Genesis 28
1 And Isaac calleth unto Jacob, and blesseth him, and commandeth him, and saith to him, 'Thou dost not take a wife of the daughters of Caanan;
以撒叫了雅各来，给他祝福，并嘱咐他说：“你不要娶迦南的女子为妻。
2 rise, go to Padan-Aram, to the house of Bethuel, thy mother's father, and take for thyself from thence a wife, of the daughters of Laban, thy mother's brother;
你起身往巴旦·亚兰去，到你外祖彼土利家里，在你母舅拉班的女儿中娶一女为妻。
3 and God Almighty doth bless thee, and make thee fruitful, and multiply thee, and thou hast become an assembly of peoples;
愿全能的 神赐福给你，使你生养众多，成为多族，
4 and He doth give to thee the blessing of Abraham, to thee and to thy seed with thee, to cause thee to possess the land of thy sojournings, which God gave to Abraham.'
将应许亚伯拉罕的福赐给你和你的后裔，使你承受你所寄居的地为业，就是 神赐给亚伯拉罕的地。”
5 And Isaac sendeth away Jacob, and he goeth to Padan-Aram, unto Laban, son of Bethuel the Aramaean, brother of Rebekah, mother of Jacob and Esau.
以撒打发雅各走了，他就往巴旦·亚兰去，到亚兰人彼土利的儿子拉班那里。拉班是雅各、以扫的母舅。
6 And Esau seeth that Isaac hath blessed Jacob, and hath sent him to Padan-Aram to take to himself from thence a wife — in his blessing him that he layeth a charge upon him, saying, Thou dost not take a wife from the daughters of Canaan —
以扫见以撒已经给雅各祝福，而且打发他往巴旦·亚兰去，在那里娶妻，并见祝福的时候嘱咐他说：“不要娶迦南的女子为妻”，
7 that Jacob hearkeneth unto his father and unto his mother, and goeth to Padan-Aram —
又见雅各听从父母的话往巴旦·亚兰去了，
8 and Esau seeth that the daughters of Canaan are evil in the eyes of Isaac his father,
以扫就晓得他父亲以撒看不中迦南的女子，
9 and Esau goeth unto Ishmael, and taketh Mahalath, daughter of Ishmael, Abraham's son, sister of Nebajoth, unto his wives, to himself, for a wife.
便往以实玛利那里去，在他二妻之外又娶了玛哈拉为妻。她是亚伯拉罕儿子以实玛利的女儿，尼拜约的妹子。
10 And Jacob goeth out from Beer-Sheba, and goeth toward Haran,
雅各出了别是巴，向哈兰走去；
11 and he toucheth at a [certain] place, and lodgeth there, for the sun hath gone in, and he taketh of the stones of the place, and maketh [them] his pillows, and lieth down in that place.
到了一个地方，因为太阳落了，就在那里住宿，便拾起那地方的一块石头枕在头下，在那里躺卧睡了，
12 And he dreameth, and lo, a ladder set up on the earth, and its head is touching the heavens; and lo, messengers of God are going up and coming down by it;
梦见一个梯子立在地上，梯子的头顶着天，有 神的使者在梯子上，上去下来。
13 and lo, Jehovah is standing upon it, and He saith, 'I [am] Jehovah, God of Abraham thy father, and God of Isaac; the land on which thou art lying, to thee I give it, and to thy seed;
耶和华站在梯子以上，说：“我是耶和华—你祖亚伯拉罕的 神，也是以撒的 神；我要将你现在所躺卧之地赐给你和你的后裔。
14 and thy seed hath been as the dust of the land, and thou hast broken forth westward, and eastward, and northward, and southward, and all families of the ground have been blessed in thee and in thy seed.
你的后裔必像地上的尘沙那样多，必向东西南北开展；地上万族必因你和你的后裔得福。
15 'And lo, I [am] with thee, and have kept thee whithersoever thou goest, and have caused thee to turn back unto this ground; for I leave thee not till that I have surely done that which I have spoken to thee.'
我也与你同在。你无论往哪里去，我必保佑你，领你归回这地，总不离弃你，直到我成全了向你所应许的。”
16 And Jacob awaketh out of his sleep, and saith, 'Surely Jehovah is in this place, and I knew not;'
雅各睡醒了，说：“耶和华真在这里，我竟不知道！”
17 and he feareth, and saith, 'How fearful [is] this place; this is nothing but a house of God, and this a gate of the heavens.'
就惧怕，说：“这地方何等可畏！这不是别的，乃是 神的殿，也是天的门。”
18 And Jacob riseth early in the morning, and taketh the stone which he hath made his pillows, and maketh it a standing pillar, and poureth oil upon its top,
雅各清早起来，把所枕的石头立作柱子，浇油在上面。
19 and he calleth the name of that place Bethel, [house of God, ] and yet, Luz [is] the name of the city at the first.
他就给那地方起名叫伯特利；但那地方起先名叫路斯。
20 And Jacob voweth a vow, saying, 'Seeing God is with me, and hath kept me in this way which I am going, and hath given to me bread to eat, and a garment to put on —
雅各许愿说：“神若与我同在，在我所行的路上保佑我，又给我食物吃，衣服穿，
21 when I have turned back in peace unto the house of my father, and Jehovah hath become my God,
使我平平安安地回到我父亲的家，我就必以耶和华为我的 神。
22 then this stone which I have made a standing pillar is a house of God, and all that Thou dost give to me — tithing I tithe to Thee.'
我所立为柱子的石头也必作 神的殿；凡你所赐给我的，我必将十分之一献给你。”
