1 T hen Isaac called Jacob and blessed him, and charged him, and said to him: “You shall not take a wife from the daughters of Canaan.

ثُمَّ دَعا إسْحاقُ يَعقُوبَ وَبارَكَهُ، وَأوصاهُ: «لا تَتَزَوَّجْ مِنَ امْرأةٍ كَنْعانِيَّةٍ.

2 A rise, 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.

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

3 “ May God Almighty bless you, And make you fruitful and multiply you, That you may be an assembly of peoples;

لْيُبارِكْكَ اللهُ الجَبّارُ. وَلْيُعطِكَ أبْناءً كَثِيرِينَ فَتُصْبِحَ أباً لِمَجمُوعَةٍ مِنَ الشُّعُوبِ.

4 A nd 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.”

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

5 S o 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

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

6 E sau 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,”

عَلِمَ 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.»

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

وَعَلِمَ أنَّ يَعقُوبَ أطاعَ أباهُ وَأُمَّهُ وَذَهَبَ إلَى فَدَّانَ أرامَ.

8 A lso Esau saw that the daughters of Canaan did not please his father Isaac.

فَفَهِمَ عِيسُو أنَّ أباهُ إسْحاقَ لَمْ يَكُنْ راضِياً عَنِ الكَنْعانِيّاتِ.

9 S o 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

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

10 N ow Jacob went out from Beersheba and went toward Haran.

وَغادَرَ يَعقُوبُ بِئْرَ السَّبْعِ مُتَّجِهاً إلَى حارانَ.

11 S o 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.

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

12 T hen 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.

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

13 A nd 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.

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

14 A lso 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.

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

15 B ehold, 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.”

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

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

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

17 A nd 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!”

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

18 T hen 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.

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

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

وَسَمَّى ذَلِكَ المَكانَ بَيتَ إيلَ. وَكانَ اسْمُ المَدِينَةِ لُوزَ قَبلَ ذَلِكَ.

20 T hen 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,

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

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

وَإنْ أرجَعَنِي بِأمانٍ إلَى أهلِي، فَإنَّ يهوه سَيَكُونُ هُوَ إلَهِي.

22 A nd 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.”

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