Génesis 28
1 Isaac llamó a Jacob, lo bendijo y le ordenó: “No tomarás mujer de las hijas de Canaán.
Then Isaac summoned Jacob, and gave him a blessing. He told him, “Do not marry a woman of the Canaan people-group.
2 Levántate, ve a Paddán Aram, a la casa de Betuel, el padre de tu madre. Toma de allí una esposa de entre las hijas de Labán, el hermano de tu madre.
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.
3 Que Dios Todopoderoso te bendiga, te haga fructificar y te multiplique, para que seas una compañía de pueblos,
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.
4 y te dé la bendición de Abraham, a ti y a tu descendencia contigo, para que heredes la tierra por la que transitas, que Dios le dio a Abraham.”
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.”
5 Isaac despidió a Jacob. Fue a Padán Aram, a Labán, hijo de Betuel el sirio, hermano de Rebeca, madre de Jacob y Esaú.
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.
6 Esaú vio que Isaac había bendecido a Jacob y lo había enviado a Padán Aram para que tomara una esposa de allí, y que al bendecirlo le dio una orden, diciendo: “No tomarás esposa de las hijas de Canaán”;
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,”
7 y que Jacob obedeció a su padre y a su madre, y se fue a Padán Aram.
and that Jacob had obeyed his father and mother, and had gone to Paddan-Aram.
8 Esaú vio que las hijas de Canaán no agradaban a Isaac, su padre.
Esau also realized that his father Isaac did not approve of women from the Canaan people-group.
9 Entonces Esaú se fue a Ismael y tomó, además de las esposas que tenía, a Mahalat, hija de Ismael, hijo de Abraham, hermana de Nebaiot, para que fuera su esposa.
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.
10 Jacob salió de Beerseba y se dirigió a Harán.
Meanwhile, Jacob left Beersheba and started walking along the road to Haran.
11 Llegó a un lugar y se quedó allí toda la noche, porque el sol se había puesto. Tomó una de las piedras del lugar, la puso debajo de su cabeza y se acostó en ese lugar para dormir.
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.
12 Soñó y vio una escalera colocada sobre la tierra, cuya cima llegaba hasta el cielo. Los ángeles de Dios subían y bajaban por ella.
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.
13 He aquí que Yahvé estaba de pie sobre ella y decía: “Yo soy Yahvé, el Dios de Abraham, tu padre, y el Dios de Isaac. Daré la tierra sobre la que te acuestas a ti y a tu descendencia.
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.
14 Tu descendencia será como el polvo de la tierra, y te extenderás al oeste, al este, al norte y al sur. En ti y en tu descendencia serán bendecidas todas las familias de la tierra.
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.
15 He aquí que yo estoy con vosotros y os guardaré dondequiera que vayáis, y os haré volver a esta tierra. Porque no te dejaré hasta que haya hecho lo que te he dicho”.
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.”
16 Jacob despertó de su sueño y dijo: “Ciertamente Yahvé está en este lugar, y yo no lo sabía”.
[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!”
17 Tuvo miedo y dijo: “¡Qué impresionante es este lugar! Esto no es más que la casa de Dios, y ésta es la puerta del cielo”.
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!”
18 Jacob se levantó de madrugada, tomó la piedra que había puesto debajo de su cabeza, la puso como pilar y derramó aceite en su parte superior.
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].
19 Llamó el nombre de aquel lugar Betel, pero el nombre de la ciudad era Luz al principio.
He named that place Bethel, [which means ‘house of God’.] Previously its name was Luz.
20 Jacob hizo un voto, diciendo: “Si Dios está conmigo y me guarda en este camino que recorro, y me da pan para comer y ropa para vestir,
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,
21 de modo que vuelva a la casa de mi padre en paz, y Yahvé sea mi Dios,
in order that I can later return safely to my father’s house, then you, Yahweh, will be the God that I will worship.
22 entonces esta piedra, que he levantado como columna, será la casa de Dios. De todo lo que me des te daré seguramente la décima parte”.
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.”
