Genesis 28
1 Then Isaac summoned Jacob, and gave him a blessing. He told him, “Do not marry a woman of the Canaan people-group.
E Isaac chamou a Jacob, e abençoou-o, e ordenou-lhe, e disse-lhe: Não tomes mulher de entre as filhas de Canaan:
2 Instead, go right away to Paddan-Aram [in northwest Mesopotamia], to the house of your mother’s father Bethuel. Ask one of the daughters of your mother’s brother Laban to marry you.
Levanta-te, vai a Paddan-aram, à casa de Bethuel, pai de tua mãe, e toma de lá uma mulher das filhas de Labão, irmão de tua mãe;
3 I will pray that God Almighty will bless you, and enable you to [get married and] have many descendants, in order that they will become many people-groups.
E Deus Todo-poderoso te abençoe, e te faça frutificar, e te multiplique, para que sejas uma multidão de povos;
4 I also will pray that he will bless you and your descendants by enabling you to possess/seize the land in which you are now living as a foreigner, the land that God promised to give to [my father] Abraham and his descendants.”
E te dê abenção de Abraão, a ti e à tua semente contigo, para que em herança possuas a terra de tuas peregrinações, que Deus deu a Abraão
5 So Isaac sent Jacob to Paddan-Aram, to live with Rebekah’s brother Laban, the son of Bethuel, who belonged to the Aram people-group.
Assim enviou Isaac a Jacob, o qual se foi a Paddan-aram, a Labão, filho de Bethuel arameu, irmão de Rebeca, mãe de Jacob e de Esaú.
6 Esau found out that his father Isaac had blessed Jacob and then sent him to Paddan-Aram. He also found out that when he blessed Isaac, he told him, “Do not marry a woman of the Canaan people-group,”
Vendo pois Esaú que Isaac abençoara a Jacob, e o enviara a Paddan-aram, para tomar mulher para si dali, e que, abençoando-o, lhe ordenara, dizendo: Não tomes mulher das filhas de Canaan;
7 and that Jacob had obeyed his father and mother, and had gone to Paddan-Aram.
E que Jacob obedecera a seu pai e a sua mãe, e se fôra a Paddan-aram;
8 Esau also realized that his father Isaac did not approve of women from the Canaan people-group.
Vendo também Esaú que as filhas de Canaan eram más aos olhos de Isaac seu pai,
9 Because of that, Esau went to see his uncle Ishmael, and married Mahalath, the daughter of Ishmael. Mahalath was the sister of Nabaioth and the granddaughter of Abraham.
Foi-se Esaú a Ishmael, e tomou para si por mulher, além das suas mulheres, a Mahalath filha de Ishmael, filho de Abraão, irmã de Nebajoth.
10 Meanwhile, Jacob left Beersheba and started walking along the road to Haran.
Partiu pois Jacob de Berseba, e foi-se a Haran;
11 When he arrived at a certain place, he stopped there, because the sun had gone down. He took one of the stones there and put it under his head to use as a pillow. Then he lay down and slept there.
E chegou a um lugar onde passou a noite, porque já o sol era posto; e tomou uma das pedras daquele lugar, e a pôs por sua cabeceira, e deitou-se naquele lugar,
12 While he was sleeping, he had a dream, in which he [was surprised to] see a stairway. The bottom of the stairway was on the earth and the top was in the sky. Jacob also saw that God’s angels were going up and down the stairway.
E sonhou: e eis uma escada era posta na terra, cujo topo tocava nos céus: e eis que os anjos de Deus subiam e desciam por ela;
13 And he [was surprised to] see Yahweh standing at the top of the stairway, saying “I am Yahweh God, whom your grandfather Abraham worshiped, and whom Isaac worships. I will give to you and to your descendants the land on which you are lying.
E eis que o Senhor estava em cima dela, e disse: Eu sou o Senhor, o Deus de Abraão teu pai, e o Deus de Isaac: esta terra, em que estás deitado, t'a darei a ti e à tua semente:
14 Your descendants will be as numerous as the particles of dirt that are on the earth, and their territory will be very large. It will extend in all directions, to the east and to the west, to the north and to the south. And people of all people-groups on earth will receive blessings because of [what happens to] you and to your descendants.
E a tua semente será como o pó da terra, e estender-se-á ao ocidente, e ao oriente, e ao norte, e ao sul, e em ti e na tua semente serão benditas todas as famílias da terra:
15 I will help you and protect you wherever you go, and I will bring you back to this land. I will not leave you; I will continue to do for you all that I have promised to do.”
E eis que estou contigo, e te guardarei por onde quer que fores, e te farei tornar a esta terra: porque te não deixarei, até que te haja feito o que te tenho dito.
16 [During the night], when Jacob woke up from sleeping, he thought, “Surely Yahweh is in this place, and until now I was not aware of it!”
Acordado pois Jacob do seu sono, disse: Na verdade o Senhor está neste lugar; e eu não o sabia.
17 He was afraid, and he said, “This place is very awesome! This is surely the place where God lives, and this is the entrance to heaven!”
E temeu, e disse: Quão terrível é este lugar! Este não é outro lugar senão a casa de Deus; e este é a porta dos céus.
18 In the morning Jacob got up and took the stone that he had put under his head and set it up on its end to show that the place was a holy place. He poured some olive oil on top of the stone [to dedicate it to God].
Então levantou-se Jacob pela manhã de madrugada, e tomou a pedra que tinha posto por sua cabeceira, e a pôs por coluna, e derramou azeite em cima dela.
19 He named that place Bethel, [which means ‘house of God’.] Previously its name was Luz.
E chamou o nome daquele lugar Bethel: o nome porém daquela cidade de antes era Luz.
20 Jacob solemnly promised God, saying, “God, if you will help me and protect me while I am taking this journey, and if you give me enough food to eat and clothes to wear,
E Jacob votou um voto, dizendo: Se Deus for comigo, e me guardar nesta viagem que faço, e me der pão para comer, e vestidos para vestir;
21 in order that I can later return safely to my father’s house, then you, Yahweh, will be the God that I will worship.
E eu em paz tornar à casa de meu pai, o Senhor me será por Deus;
22 This stone that I have set up will mark the place where people can worship you. And I will give back to you a tenth of everything that you give to me.”
E esta pedra que tenho posto por coluna será casa de Deus; e de tudo quanto me deres, certamente te darei o dízimo.
