創世記 28
1 依撒格叫了雅各伯來，祝福他，吩咐他說：「你不要娶客納罕女人為妻。
Then Izhak called Iaakob and blessed him, and charged him, and sayde vnto him, Take not a wife of the daughters of Canaan.
2 你應起身往帕丹阿蘭你外祖父貝突耳家去，在那裏娶你舅父拉班的女兒為妻。
Arise, get thee to Padan Aram to the house of Bethuel thy mothers father, and thence take thee a wife of the daughters of Laban thy mothers brother.
3 願全能的天主祝福你，使你生育繁殖，成為一大家族。
And God all sufficient blesse thee, and make thee to encrease, and multiplie thee, that thou mayest be a multitude of people,
4 願天主將亞巴郎的祝福賜與你和你的後裔，使你承受你所住的地方，即天主賜與亞巴郎的土地作為產業。」
And giue thee the blessing of Abraham, euen to thee and to thy seede with thee, that thou mayest inherite the lande (wherein thou art a stranger, ) which God gaue vnto Abraham.
5 依撒格就這樣打發了雅各伯往帕丹阿蘭，投往阿蘭人貝突耳的兒子拉班，即雅各伯和厄撒烏的母親黎貝加的哥哥裏去了。
Thus Izhak sent forth Iaakob, and he went to Padan Aram vnto Laban sonne of Bethuel the Aramite, brother to Rebekah, Iaakobs and Esaus mother.
6 厄撒烏見依撒烏祝福了雅各伯，打發他到帕丹阿蘭去，在那裏娶妻；祝福他時還吩咐他說：「不要娶客納罕女人為妻。」
When Esau sawe that Izhak had blessed Iaakob, and sent him to Padan Aram, to set him a wife thence, and giuen him a charge when he blessed him, saying, Thou shalt not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan,
7 厄撒烏見雅各伯聽從父母的命，往帕丹阿蘭去了，
And that Iaakob had obeyed his father and his mother, and was gone to Padan Aram:
8 便明白父親依撒格不喜歡客納罕女子。
Also Esau seeing that the daughters of Canaan displeased Izhak his father,
9 所以他去了依市瑪耳那裏，除自己所有的兩個妻子外，又娶了亞巴郎之子依市瑪耳的女兒乃巴約特的妹妹瑪哈拉特為妻。
Then went Esau to Ishmael, and tooke vnto the wiues, which he had, Mahalath the daughter of Ishmael Abrahams sonne, the sister of Nabaioth, to be his wife.
10 雅各伯離開貝爾舍巴，往哈蘭去了。
Now Iaakob departed from Beer-sheba, and went to Haran,
11 他來到一個地方，因太陽已落，就在那裏過宿，隨地拿了一塊石頭，放在頭底下，就在那地方躺下睡了。
And he came vnto a certaine place, and taried there al night, because the sunne was downe, and tooke of the stones of the place, and layde vnder his head and slept in the same place.
12 他作了一夢：見一個梯子直立在地上，梯頂與天相接；天主的使者在梯子上，上去下來。
Then he dreamed, and behold, there stoode a ladder vpon the earth, and the top of it reached vp to heauen: and loe, the Angels of God went vp and downe by it.
13 上主立在梯上說：「我是上主，你父亞巴郎的天主，依撒格的天主。我要將你所躺的地方，賜給你和你的後裔。
And behold, the Lord stoode aboue it, and sayd, I am the Lord God of Abraham thy father, and the God of Izhak: the land, vpon the which thou sleepest, wil I giue thee and thy seede.
14 你的後裔要多得如地上的灰塵；你要向東西南北擴展，地上的萬民都要因你和你的後裔蒙受祝福。
And thy seede 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 seede shall all the families of the earth be blessed.
15 看我與你同在；你不論到那裏，我必護佑你，領你回到此地。我決不離棄你，直到我實踐了我對你所許的。」
And lo, I am with thee, and wil keepe thee whithersoeuer thou goest, and will bring thee againe into this lande: for I will not forsake thee vntill I haue performed that, that I haue promised thee.
16 雅各伯一覺醒來，說：「上主實在在這地方，我竟不知道。」
Then Iaakob awoke out of his sleepe, and sayde, Surely the Lord is in this place, and I was not aware.
17 他又滿懷敬畏地說：「這地方多麼可畏! 這裏不是別處，乃是天主的住所，上天之門。」
And he was afraid, and said, How fearefull is this place! this is none other but the house of God, and this is the gate of heauen.
18 雅各伯清早一起來，就把那塊放在頭底下的石頭，立作石柱，在頂上倒了油，
Then Iaakob rose vp early in the morning, and tooke the stone that hee had layde vnder his head, and set it vp as a pillar, and powred oyle vpon the top of it.
19 給那地方起名叫貝特耳，原先那城名叫路次。
And he called ye name of that place Bethel: notwithstanding the name of the citie was at the first called Luz.
20 然後雅各伯許願說：「若是天主與我同在，在我所走的路上護佑我，賜我豐衣足食，
Then Iaakob vowed a vowe, saying, If God will be with me, and will keepe me in this iourney which I go, and wil giue me bread to eate, and clothes to put on:
21 使我平安回到父家，上主實在當是我的天主。
So that I come againe vnto my fathers house in safetie, then shall the Lord be my God.
22 我立作石柱的這塊石頭，必要成為天主的住所；凡你賜與我的，我必給你奉獻十分之一。」
And this stone, which I haue set vp as a pillar, shall be Gods house: and of all that thou shalt giue me, wil I giue the tenth vnto thee.
