1 以撒把雅各叫了来， 给他祝福， 并且吩咐他， 说： "你不可娶迦南的女子为妻。 2 起来， 到巴旦．亚兰你外祖父彼土利的家里去， 在那里娶你舅父拉班的一个女儿为妻。 3 愿全能的 神赐福给你， 使你繁殖增多， 成为大族。 4 愿 神把应许给亚伯拉罕的福， 赐给你和你的后裔， 使你可以得着你寄居的地为业， 就是 神赐给亚伯拉罕的。" 5 于是， 以撒打发雅各去了， 雅各就往巴旦．亚兰去， 到了亚兰人彼土利的儿子拉班那里。拉班就是雅各和以扫的母亲利百加的哥哥。 6 以扫见以撒给雅各祝福， 又打发他到巴旦．亚兰去， 在那里娶妻； 又见以撒给雅各祝福的时候， 吩咐他说： "你不可娶迦南的女子为妻"； 7 又见雅各听从了他父母的话， 到巴旦．亚兰去了； 8 以扫就看出， 他父亲以撒不喜欢迦南的女子。 9 于是， 以扫到以实玛利那里去， 在他两个妻子以外， 娶了玛哈拉为妻。玛哈拉就是亚伯拉罕的儿子以实玛利的女儿， 尼拜约的妹妹。 10 雅各离开别是巴， 到哈兰去。 11 来到一个地方， 就在那里过夜， 因为太阳已经落了。他拾起那地方的一块石头， 把它放在头底下作枕头， 就在那里躺下睡了。 12 他作了一个梦， 梦见一个梯子立在地上， 梯顶直通到天， 神的众使者在梯子上下往来。 13 耶和华站在梯子上， 说： "我是耶和华你祖父亚伯拉罕的 神， 也是以撒的 神， 我要把你现在躺着的这块地赐给你和你的后裔。 14 你的后裔必像地面的灰尘那么多； 你必向东、南、西、北扩展； 地上的万族必因你和你的后裔得福。 15 我与你同在， 你无论到哪里去， 我必看顾你； 我必领你回到这地方来， 因为我必不离弃你， 直到我实现了我对你所应许的。" 16 雅各一觉醒来， 说： "耶和华确实在这地方， 我竟不知道！ " 17 他就惧怕起来， 说： "这地方多么可畏啊， 这不是别的地方， 而是 神的殿， 是天的门。" 18 雅各清早起来， 把他曾经放在头底下作枕头的那块石头， 立作石柱， 在柱上浇了油。 19 他就给那地方起名叫伯特利， 但那城起初名叫路斯。 20 于是雅各许了一个愿说： "如果 神与我同在， 在我所走的路上看顾我， 赐我食物吃， 给我衣服穿， 21 使我可以平平安安地回到我的父家， 我就必定以耶和华为我的 神， 22 我立作石柱的那块石头， 必作 神的殿； 你赐给我的一切， 我必把十分之一献给你。"

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;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;3 and God Almighty doth bless thee, and make thee fruitful, and multiply thee, and thou hast become an assembly of peoples;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.`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.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 --7 that Jacob hearkeneth unto his father and unto his mother, and goeth to Padan-Aram --8 and Esau seeth that the daughters of Canaan are evil in the eyes of Isaac his father,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.10 And Jacob goeth out from Beer-Sheba, and goeth toward Haran,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.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;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;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.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.`16 And Jacob awaketh out of his sleep, and saith, `Surely Jehovah is in this place, and I knew not;`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.`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,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.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 --21 when I have turned back in peace unto the house of my father, and Jehovah hath become my God,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.`