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28 Gani ginpatawag ni Isaac si Jacob. Pag-abot niya, ginbendisyunan niya siya kag ginmanduan, “Indi ka gid magpangasawa sang taga-Canaan. Maghimos ka kag magkadto sa Padan Aram, didto kay lolo mo Betuel nga amay sang imo iloy. Pangasaw-a didto ang isa sa mga dalaga nga anak ni Laban nga utod sang imo iloy. Kabay pa nga pakamaayuhon ka sang Makagagahom nga Dios kag hatagan sang madamo nga mga kaliwat agod mangin amay ka sang madamo nga grupo sang mga katawhan. Kabay pa nga ihatag man niya sa imo kag sa imo mga kaliwat ang pagpakamaayo nga ginhatag niya kay Abraham, agod mangin imo ini nga duta nga imo ginaestaran subong bilang dumuluong. Ini nga duta ginhatag sang Dios kay Abraham.” Ginpalakat dayon ni Isaac si Jacob sa Padan Aram, sa lugar ni Laban nga anak ni Betuel nga Arameanhon. Si Laban utod ni Rebeka nga iloy ni Jacob kag ni Esau.

Nagpangasawa Liwat si Esau

Nahibaluan ni Esau nga ginbendisyunan ni Isaac si Jacob kag ginpakadto sa Padan Aram agod didto mangita sang palangasaw-on. Nahibaluan man niya nga sang pagbendisyon ni Isaac kay Jacob, ginmanduan niya siya nga indi magpangasawa sang taga-Canaan. Kag nahibaluan man niya nga nagtuman si Jacob sa ila ginikanan kag nagkadto sa Padan Aram. Gani natalupangdan ni Esau nga indi gali gusto sang iya amay ang mga babayi nga taga-Canaan. Gani nagkadto siya sa iya tiyo nga si Ishmael nga anak ni Abraham kay Hagar. Luwas sang iya duha ka asawa, ginpangasawa pa gid niya si Mahalat nga anak ni Ishmael kag utod ni Nebayot.

Nagdamgo si Jacob sa Betel

10 Naghalin si Jacob sa Beersheba kag naglakat pakadto sa Haran. 11 Sang nagsalop na ang adlaw, nakaabot siya sa isa ka lugar kag didto siya nagpabilin sadto nga gab-i. Nagkuha siya sang isa ka bato kag iya gin-unlan sa iya pagtulog. 12 Karon, nagdamgo siya nga may isa ka hagdan nga nagatindog sa duta nga lambot hasta sa langit. Nakita niya ang mga anghel sang Dios nga nagasaka-panaog sa hagdan. 13 Nakita man niya ang Ginoo nga nagatindog sa ibabaw sang hagdan[a] kag nagsiling sa iya, “Ako amo ang Ginoo, ang Dios ni Abraham kag ni Isaac. Ihatag ko sa imo kag sa imo mga kaliwat ini nga duta nga imo ginahigdaan. 14 Ang imo mga kaliwat mangin pareho kadamo sang yab-ok sa duta. Magalapta sila sa nagkalain-lain nga bahin sang sini nga duta. Paagi sa imo kag sa imo mga kaliwat, pakamaayuhon ko ang tanan nga katawhan sa kalibutan. 15 Tandai gid permi nga kaupod mo ako kag bantayan ko ikaw bisan diin ka makadto. Pabalikon ko ikaw sa sini nga duta kag indi ko ikaw pagbayaan hasta nga matuman ko ang akon promisa sa imo.”

16 Nakabugtaw dayon si Jacob kag nagsiling sa iya kaugalingon, “Wala ako kahibalo nga ari gali diri ang Ginoo sa sini nga lugar.” 17 Kinulbaan siya kag nagsiling, “Daw ano ka makatilingala ang ini nga lugar! Puluy-an ini sang Dios kag diri mismo ang puwertahan pakadto sa langit.”

18 Aga pa gid nagbangon si Jacob. Ginkuha niya ang bato nga iya gin-unlan kag ginpatindog bilang isa ka handumanan. Dayon ginbubuan niya ini sang lana agod mangin sagrado. 19 Gin-ngalanan ni Jacob ato nga lugar nga Betel.[b] Pero sang una Luz ang ngalan sang ato nga lugar. 20 Nagsumpa dayon si Jacob nga nagasiling, “O Dios, kon updan mo ako kag bantayan sa sining akon pagpanglakaton kag hatagan sang pagkaon kag bayo, 21 kag kon makabalik ako sa balay sang akon amay nga wala sing malain nga natabo sa akon, kilalahon ko ikaw, Ginoo, nga akon Dios. 22 Ining bato nga akon ginpatindog bilang isa ka handumanan magapamatuod sang imo presensya sa sini nga lugar.[c] Kag ihatag ko sa imo ang ikanapulo sang tanan nga ihatag mo sa akon.”

Footnotes

  1. 28:13 sa ibabaw sang hagdan: ukon, sa tupad niya.
  2. 28:19 Betel: buot silingon sa Hebreo, puluy-an sang Dios.
  3. 28:22 magapamatuod… lugar: sa literal, mangin puluy-an sang Dios.

28 So Isaac called for Jacob and blessed(A) him. Then he commanded him: “Do not marry a Canaanite woman.(B) Go at once to Paddan Aram,[a](C) to the house of your mother’s father Bethuel.(D) Take a wife for yourself there, from among the daughters of Laban, your mother’s brother.(E) May God Almighty[b](F) bless(G) you and make you fruitful(H) and increase your numbers(I) until you become a community of peoples. May he give you and your descendants the blessing given to Abraham,(J) so that you may take possession of the land(K) where you now reside as a foreigner,(L) the land God gave to Abraham.” Then Isaac sent Jacob on his way,(M) and he went to Paddan Aram,(N) to Laban son of Bethuel the Aramean,(O) the brother of Rebekah,(P) who was the mother of Jacob and Esau.

