Genesis 28
1 And Isaac called Jacob, and blessed him, and charged him, saying: Take not a wife of the stock of Chanaan:
以撒叫了雅各來，給他祝福，並囑咐他說：「你不要娶迦南的女子為妻。
2 But go, and take a journey to Mesopotamia of Syria, to the house of Bathuel thy mother’s father, and take thee a wife thence of the daughters of Laban thy uncle.
你起身往巴旦‧亞蘭去，到你外祖彼土利家裏，在你母舅拉班的女兒中娶一女為妻。
3 And God almighty bless thee, and make thee to increase, and multiply thee: that thou mayst be a multitude of people.
願全能的上帝賜福給你，使你生養眾多，成為多族，
4 And give the blessings of Abraham to thee, and to thy seed after thee: that thou mayst possess the land of thy sojournment, which he promised to thy grandfather.
將應許亞伯拉罕的福賜給你和你的後裔，使你承受你所寄居的地為業，就是上帝賜給亞伯拉罕的地。」
5 And when Isaac had sent him away, he took his journey and went to Mesopotamia of Syria to Laban the son of Bathuel the Syrian, brother to Rebecca his mother.
以撒打發雅各走了，他就往巴旦‧亞蘭去，到亞蘭人彼土利的兒子拉班那裏。拉班是雅各、以掃的母舅。
6 And Esau seeing that his father had blessed Jacob, and had sent him into Mesopotamia of Syria, to marry a wife thence; and that after the blessing he had charged him, saying: Thou shalt not take a wife of the daughters of Chanaan:
以掃見以撒已經給雅各祝福，而且打發他往巴旦‧亞蘭去，在那裏娶妻，並見祝福的時候囑咐他說：「不要娶迦南的女子為妻」，
7 And that Jacob obeying his parents was gone into Syria:
又見雅各聽從父母的話往巴旦‧亞蘭去了，
8 Experiencing also that his father was not well pleased with the daughters of Chanaan:
以掃就曉得他父親以撒看不中迦南的女子，
9 He went to Ismael, and took to wife, besides them he had before, Maheleth the daughter of Ismael, Abraham’s son, the sister of Nabajoth.
便往以實瑪利那裏去，在他二妻之外又娶了瑪哈拉為妻。她是亞伯拉罕兒子以實瑪利的女兒，尼拜約的妹子。
10 But Jacob being departed from Bersabee, went on to Haran.
雅各出了別是巴，向哈蘭走去；
11 And when he was come to a certain place, and would rest in it after sunset, he took of the stones that lay there, and putting under his head, slept in the same place.
到了一個地方，因為太陽落了，就在那裏住宿，便拾起那地方的一塊石頭枕在頭下，在那裏躺臥睡了，
12 And he saw in his sleep a ladder standing upon the earth, and the top thereof touching heaven: the angels also of God ascending and descending by it;
夢見一個梯子立在地上，梯子的頭頂着天，有上帝的使者在梯子上，上去下來。
13 And the Lord leaning upon the ladder, saying to him: I am the Lord God of Abraham thy father, and the God of Isaac; the land, wherein thou sleepest, I will give to thee and to thy seed.
耶和華站在梯子以上，說：「我是耶和華－你祖亞伯拉罕的上帝，也是以撒的上帝；我要將你現在所躺臥之地賜給你和你的後裔。
14 And thy seed shall be as the dust of the earth: thou shalt spread abroad to the west, and to the east, and to the north, and to the south: and IN THEE and thy seed all the tribes of the earth SHALL BE BLESSED.
你的後裔必像地上的塵沙那樣多，必向東西南北開展；地上萬族必因你和你的後裔得福。
15 And I will be thy keeper whithersoever thou goest, and will bring thee back into this land: neither will I leave thee, till I shall have accomplished all that I have said.
我也與你同在。你無論往哪裏去，我必保佑你，領你歸回這地，總不離棄你，直到我成全了向你所應許的。」
16 And when Jacob awaked out of sleep, he said: Indeed the Lord is in this place, and I knew it not.
雅各睡醒了，說：「耶和華真在這裏，我竟不知道！」
17 And trembling he said: How terrible is this place! this is no other but the house of God, and the gate of heaven.
就懼怕，說：「這地方何等可畏！這不是別的，乃是上帝的殿，也是天的門。」
18 And Jacob, arising in the morning, took the stone, which he had laid under his head, and set it up for a title, pouring oil upon the top of it.
雅各清早起來，把所枕的石頭立作柱子，澆油在上面。
19 And he called the name of the city Bethel, which before was called Luza.
他就給那地方起名叫伯特利；但那地方起先名叫路斯。
20 And he made a vow, saying: If God shall be with me, and shall keep me in the way by which I walk, and shall give me bread to eat, and raiment to put on,
雅各許願說：「上帝若與我同在，在我所行的路上保佑我，又給我食物吃，衣服穿，
21 And I shall return prosperously to my father’s house: the Lord shall be my God:
使我平平安安地回到我父親的家，我就必以耶和華為我的上帝。
22 And this stone, which I have set up for a title, shall be called the house of God: and of all things that thou shalt give to me, I will offer tithes to thee.
我所立為柱子的石頭也必作上帝的殿；凡你所賜給我的，我必將十分之一獻給你。」
