你住的地方必远离地上的沃土,

远离天上的甘露。

40 你必依靠刀剑生活,

你必服事你的弟弟;

到你自由的时候,

你必从你的颈项上挣脱他的轭。”

以扫恨雅各

41 以扫因为他父亲给雅各所祝的福,就怀恨雅各;以扫心里想:“为我父亲守丧的时候近了,到时我必杀我的弟弟雅各。” 42 有人把利百加大儿子以扫所说的话告诉了利百加,她就派人把她小儿子雅各叫了来,对他说:“你哥哥以扫想要杀你,报仇雪恨。 43 我儿啊,现在你要听我的话;起来,逃到哈兰我哥哥拉班那里去吧。 44 与他住些时日,等到你哥哥的怒气消了。 45 你哥哥对你消了怒气,忘记了你对他所作的事,我就派人去把你从那里接回来。我何必在一日之内丧失你们两个呢?”

46 利百加对以撒说:“我因为这些赫人女子,连性命都厌恶了。如果雅各也从这地的女子中,娶了像这样的赫人女子为妻,那我活着还有甚么意思呢?”

以撒打发雅各投靠拉班

28 以撒把雅各叫了来,给他祝福,并且吩咐他,说:“你不可娶迦南的女子为妻。 起来,到巴旦.亚兰你外祖父彼土利的家里去,在那里娶你舅父拉班的一个女儿为妻。 愿全能的 神赐福给你,使你繁衍增多,成为大族。 愿 神把应许给亚伯拉罕的福,赐给你和你的后裔,使你可以得着你寄居的地为业,就是 神赐给亚伯拉罕的。” 于是,以撒打发雅各去了,雅各就往巴旦.亚兰去,到了亚兰人彼土利的儿子拉班那里。拉班就是雅各和以扫的母亲利百加的哥哥。 以扫见以撒给雅各祝福,又打发他到巴旦.亚兰去,在那里娶妻;又见以撒给雅各祝福的时候,吩咐他说:“你不可娶迦南的女子为妻”; 又见雅各听从了他父母的话,到巴旦.亚兰去了; 以扫就看出,他父亲以撒不喜欢迦南的女子。 于是,以扫到以实玛利那里去,在他两个妻子以外,娶了玛哈拉为妻。玛哈拉就是亚伯拉罕的儿子以实玛利的女儿,尼拜约的妹妹。

雅各在伯特利见异梦

10 雅各离开别是巴,到哈兰去。 11 来到一个地方,就在那里过夜,因为太阳已经落了。他拾起那地方的一块石头,把它放在头底下作枕头,就在那里躺下睡了。 12 他作了一个梦,梦见一个梯子立在地上,梯顶直通到天, 神的众使者在梯子上下往来。 13 耶和华站在梯子上,说:“我是耶和华你祖父亚伯拉罕的 神,也是以撒的 神,我要把你现在躺着的这块地赐给你和你的后裔。 14 你的后裔必像地面的灰尘那么多;你必向东、南、西、北扩展;地上的万族必因你和你的后裔得福。 15 我与你同在,你无论到哪里去,我必看顾你;我必领你回到这地方来,因为我必不离弃你,直到我实现了我对你所应许的。” 16 雅各一觉醒来,说:“耶和华确实在这地方,我竟不知道!” 17 他就惧怕起来,说:“这地方多么可畏啊,这不是别的地方,而是 神的殿,是天的门。”

雅各许愿

18 雅各清早起来,把他曾经放在头底下作枕头的那块石头,立作石柱,在柱上浇了油。 19 他就给那地方起名叫伯特利,但那城起初名叫路斯。 20 于是雅各许了一个愿说:“如果 神与我同在,在我所走的路上看顾我,赐我食物吃,给我衣服穿, 21 使我可以平平安安地回到我的父家,我就必定以耶和华为我的 神, 22 我立作石柱的那块石头,必作 神的殿;你赐给我的一切,我必把十分之一献给你。”

以撒为儿子祝福

27 以撒年老的时候,眼睛昏花,几乎看不见。他把大儿子以扫叫来,说:“我儿啊!”以扫说:“我在这里。” 以撒说:“我年老了,不知道还能活多久。 现在,带着你的弓箭去田野为我打些野味来, 照我喜欢的口味,做成美食给我吃,以便我在死前给你祝福。”

利百加听见了以撒跟儿子以扫说的话。以扫出去打猎后, 利百加就对她儿子雅各说:“我听见你父亲对你哥哥以扫说, ‘你去打些野味回来,做成美食给我吃,以便我死之前在耶和华面前给你祝福。’ 现在,孩子,你要听我的话,照我的吩咐去做。 你到羊群里选两头上好的山羊羔,我好照你父亲喜爱的口味做成美食, 10 由你拿去给他吃,让他死前为你祝福。”

