Génesis 28
1 Entonces Isaac envió a buscar a Jacob, lo bendijo y le dijo: No tomes mujer de entre las mujeres 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 Ve, pues, a Padan-aram, a la casa de Betuel, padre de tu madre, y allí obtendrás una mujer de 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 Y que Dios, el Gobernador de todos, te bendiga, que te dé fruto y aumente, para que te conviertas en un ejército 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 que Dios te dé la bendición de Abraham, a ti y a tu descendencia, para que tu heredes la tierra donde moras, 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 Y envió Isaac a Jacob, y fue a Padan-aram, a Labán, hijo de Betuel arameo, hermano de Rebeca, madre de Jacob y de 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 Y viendo Esaú que Isaac había dado a Jacob su bendición, lo envió a Padan-aram para que le trajera una esposa allí, lo bendijo y diciéndole, No tomes mujer de entre las mujeres 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 había hecho lo que su padre y su madre habían dicho, y había ido a Padan-aram;
and that Jacob had obeyed his father and mother, and had gone to Paddan-Aram.
8 Esaú tenía claro que su padre no amaba a las mujeres de Canaán,
Esau also realized that his father Isaac did not approve of women from the Canaan people-group.
9 Entonces Esaú fue a Ismael, y tomó a Mahalat, hija de Ismael, hijo de Abraham, hermana de Nebaiot, para que fuera su esposa, además de las mujeres que tenía.
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 Y Jacob salió de Beerseba para ir a Harán.
Meanwhile, Jacob left Beersheba and started walking along the road to Haran.
11 Y viniendo a cierto lugar, lo hizo su lugar de descanso para la noche, porque el sol se había puesto; y tomó una de las piedras que estaban allí, y poniéndola bajo su cabeza se fue a dormir a ese lugar.
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 Y tuvo un sueño, y en su sueño vio una escalera que se extendían desde la tierra hasta el cielo, y los ángeles de Dios subían y bajaban sobre 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 Y vio al SEÑOR a su lado, diciendo: Yo soy el Señor, Dios de Abraham tu padre, y Dios de Isaac. Te daré a ti y a tu simiente esta tierra sobre la cual duermes.
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 cubrirá toda la tierra del occidente y del oriente, del norte y del sur; tú y tu simiente serás un nombre de bendición para 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 Y en verdad, estaré contigo y te mantendré dondequiera que vayas, guiándote de regreso a esta tierra; y no te abandonaré 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 Y Jacob, despertando de su sueño, dijo: En verdad, el Señor está en este lugar y yo no estaba consciente de ello.
[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 Y vino temor sobre él, y dijo: Este es un lugar santo; esto es nada menos que la casa de Dios y 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 Y al principio de la mañana, Jacob tomó la piedra que había estado debajo de su cabeza, y la puso como una columna y le puso aceite.
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 Y le puso a ese lugar el nombre de Bet-el, pero antes de esa época, el pueblo se llamaba Luz.
He named that place Bethel, [which means ‘house of God’.] Previously its name was Luz.
20 Entonces Jacob tomó juramento, y dijo: Si Dios fuera conmigo, y guárdare mi viaje, y me de comida y ropa para poner,
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 Para que yo regrese en paz a la casa de mi padre, tomaré al Señor como 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 Y esta piedra que puse por señal, será la casa de Dios; y de todo lo que me des, te daré 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.”