Now Esau learned that Isaac had blessed Jacob and had sent him to Paddan Aram to take a wife from there, and that when he blessed him he commanded him, “Do not marry a Canaanite woman,”(Q) and that Jacob had obeyed his father and mother and had gone to Paddan Aram. Esau then realized how displeasing the Canaanite women(R) were to his father Isaac;(S) so he went to Ishmael(T) and married Mahalath, the sister of Nebaioth(U) and daughter of Ishmael son of Abraham, in addition to the wives he already had.(V)

Jacob’s Dream at Bethel

10 Jacob left Beersheba(W) and set out for Harran.(X) 11 When he reached a certain place,(Y) he stopped for the night because the sun had set. Taking one of the stones there, he put it under his head(Z) and lay down to sleep. 12 He had a dream(AA) in which he saw a stairway resting on the earth, with its top reaching to heaven, and the angels of God were ascending and descending on it.(AB) 13 There above it[c] stood the Lord,(AC) and he said: “I am the Lord, the God of your father Abraham and the God of Isaac.(AD) I will give you and your descendants the land(AE) on which you are lying.(AF) 14 Your descendants will be like the dust of the earth, and you(AG) will spread out to the west and to the east, to the north and to the south.(AH) All peoples on earth will be blessed through you and your offspring.[d](AI) 15 I am with you(AJ) and will watch over you(AK) wherever you go,(AL) and I will bring you back to this land.(AM) I will not leave you(AN) until I have done what I have promised you.(AO)(AP)

16 When Jacob awoke from his sleep,(AQ) he thought, “Surely the Lord is in this place, and I was not aware of it.” 17 He was afraid and said, “How awesome is this place!(AR) This is none other than the house of God;(AS) this is the gate of heaven.”

18 Early the next morning Jacob took the stone he had placed under his head(AT) and set it up as a pillar(AU) and poured oil on top of it.(AV) 19 He called that place Bethel,[e](AW) though the city used to be called Luz.(AX)

20 Then Jacob made a vow,(AY) saying, “If God will be with me and will watch over me(AZ) on this journey I am taking and will give me food to eat and clothes to wear(BA) 21 so that I return safely(BB) to my father’s household,(BC) then the Lord[f] will be my God(BD) 22 and[g] this stone that I have set up as a pillar(BE) will be God’s house,(BF) and of all that you give me I will give you a tenth.(BG)

Footnotes

  1. Genesis 28:2 That is, Northwest Mesopotamia; also in verses 5, 6 and 7
  2. Genesis 28:3 Hebrew El-Shaddai
  3. Genesis 28:13 Or There beside him
  4. Genesis 28:14 Or will use your name and the name of your offspring in blessings (see 48:20)
  5. Genesis 28:19 Bethel means house of God.
  6. Genesis 28:21 Or Since God … father’s household, the Lord
  7. Genesis 28:22 Or household, and the Lord will be my God, 22 then

28 And Isaac called Jacob, and blessed him, and charged him, and said unto him, Thou shalt not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan.

Arise, go to Padanaram, to the house of Bethuel thy mother's father; and take thee a wife from thence of the daughers of Laban thy mother's brother.

And God Almighty bless thee, and make thee fruitful, and multiply thee, that thou mayest be a multitude of people;

And give thee the blessing of Abraham, to thee, and to thy seed with thee; that thou mayest inherit the land wherein thou art a stranger, which God gave unto Abraham.

And Isaac sent away Jacob: and he went to Padanaram unto Laban, son of Bethuel the Syrian, the brother of Rebekah, Jacob's and Esau's mother.

When Esau saw that Isaac had blessed Jacob, and sent him away to Padanaram, to take him a wife from thence; and that as he blessed him he gave him a charge, saying, Thou shalt not take a wife of the daughers of Canaan;

And that Jacob obeyed his father and his mother, and was gone to Padanaram;

And Esau seeing that the daughters of Canaan pleased not Isaac his father;

Then went Esau unto Ishmael, and took unto the wives which he had Mahalath the daughter of Ishmael Abraham's son, the sister of Nebajoth, to be his wife.

10 And Jacob went out from Beersheba, and went toward Haran.

11 And he lighted upon a certain place, and tarried there all night, because the sun was set; and he took of the stones of that place, and put them for his pillows, and lay down in that place to sleep.

12 And he dreamed, and behold a ladder set up on the earth, and the top of it reached to heaven: and behold the angels of God ascending and descending on it.

13 And, behold, the Lord stood above it, and said, I am the Lord God of Abraham thy father, and the God of Isaac: the land whereon thou liest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed;

14 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 And, behold, I am with thee, and will keep thee in all places whither thou goest, and will bring thee again into this land; for I will not leave thee, until I have done that which I have spoken to thee of.

16 And Jacob awaked out of his sleep, and he said, Surely the Lord is in this place; and I knew it not.

17 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 And Jacob rose up early in the morning, and took the stone that he had put for his pillows, and set it up for a pillar, and poured oil upon the top of it.

19 And he called the name of that place Bethel: but the name of that city was called Luz at the first.

20 And Jacob vowed a vow, saying, If God will be with me, and will keep me in this way that I go, and will give me bread to eat, and raiment to put on,

21 So that I come again to my father's house in peace; then shall the Lord be my God:

22 And this stone, which I have set for a pillar, shall be God's house: and of all that thou shalt give me I will surely give the tenth unto thee.