11 雅各对母亲利百加说:“哥哥以扫浑身是毛,我的皮肤光滑。 12 如果父亲用手摸我,一定会发觉我骗他,那时候我不但得不到祝福,反会招来咒诅。” 13 他母亲利百加对他说:“孩子啊,有咒诅,我来承担。你只管听我的话,把羊羔牵来。”

14 于是,雅各把羊牵来交给母亲,他母亲就照他父亲喜爱的口味做成美食。 15 利百加又拿了大儿子以扫留在家里最好的衣服,给小儿子雅各穿上, 16 再用山羊皮把雅各光滑的手和脖子都包起来, 17 然后把做好的美味和饼交给雅各。

18 雅各来到父亲跟前,叫了一声:“父亲。”以撒回答说:“我在这里,孩子,你是谁?” 19 雅各对父亲说:“我是你的大儿子以扫,你吩咐我的事,我已经办好了。请你坐起来,吃我打的野味,然后给我祝福。” 20 以撒对他说:“孩子,你怎么这么快就打到野味了?”雅各回答说:“因为你的上帝耶和华让我碰见好机会。” 21 以撒说:“孩子,过来,让我摸摸看你是不是我儿以扫。” 22 雅各挨到父亲跟前,以撒摸着他说:“声音是雅各的声音,手却是以扫的手。” 23 因为雅各手上有毛,与他哥哥以扫的手一样,以撒分辨不出来,就给他祝福。 24 以撒又问:“你真是我的儿子以扫吗?”雅各回答说:“是。” 25 以撒便说:“把野味拿给我,我吃了你打的野味就为你祝福。”雅各递上野味,以撒吃了;雅各又拿酒给他喝,他也喝了。 26 以撒对他说:“孩子,你过来亲吻我。” 27 雅各就挨上前去亲了父亲。以撒闻到他衣服上的气味,就祝福他说:

“我儿子的香气就像蒙耶和华赐福之田地的香气。
28 愿上帝赐你天上的甘霖、肥沃的土地并丰富的五谷和新酒。
29 愿万民都臣服于你,
万国都向你下拜。
愿你成为你弟兄的主人,
愿你母亲的儿子向你下拜。
咒诅你的,愿他受咒诅;
祝福你的,愿他蒙祝福。”

以扫求父亲祝福

30 雅各接受了以撒的祝福才刚离开,他的哥哥以扫就打猎回来了。 31 以扫把野味煮好,拿到父亲跟前,说:“父亲,请起来吃你儿子煮的野味,然后给我祝福。” 32 他父亲以撒问道:“你是谁?”以扫回答说:“我是你的长子以扫。” 33 以撒大为震惊,说:“你没有来之前,拿野味来给我吃的是谁呢?我已经吃了,也给那人祝福了,他将来必蒙祝福。”

34 以扫听了放声痛哭,说:“父亲啊,求你也为我祝福!” 35 以撒说:“你弟弟已经用诡计把你的福分夺去了。” 36 以扫说:“怪不得他叫雅各,他已经骗了我两次,先前把我长子的名分夺去,现在又夺去我的福分!”接着他对父亲说:“难道你没有留下别的祝福可以给我吗?”

37 以撒对以扫说:“我已经立他做你的主人,使他的众弟兄做他的仆人,并给他五谷和新酒。孩子啊,我还能为你做什么呢?” 38 以扫对父亲说:“父亲啊,你只有一个祝福吗?父亲啊,求你也为我祝福!”以扫又放声大哭。 39 以撒对他说:

“你住的地方必远离肥沃的土地,
也不会有天上的甘霖。
40 你必倚靠刀剑生活,
又必服侍你的弟弟。
到你无法忍受的时候,
你必挣脱颈上的重轭。”

雅各逃往舅父家

41 以扫因为父亲把祝福给了雅各,就对雅各怀恨在心,暗自思量说:“父亲已经不久人世,他死后,我要把雅各杀掉!” 42 以扫的计谋传到利百加耳中。她就派人把雅各叫来,对他说:“你哥哥以扫想要杀你泄愤! 43 孩子,听我的话,现在就逃到哈兰你舅舅拉班那里, 44 与他住些日子,一直住到你哥哥的气消了。 45 等他气消了,忘了你对他所做的事,我会派人接你回来。我何必在一天之内失去你们两个呢?” 46 利百加对以撒说:“我被这些赫人女子烦死了。如果雅各也像以扫一样娶那些赫人女子为妻,我活着还有什么意思呢?”

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”。

27 When Isaac was old and his eyes were so weak that he could no longer see,(A) he called for Esau his older son(B) and said to him, “My son.”

