Genesis 28
1 Vocavit itaque Isaac Iacob, et benedixit eum, praecepitque ei dicens: Noli accipere coniugem de genere Chanaan:
And Isaac called Jacob, and blessed him, and charged him, and said to him, Thou shalt not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan.
2 sed vade, et proficiscere in Mesopotamiam Syriae, ad domum Bathuel patris matris tuae, et accipe tibi inde uxorem de filiabus Laban avunculi tui.
Arise, go to Padan-Aram, to the house of Bethuel thy mother's father, and take a wife thence of the daughters of Laban thy mother's brother.
3 Deus autem omnipotens benedicat tibi, et crescere te faciat, atque multiplicet: ut sis in turbas populorum.
And the Almighty God bless thee, and make thee fruitful and multiply thee, that thou mayest become a company of peoples.
4 Et det tibi benedictiones Abrahae, et semini tuo post te: ut possideas terram peregrinationis tuae, quam pollicitus est avo tuo.
And may he give thee the blessing of Abraham, to thee and to thy seed with thee, in order that thou mayest possess the land of thy sojourning, which God gave to Abraham!
5 Cumque dimisisset eum Isaac, profectus pervenit in Mesopotamiam Syriae ad Laban filium Bathuel Syri, fratrem Rebeccae matris suae.
And Isaac sent away Jacob; and he went to Padan-Aram, to Laban the son of Bethuel the Syrian, the brother of Rebecca, Jacob's and Esau's mother.
6 Videns autem Esau quod benedixisset pater suus Iacob, et misisset eum in Mesopotamiam Syriae, ut inde uxorem duceret; et quod post benedictionem praecepisset ei, dicens: Non accipies uxorem de filiabus Chanaan:
And Esau saw that Isaac had blessed Jacob, and sent him away to Padan-Aram, to take a wife thence, blessing him, and giving him a charge saying, Thou shalt not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan;
7 quodque obediens Iacob parentibus suis isset in Syriam:
and [that] Jacob had obeyed his father and his mother, and was gone to Padan-Aram.
8 probans quoque quod non libenter aspiceret filias Chanaan pater suus:
And Esau saw that the daughters of Canaan were evil in the sight of Isaac his father.
9 ivit ad Ismaelem, et duxit uxorem absque iis, quas prius habebat, Maheleth filiam Ismael filii Abraham, sororem Nabaioth.
And Esau went to Ishmael, and took, besides the wives that he had, Mahalath the daughter of Ishmael Abraham's son, the sister of Nebaioth, to be his wife.
10 Igitur egressus Iacob de Bersabee, pergebat Haran.
And Jacob went out from Beer-sheba, and went towards Haran.
11 Cumque venisset ad quemdam locum, et vellet in eo requiescere post solis occubitum, tulit de lapidibus qui iacebant, et supponens capiti suo, dormivit in eodem loco.
And he lighted on a certain place, and lodged there, because the sun had set. And he took [one] of the stones of the place, and made [it] his pillow, and lay down in that place.
12 Viditque in somnis scalam stantem super terram, et cacumen illius tangens caelum: Angelos quoque Dei ascendentes et descendentes per eam,
And he dreamed, and behold, a ladder was set up on the earth, and the top of it reached to the heavens. And behold, angels of God ascended and descended upon it.
13 et Dominum innixum scalae dicentem sibi: Ego sum Dominus Deus Abraham patris tui, et Deus Isaac: Terram, in qua dormis, tibi dabo et semini tuo.
And behold, Jehovah stood above it. And he said, I am Jehovah, the God of Abraham, thy father, and the God of Isaac: the land on which thou liest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed.
14 Eritque semen tuum quasi pulvis terrae: dilataberis ad Orientem, et Occidentem, et Septentrionem, et Meridiem: et BENEDICENTUR IN TE et in semine tuo cunctae tribus terrae.
And thy seed shall be as the dust of the earth, and thou shalt spread abroad to the west, and to the east, and to the north, and to the south; and in thee and in thy seed shall all the families of the earth be blessed.
15 Et ero custos tuus quocumque perrexeris, et reducam te in terram hanc: nec dimittam nisi complevero universa quae dixi.
And behold, I am with thee, and will keep thee in all [places] to which thou goest, and will bring thee again into this land; for I will not leave thee until I have done what I have spoken to thee of.
16 Cumque evigilasset Iacob de somno, ait: Vere Dominus est in loco isto, et ego nesciebam.
And Jacob awoke from his sleep, and said, Surely Jehovah is in this place, and I knew [it] not.
17 Pavensque: Quam terribilis est, inquit, locus iste! non est hic aliud nisi domus Dei, et porta caeli.
And he was afraid, and said, How dreadful is this place! this is none other but the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven.
18 Surgens ergo Iacob mane, tulit lapidem quem supposuerat capiti suo, et erexit in titulum, fundens oleum desuper.
And Jacob rose early in the morning, and took the stone that he had made his pillow, and set it up [for] a pillar, and poured oil on the top of it.
19 Appellavitque nomen urbis Bethel, quae prius Luza vocabatur.
And he called the name of that place Beth-el; but the name of that city was Luz at the first.
20 Vovit etiam votum, dicens: Si fuerit Dominus mecum, et custodierit me in via, per quam ego ambulo, et dederit mihi panem ad vescendum, et vestimentum ad induendum,
And Jacob vowed a vow, saying, If God will be with me, and keep me on this road that I go, and will give me bread to eat, and a garment to put on,
21 reversusque fuero prospere ad domum patris mei: erit mihi Dominus in Deum,
and I come again to my father's house in peace — then shall Jehovah be my God.
22 et lapis iste, quem erexi in titulum, vocabitur Domus Dei: cunctorumque quae dederis mihi, decimas offeram tibi.
And this stone, which I have set up [for] a pillar, shall be God's house; and of all that thou wilt give me I will without fail give the tenth to thee.
