1 ث ُمَّ دَعا إسْحاقُ يَعقُوبَ وَبارَكَهُ، وَأوصاهُ: «لا تَتَزَوَّجْ مِنَ امْرأةٍ كَنْعانِيَّةٍ.

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.

2 ب َلِ اذْهَبْ فَوراً إلَى فَدَّانَ أرامَ. إلَى بَيتِ بَتُوئِيلَ، أبِي أُمِّكَ. وَتَزَوَّجِ امْرأةً مِنْ هُناكَ، مِنْ بَناتِ خالِكَ لابانَ.

Arise, go to Paddan-aram, to the house of Bethuel thy mother's father. And take thee a wife from thence of the daughters of Laban thy mother's brother.

3 ل ْيُبارِكْكَ اللهُ الجَبّارُ. وَلْيُعطِكَ أبْناءً كَثِيرِينَ فَتُصْبِحَ أباً لِمَجمُوعَةٍ مِنَ الشُّعُوبِ.

And God Almighty bless thee, and make thee fruitful, and multiply thee, that thou mayest be a company of peoples.

4 ل ِيُبارِكْكَ اللهُ كَما بارَكَ إبْراهِيمَ، أنتَ وَنَسلَكَ مَعاً. لِيُبارِكْكَ هَكَذا فَتَمْتَلِكَ الأرْضَ الَّتِي تَعِيشُ فِيها غَرِيباً، الأرْضَ الَّتِي أعطاها اللهُ لإبْراهِيمَ.»

And give thee the blessing of Abraham, to thee, and to thy seed with thee. That thou mayest inherit the land of thy sojournings, which God gave unto Abraham.

5 ف َأرْسَلَ إسْحاقُ يَعقُوبَ. فَمَضَى يَعقُوبُ إلَى فَدَّانَ أرامَ، إلَى لابانَ بْنِ بَتُوئِيلَ الأرامِيِّ الَّذِي كانَ أخا رِفْقَةَ، أُمِّ يَعقُوبَ وَعِيسُو.

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

6 ع َلِمَ عِيسُو أنَّ إسْحاقَ بارَكَ يَعقُوبَ وَأرسَلَهُ إلَى فَدَّانَ أرامَ لِيَتَزَوَّجَ مِنِ امْرأةٍ مِنْ هُناكَ. وَعَلِمَ أيضاً أنَّ إسْحاقَ لَمّا بارَكَهُ أوصاهُ: «لا تَتَزَوَّجْ مِنَ امْرأةٍ كَنْعانِيَّةٍ.»

Now Esau saw that Isaac had blessed Jacob and sent him away to Paddan-aram, 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 daughters of Canaan.

7 و َعَلِمَ أنَّ يَعقُوبَ أطاعَ أباهُ وَأُمَّهُ وَذَهَبَ إلَى فَدَّانَ أرامَ.

And that Jacob obeyed his father and his mother, and was gone to Paddan-aram.

8 ف َفَهِمَ عِيسُو أنَّ أباهُ إسْحاقَ لَمْ يَكُنْ راضِياً عَنِ الكَنْعانِيّاتِ.

And Esau saw that the daughters of Canaan pleased not Isaac his father.

9 ف َذَهَبَ عِيسُو إلَى إسْماعِيلَ وَتَزَوَّجَ مِنْ مَحلَةَ بِنْتِ إسْماعِيلَ بْنِ إبْراهِيمَ، أُختِ نَبايُوتَ، عَلَى زَوجَتَيهِ. حُلْمُ يَعْقُوبَ فِي بَيتَ إيل

And Esau went unto 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 و َغادَرَ يَعقُوبُ بِئْرَ السَّبْعِ مُتَّجِهاً إلَى حارانَ.

And Jacob went out from Beer-sheba, and went toward Haran.