“Here I am,” he answered.

Isaac said, “I am now an old man and don’t know the day of my death.(C) Now then, get your equipment—your quiver and bow—and go out to the open country(D) to hunt some wild game for me. Prepare me the kind of tasty food I like(E) and bring it to me to eat, so that I may give you my blessing(F) before I die.”(G)

Now Rebekah was listening as Isaac spoke to his son Esau. When Esau left for the open country(H) to hunt game and bring it back, Rebekah said to her son Jacob,(I) “Look, I overheard your father say to your brother Esau, ‘Bring me some game and prepare me some tasty food to eat, so that I may give you my blessing in the presence of the Lord before I die.’(J) Now, my son, listen carefully and do what I tell you:(K) Go out to the flock and bring me two choice young goats,(L) so I can prepare some tasty food for your father, just the way he likes it.(M) 10 Then take it to your father to eat, so that he may give you his blessing(N) before he dies.”

11 Jacob said to Rebekah his mother, “But my brother Esau is a hairy man(O) while I have smooth skin. 12 What if my father touches me?(P) I would appear to be tricking him and would bring down a curse(Q) on myself rather than a blessing.”

13 His mother said to him, “My son, let the curse fall on me.(R) Just do what I say;(S) go and get them for me.”

14 So he went and got them and brought them to his mother, and she prepared some tasty food, just the way his father liked it.(T) 15 Then Rebekah took the best clothes(U) of Esau her older son,(V) which she had in the house, and put them on her younger son Jacob. 16 She also covered his hands and the smooth part of his neck with the goatskins.(W) 17 Then she handed to her son Jacob the tasty food and the bread she had made.

18 He went to his father and said, “My father.”

“Yes, my son,” he answered. “Who is it?”(X)

19 Jacob said to his father, “I am Esau your firstborn.(Y) I have done as you told me. Please sit up and eat some of my game,(Z) so that you may give me your blessing.”(AA)

20 Isaac asked his son, “How did you find it so quickly, my son?”

“The Lord your God gave me success,(AB)” he replied.

21 Then Isaac said to Jacob, “Come near so I can touch you,(AC) my son, to know whether you really are my son Esau or not.”

22 Jacob went close to his father Isaac,(AD) who touched(AE) him and said, “The voice is the voice of Jacob, but the hands are the hands of Esau.” 23 He did not recognize him, for his hands were hairy like those of his brother Esau;(AF) so he proceeded to bless him. 24 “Are you really my son Esau?” he asked.

“I am,” he replied.

25 Then he said, “My son, bring me some of your game to eat, so that I may give you my blessing.”(AG)

Jacob brought it to him and he ate; and he brought some wine and he drank. 26 Then his father Isaac said to him, “Come here, my son, and kiss me.”

27 So he went to him and kissed(AH) him(AI). When Isaac caught the smell of his clothes,(AJ) he blessed him and said,

“Ah, the smell of my son
    is like the smell of a field
    that the Lord has blessed.(AK)
28 May God give you heaven’s dew(AL)
    and earth’s richness(AM)
    an abundance of grain(AN) and new wine.(AO)
29 May nations serve you
    and peoples bow down to you.(AP)
Be lord over your brothers,
    and may the sons of your mother bow down to you.(AQ)
May those who curse you be cursed
    and those who bless you be blessed.(AR)

30 After Isaac finished blessing him, and Jacob had scarcely left his father’s presence, his brother Esau came in from hunting. 31 He too prepared some tasty food and brought it to his father. Then he said to him, “My father, please sit up and eat some of my game, so that you may give me your blessing.”(AS)

32 His father Isaac asked him, “Who are you?”(AT)

“I am your son,” he answered, “your firstborn, Esau.(AU)

33 Isaac trembled violently and said, “Who was it, then, that hunted game and brought it to me?(AV) I ate it just before you came and I blessed him—and indeed he will be blessed!(AW)

34 When Esau heard his father’s words, he burst out with a loud and bitter cry(AX) and said to his father, “Bless(AY) me—me too, my father!”

35 But he said, “Your brother came deceitfully(AZ) and took your blessing.”(BA)

36 Esau said, “Isn’t he rightly named Jacob[a]?(BB) This is the second time he has taken advantage of(BC) me: He took my birthright,(BD) and now he’s taken my blessing!”(BE) Then he asked, “Haven’t you reserved any blessing for me?”

37 Isaac answered Esau, “I have made him lord over you and have made all his relatives his servants, and I have sustained him with grain and new wine.(BF) So what can I possibly do for you, my son?”

