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.
Entonces Isaac llamó a Jacob, lo bendijo y le ordenó: No tomes esposa de las hijas de Canaán.
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.
Levántate, vé a Padan-aram, a casa de Betuel, padre de tu madre, y toma allí esposa de las hijas de Labán, hermano de tu madre.
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.
ʼEL-Shadday te bendiga, te haga fructificar, te multiplique hasta llegar a ser multitud de pueblos,
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.”
y te dé la bendición de Abraham, a ti y contigo a tu descendencia, para hacer que tomes posesión de la tierra de tus peregrinaciones, la cual ʼElohim dio a Abraham.
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.
Así Isaac envió a Jacob, el cual fue a Padan-aram, adonde Labán, hijo de Betuel el arameo, hermano de Rebeca, madre de Jacob y 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,”
Esaú vio que Isaac bendijo a Jacob y lo envió a Padan-aram para tomar de allí esposa para él, y que, al bendecirlo, le ordenó que no tomara esposa de entre las hijas de Canaán,
7 and that Jacob had obeyed his father and mother, and had gone to Paddan-Aram.
y que Jacob, al obedecer a su padre y a su madre, se dirigió a Padan-aram.
8 Esau also realized that his father Isaac did not approve of women from the Canaan people-group.
Entonces Esaú comprendió que las hijas de Canaán eran desagradables a su padre Isaac.
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.
Esaú fue a Ismael, y además de las que tenía, tomó para él como esposa a Mahalat, hija de Ismael, hijo de Abraham y hermana de Nebayot.
10 Meanwhile, Jacob left Beersheba and started walking along the road to Haran.
Jacob salió de Beerseba y se dirigió a Harán.
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.
Cuando llegó a cierto lugar, pasó allí la noche porque ya el sol se había puesto. Tomó una piedra del lugar, la colocó como su cabecera y se tendió en aquel sitio.
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.
Tuvo un sueño: Apareció una escalera apoyada en la tierra, cuya parte superior alcanzaba el cielo. Miró que los ángeles de ʼElohim subían y bajaban por ella.
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.
Y vio que Yavé estaba en pie sobre ella y dijo: Yo soy Yavé, ʼElohim de tu padre Abraham y ʼElohim de Isaac. La tierra sobre la cual estás tendido te la daré a ti y a tus descendientes.
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.
Tu descendencia será como el polvo de la tierra, y te extenderás hacia el mar, al oriente, al norte y hacia Neguev. En ti y en tu descendencia serán bendecidas todas las familias de la tierra.
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.”
Mira, Yo estoy contigo, te guardaré dondequiera que vayas y volveré a traerte a esta tierra, pues no te dejaré hasta que [Yo] haga lo que te prometí.
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!”
Jacob despertó de su sueño y dijo: ¡Ciertamente Yavé está en este lugar y yo no lo sabía!
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!”
Tuvo miedo, y dijo: ¡Cuán asombroso es este lugar! ¡Esto no es sino Casa de ʼElohim y puerta del cielo!
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].
Jacob madrugó por la mañana y al tomar la piedra que puso como su cabecera, la erigió como una estela y derramó aceite sobre su cúspide.
19 He named that place Bethel, [which means ‘house of God’.] Previously its name was Luz.
Llamó aquel lugar Bet-ʼEl. Sin embargo, al principio, el nombre de la ciudad 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,
Jacob hizo un voto solemne: Si ʼElohim está conmigo, me protege en este camino en el cual ando, me da pan para comer y ropa 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.
y yo vuelvo en paz a casa de mi padre, Yavé será mi ʼElohim.
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.”
Entonces esta piedra que erigí como estela será Casa de ʼElohim, y de todo lo que me des, ciertamente te daré el diezmo.
