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

Then Isaac called Jacob and blessed him, and charged him, and said to him: “You shall not take a wife from 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 Padan Aram, to the house of Bethuel your mother’s father; and take yourself a wife from there of the daughters of Laban your mother’s brother.

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

“May God Almighty bless you, And make you fruitful and multiply you, That you may be an assembly 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 you the blessing of Abraham, To you and your descendants with you, That you may inherit the land In which you are a stranger, Which God gave to Abraham.”

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

So Isaac sent Jacob away, and he went to Padan Aram, to Laban the son of Bethuel the Syrian, the brother of Rebekah, the mother of Jacob and Esau. Esau Marries Mahalath

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.»

Esau saw that Isaac had blessed Jacob and sent him away to Padan Aram to take himself a wife from there, and that as he blessed him he gave him a charge, saying, “You shall not take a wife from the daughters of Canaan,”

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

and that Jacob had obeyed his father and his mother and had gone to Padan Aram.

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

Also Esau saw that the daughters of Canaan did not please his father Isaac.

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

So Esau went to Ishmael and took Mahalath the daughter of Ishmael, Abraham’s son, the sister of Nebajoth, to be his wife in addition to the wives he had. Jacob’s Vow at Bethel

10 و َغادَرَ يَعقُوبُ بِئْرَ السَّبْعِ مُتَّجِهاً إلَى حارانَ.

Now Jacob went out from Beersheba 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.

So he came to a certain place and stayed there all night, because the sun had set. And he took one of the stones of that place and put it at his head, and he 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.

Then he dreamed, and behold, a ladder was set up on the earth, and its top reached to heaven; and there the angels of God were 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, the Lord stood above it and said: “I am the Lord God of Abraham your father and the God of Isaac; the land on which you lie I will give to you and your descendants.

14 و َسَيَكُونُ نَسلُكَ بِعَدَدِ ذَرّاتِ تُرابِ الأرْضِ. وَسَيَنتَشِرُونَ غَرْباً وَشَرقاً وَشَمالاً وَجَنُوباً. وَسَتأْتِي عَلَى كُلِّ شُعُوبِ الأرْضِ بَرَكَةٌ مِنْ خِلالِكَ وَخِلالِ نَسلِكَ.

Also your descendants shall be as the dust of the earth; you shall spread abroad to the west and the east, to the north and the south; and in you and in your seed all the families of the earth shall be blessed.

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

Behold, I am with you and will keep you wherever you go, and will bring you back to this land; for I will not leave you until I have done what I have spoken to you.”

16 ف َأفاقَ يَعقُوبُ مِنْ نَومِهِ وَقالَ: «إنَّ اللهَ فِي هَذا المَكانِ حَقّاً وَأنا لا أعلمُ!»

Then Jacob awoke from his sleep and said, “Surely the Lord is in this place, and I did not know it. ”

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 awesome 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.

Then Jacob rose early in the morning, and took the stone that he had put at his head, set it up as a pillar, and poured oil on top of it.

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

And he called the name of that place Bethel; but the name of that city had been Luz previously.

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

Then Jacob made a vow, saying, “If God will be with me, and keep me in this way that I am going, and give me bread to eat and clothing to put on,

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

so that I come back to my father’s house in peace, then the Lord shall be my God.

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

And this stone which I have set as a pillar shall be God’s house, and of all that You give me I will surely give a tenth to You.”