38 Esau said to his father, “Do you have only one blessing, my father? Bless me too, my father!” Then Esau wept aloud.(BG)

39 His father Isaac answered him,(BH)

“Your dwelling will be
    away from the earth’s richness,
    away from the dew(BI) of heaven above.(BJ)
40 You will live by the sword
    and you will serve(BK) your brother.(BL)
But when you grow restless,
    you will throw his yoke
    from off your neck.(BM)

41 Esau held a grudge(BN) against Jacob(BO) because of the blessing his father had given him. He said to himself, “The days of mourning(BP) for my father are near; then I will kill(BQ) my brother Jacob.”(BR)

42 When Rebekah was told what her older son Esau(BS) had said, she sent for her younger son Jacob and said to him, “Your brother Esau is planning to avenge himself by killing you.(BT) 43 Now then, my son, do what I say:(BU) Flee at once to my brother Laban(BV) in Harran.(BW) 44 Stay with him for a while(BX) until your brother’s fury subsides. 45 When your brother is no longer angry with you and forgets what you did to him,(BY) I’ll send word for you to come back from there.(BZ) Why should I lose both of you in one day?”

46 Then Rebekah said to Isaac, “I’m disgusted with living because of these Hittite(CA) women. If Jacob takes a wife from among the women of this land,(CB) from Hittite women like these, my life will not be worth living.”(CC)

28 So Isaac called for Jacob and blessed(CD) him. Then he commanded him: “Do not marry a Canaanite woman.(CE) Go at once to Paddan Aram,[b](CF) to the house of your mother’s father Bethuel.(CG) Take a wife for yourself there, from among the daughters of Laban, your mother’s brother.(CH) May God Almighty[c](CI) bless(CJ) you and make you fruitful(CK) and increase your numbers(CL) until you become a community of peoples. May he give you and your descendants the blessing given to Abraham,(CM) so that you may take possession of the land(CN) where you now reside as a foreigner,(CO) the land God gave to Abraham.” Then Isaac sent Jacob on his way,(CP) and he went to Paddan Aram,(CQ) to Laban son of Bethuel the Aramean,(CR) the brother of Rebekah,(CS) 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,”(CT) and that Jacob had obeyed his father and mother and had gone to Paddan Aram. Esau then realized how displeasing the Canaanite women(CU) were to his father Isaac;(CV) so he went to Ishmael(CW) and married Mahalath, the sister of Nebaioth(CX) and daughter of Ishmael son of Abraham, in addition to the wives he already had.(CY)

Jacob’s Dream at Bethel

10 Jacob left Beersheba(CZ) and set out for Harran.(DA) 11 When he reached a certain place,(DB) he stopped for the night because the sun had set. Taking one of the stones there, he put it under his head(DC) and lay down to sleep. 12 He had a dream(DD) 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.(DE) 13 There above it[d] stood the Lord,(DF) and he said: “I am the Lord, the God of your father Abraham and the God of Isaac.(DG) I will give you and your descendants the land(DH) on which you are lying.(DI) 14 Your descendants will be like the dust of the earth, and you(DJ) will spread out to the west and to the east, to the north and to the south.(DK) All peoples on earth will be blessed through you and your offspring.[e](DL) 15 I am with you(DM) and will watch over you(DN) wherever you go,(DO) and I will bring you back to this land.(DP) I will not leave you(DQ) until I have done what I have promised you.(DR)(DS)

16 When Jacob awoke from his sleep,(DT) 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!(DU) This is none other than the house of God;(DV) this is the gate of heaven.”

18 Early the next morning Jacob took the stone he had placed under his head(DW) and set it up as a pillar(DX) and poured oil on top of it.(DY) 19 He called that place Bethel,[f](DZ) though the city used to be called Luz.(EA)

20 Then Jacob made a vow,(EB) saying, “If God will be with me and will watch over me(EC) on this journey I am taking and will give me food to eat and clothes to wear(ED) 21 so that I return safely(EE) to my father’s household,(EF) then the Lord[g] will be my God(EG) 22 and[h] this stone that I have set up as a pillar(EH) will be God’s house,(EI) and of all that you give me I will give you a tenth.(EJ)

Footnotes

  1. Genesis 27:36 Jacob means he grasps the heel, a Hebrew idiom for he takes advantage of or he deceives.
  2. Genesis 28:2 That is, Northwest Mesopotamia; also in verses 5, 6 and 7
  3. Genesis 28:3 Hebrew El-Shaddai
  4. Genesis 28:13 Or There beside him
  5. Genesis 28:14 Or will use your name and the name of your offspring in blessings (see 48:20)
  6. Genesis 28:19 Bethel means house of God.
  7. Genesis 28:21 Or Since God … father’s household, the Lord
  8. Genesis 28:22 Or household, and the Lord will be my God, 22 then