11 و َوَصَلَ إلَى مَكانٍ حَيثُ باتَ لَيلَتَهُ هُناكَ، لِأنَّ الشَّمْسَ قَدْ غَرُبَتْ. فَأخَذَ أحَدَ الحِجارَةِ فِي ذَلِكَ المَكانِ وَوَضَعَهُ تَحتَ رَأْسِهِ، وَاسْتَلْقَى فِي ذَلِكَ المَكانِ لِيَنامَ.

And he lighted upon a certain place, and tarried there all night, because the sun was set. And he took one of the stones of the place, and put it under his head, and lay down in that place to sleep.

12 و َرَأى فِي حُلْمٍ سُلَّماً قائِمَةً عَلَى الأرْضِ. وَقِمَّتُها تَصِلُ السَّماءَ. وَكانَتْ مَلائِكَةُ اللهِ تَصعَدُ وَتَنْزِلُ عَلَيها.

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 و َكانَ اللهُ واقِفاً فَوْقَها. فَقالَ اللهُ: «أنا إلَهُ أبِيكَ إبْراهِيمَ، وَإلَهُ إسْحاقَ. سَأُعطِيكَ وَنَسلَكَ الأرْضَ الَّتِي أنتَ مُضطَجِعٌ عَلَيها.

And, behold, Jehovah stood above it, and said, I am Jehovah, the 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 و َسَيَكُونُ نَسلُكَ بِعَدَدِ ذَرّاتِ تُرابِ الأرْضِ. وَسَيَنتَشِرُونَ غَرْباً وَشَرقاً وَشَمالاً وَجَنُوباً. وَسَتأْتِي عَلَى كُلِّ شُعُوبِ الأرْضِ بَرَكَةٌ مِنْ خِلالِكَ وَخِلالِ نَسلِكَ.

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 « وَها أنا مَعَكَ. سَأحمِيكَ حَيثُما تَذهَبُ. وَسَأُعِيدُكَ إلَى هَذِهِ الأرْضِ. وَسَتَعلَمُ أنِّي لَمْ أترُكْكَ حِينَ أفِي بِوَعدِيَ لَكَ.»

And, behold, I am with thee, and will keep thee, whithersoever 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 ف َأفاقَ يَعقُوبُ مِنْ نَومِهِ وَقالَ: «إنَّ اللهَ فِي هَذا المَكانِ حَقّاً وَأنا لا أعلمُ!»

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

17 ف َخافَ وَقالَ: «ما أرْهَبَ هَذا المَكانَ! ما هَذا سِوَى بَيْتِ اللهِ! وَما هَذِهِ سِوَى بَوّابَةِ السَّماءِ!»

And he was afraid, and said, How dreadful is this place! This is none other than the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven.

18 ف َبَكَّرَ يَعقُوبُ فِي الصَّباحِ، وَأخَذَ الحَجَرَ الَّذِي وَضَعَهُ تَحْتَ رَأِسِهِ، وَأقامَهُ نَصَباً تَذْكاريّاً، وَسَكَبَ فَوقَهُ زَيتاً.

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

19 و َسَمَّى ذَلِكَ المَكانَ بَيتَ إيلَ. وَكانَ اسْمُ المَدِينَةِ لُوزَ قَبلَ ذَلِكَ.

And he called the name of that place Beth-el. But the name of the city was Luz at the first.

20 و َنَذَرَ يَعقُوبُ نَذْراً فَقالَ: «إنْ كانَ اللهُ مَعِي، وَإنْ حَمانِي فِي رِحلَتِي هَذِهِ، وَأعطانِي طَعاماً لِآكُلَ وَثِياباً لِألبَسَ.

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 و َإنْ أرجَعَنِي بِأمانٍ إلَى أهلِي، فَإنَّ يهوه سَيَكُونُ هُوَ إلَهِي.

so that I come again to my father's house in peace, and Jehovah will be my God,

22 و َسَأجعَلُ هَذا الحَجَرَ الَّذِي أقَمْتُهُ نَصَباً تَذْكاريّاً يَكُونُ بَيتَ اللهِ. وَسَأُعطِي اللهَ عُشْرَ كُلِّ شَيءٍ يُعطِينِي.»

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