Genesis 28
1 Isaac called for Jacob and blessed him. “Don't marry a Canaanite woman,” he ordered him.
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 “Leave right away and go to Paddan-aram, to the home of Bethuel, your mother's father. Find yourself a wife there—a daughter of Laban, your mother's brother.
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 God Almighty bless you and may your descendants be so numerous that you become the ancestor of many nations.
願全能的上帝賜福給你，使你生養眾多，成為多族，
4 May he grant you and your descendants the same blessing he gave to Abraham, so that you may take over the land where you now live as a foreigner, the land God gave to Abraham.”
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 So Isaac sent Jacob on his way. He traveled to Paddan-aram, to Laban, son of Bethuel the Aramean. Laban was the brother of Rebekah, the mother of Jacob and Esau.
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 Esau found out that Isaac had blessed Jacob and had sent him to Paddan-aram to find a wife there, and that when he blessed him he ordered him, “Don't marry a Canaanite woman.”
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 He also discovered that Jacob had done what his father and mother told him and had left for Paddan-aram.
又見雅各聽從父母的話往巴旦‧亞蘭去了，
8 This made Esau realize how much his father disliked Canaanite women.
以掃就曉得他父親以撒看不中迦南的女子，
9 So he went to Ishmael's family and married an additional wife—Mahalath, the daughter of Ishmael, Abraham's son, the sister of Nebaioth.
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 In the meantime Jacob had set off from Beersheba on his way to Haran.
雅各出了別是巴，向哈蘭走去；
11 He arrived after sunset at a particular place and stopped there for the night. He picked up a stone, put it under his head, lay down and went to sleep.
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 He dreamed he saw a stairway that started on earth, and the top reached all the way into heaven. He saw God's angels going up and down on 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 Then he saw the Lord standing over him, who said, “I am the Lord, the God of your father Abraham, and the God of Isaac. I'm giving you and your descendants the land you're lying on.
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 Your descendants will be as numerous as the dust of the earth, and will spread out west and east, and north and south. Everyone on earth will be blessed by your descendants.
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 Listen! I am with you and will take care of you wherever you go. I will bring you back to this country. I won't leave you because I'm going to do what I've promised you.”
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 When Jacob woke up he said to himself, “The Lord is right here, in this place, and I didn't realize it!”
雅各睡醒了，說：「耶和華真在這裏，我竟不知道！」
17 He became frightened and said, “This is a scary place! It must be the house of God and the entrance to 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 When Jacob got up in the morning he took the stone he'd put under his head and set it upright as a stone pillar and poured some olive oil on it.
雅各清早起來，把所枕的石頭立作柱子，澆油在上面。
19 He named the place “Bethel,” (previously it was called Luz).
他就給那地方起名叫伯特利；但那地方起先名叫路斯。
20 Jacob also made a solemn promise, saying, “God, if you will be with me, and take care of me on my journey, and give me food to eat and clothes to wear
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 so I can return safely to my father's home, then you Lord will 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 This stone pillar that I've set up will be the house of God, and I will give you one tenth of all you give me.”
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。」
