1 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 Arise, go to Padan-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 And God Almighty bless thee, and make thee fruitful, and multiply thee, that thou mayest be a multitude of people; 4 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. 5 And Isaac sent away Jacob: and he went to Padan-aram unto Laban, son of Bethuel the Syrian, the brother of Rebekah, Jacob’s and Esau’s mother.
6 ¶ When Esau saw that Isaac had blessed Jacob, and sent him away to Padan-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 And that Jacob obeyed his father and his mother, and was gone to Padan-aram; 8 And Esau seeing that the daughters of Canaan pleased not Isaac his father; 9 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 Beer-sheba, 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 Beth-el: 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.
1 Īzaks pasauca Jēkabu, svētīja viņu un pavēlēja: “Neņem sev sievu no Kanaāna meitām! 2 Dodies uz Padān-Arāmu, uz savas mātes tēva Betuēla namu, un ņem sev sievu no turienes, no sava mātesbrāļa Lābana meitām. 3 Visvarenais Dievs tevi svētīs, darīs tevi auglīgu, vairos tevi un darīs par tautu pulku! 4 Viņš tev dos Ābrahāma svētību, tev un taviem pēcnācējiem pēc tevis, lai tu iemanto to zemi, kur tu mīti, kuru Dievs deva Ābrahāmam!” 5 Un Īzaks atlaida Jēkabu, un viņš devās uz Padān-Arāmu pie aramieša Lābana, Betuēla dēla, Jēkaba un Ēsava mātes Rebekas brāļa.
Ēsavs ņem sievu no Ismaēla meitām
6 Ēsavs redzēja, ka Īzaks ir svētījis Jēkabu un sūtījis viņu uz Padān-Arāmu, lai viņš no turienes ņem sev sievu, un ka, viņu svētīdams, ir pavēlējis: “Neņem sev sievu no Kanaāna meitām!” – 7 un Jēkabs ir paklausījis savam tēvam un mātei un devies uz Padān-Arāmu. 8 Ēsavs redzēja, ka viņa tēvam Īzakam netīk Kanaāna meitas. 9 Tad Ēsavs gāja pie Ismaēla un ņēma sev vēl klāt pie citām sievām Mahalatu, Ābrahāma dēla Ismaēla meitu, Nebājota māsu.
Jēkaba sapnis
10 Jēkabs izgāja no Bēršebas un devās uz Hārānu. 11 Viņš tuvojās kādai vietai un palika tur pa nakti, jo norietēja saule. Viņš ņēma akmeni no tās vietas, lika sev pagalvī un nolikās gulēt tai vietā. 12 Viņš sapņoja, un, re, zemē noliktas kāpnes un to gals sniedzas debesīs, un, re, Dieva eņģeļi kāpj pa tām augšup lejup. 13 Un, re, Kungs nostājies augšā un saka: “Es esmu Kungs, tava tēva Ābrahāma Dievs un Īzaka Dievs! To zemi, kur tu guli, es došu tev un taviem pēcnācējiem! 14 Un tavu pēcnācēju būs tik, cik putekļu uz zemes, un tu izpletīsies uz rietumiem un austrumiem, uz ziemeļiem un dienvidiem, un visas zemes dzimtas tiks svētītas tevī un tavos pēcnācējos! 15 Un, redzi, es būšu ar tevi, es sargāšu tevi visur, kur tu iesi, un es atvedīšu tevi atpakaļ uz šo zemi, jo es tevi nepametīšu, līdz nebūšu izdarījis to, ko tev apsolīju!”
16 Tad Jēkabs pamodās no miega un teica: “Tiešām Kungs ir šajā vietā, bet es nezināju!” 17 Un viņš bijās un teica: “Cik baisa šī vieta! Kas cits, ja ne Dieva nams? Un šie ir debesu vārti!” 18 Un Jēkabs cēlās agri no rīta, ņēma akmeni, kas viņam bija pagalvī, uzslēja to par piemiņas stabu un izlēja uz tā eļļu. 19 To vietu viņš nosauca vārdā Bētele , bet iepriekš tās vietas vārds bija Lūza. 20 Un Jēkabs zvērēja, sacīdams: “Ja Kungs Dievs būs ar mani un sargās mani šajā ceļā, ko eju, un dos man maizi, ko ēst, un drānas, ko vilkt, 21 un es sveikā atgriezīšos sava tēva namā, tad Kungs būs man par Dievu! 22 Un šis akmens, ko es uzslēju par piemiņas stabu, būs Dieva nams! No visa, ko tu man dosi, desmito daļu es atdošu tev!”
