Genesis 28 – NIV & CCB

New International Version

Genesis 28:1-22

1So Isaac called for Jacob and blessed him. Then he commanded him: “Do not marry a Canaanite woman. 2Go at once to Paddan Aram,28:2 That is, Northwest Mesopotamia; also in verses 5, 6 and 7 to the house of your mother’s father Bethuel. Take a wife for yourself there, from among the daughters of Laban, your mother’s brother. 3May God Almighty28:3 Hebrew El-Shaddai bless you and make you fruitful and increase your numbers until you become a community of peoples. 4May he give you and your descendants the blessing given to Abraham, so that you may take possession of the land where you now reside as a foreigner, the land God gave to Abraham.” 5Then Isaac sent Jacob on his way, and he went to Paddan Aram, to Laban son of Bethuel the Aramean, the brother of Rebekah, who was the mother of Jacob and Esau.

6Now 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,” 7and that Jacob had obeyed his father and mother and had gone to Paddan Aram. 8Esau then realized how displeasing the Canaanite women were to his father Isaac; 9so he went to Ishmael and married Mahalath, the sister of Nebaioth and daughter of Ishmael son of Abraham, in addition to the wives he already had.

Jacob’s Dream at Bethel

10Jacob left Beersheba and set out for Harran. 11When he reached a certain place, he stopped for the night because the sun had set. Taking one of the stones there, he put it under his head and lay down to sleep. 12He had a dream 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. 13There above it28:13 Or There beside him stood the Lord, and he said: “I am the Lord, the God of your father Abraham and the God of Isaac. I will give you and your descendants the land on which you are lying. 14Your descendants will be like the dust of the earth, and you will spread out to the west and to the east, to the north and to the south. All peoples on earth will be blessed through you and your offspring.28:14 Or will use your name and the name of your offspring in blessings (see 48:20) 15I am with you and will watch over you wherever you go, and I will bring you back to this land. I will not leave you until I have done what I have promised you.”

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

18Early the next morning Jacob took the stone he had placed under his head and set it up as a pillar and poured oil on top of it. 19He called that place Bethel,28:19 Bethel means house of God. though the city used to be called Luz.

20Then Jacob made a vow, saying, “If God will be with me and will watch over me on this journey I am taking and will give me food to eat and clothes to wear 21so that I return safely to my father’s household, then the Lord28:20,21 Or Since God… father’s household, the Lord will be my God 22and28:21,22 Or household, and the Lord will be my God, 22 then this stone that I have set up as a pillar will be God’s house, and of all that you give me I will give you a tenth.”

Chinese Contemporary Bible (Simplified)

创世记 28:1-22

1以撒雅各叫来,给他祝福,又嘱咐他说:“你不要娶迦南的女子为妻。 2马上去巴旦·亚兰,到你外祖父彼土利家,在你舅父拉班的女儿中选一个做妻子。 3愿全能的上帝赐福给你,使你的子孙众多,成为许多民族。 4愿上帝把赐给亚伯拉罕的福气赐给你和你的后代,让你承受你寄居之地为产业,就是上帝赐给亚伯拉罕的地方。” 5以撒雅各前往巴旦·亚兰,去亚兰人彼土利的儿子拉班那里。拉班雅各以扫的舅父。

6以扫看见父亲给雅各祝福,让他到巴旦·亚兰娶妻,叮嘱他不要娶迦南的女子, 7又看见雅各听从父母到巴旦·亚兰去了, 8就知道父亲以撒不喜欢迦南的女子。 9他便到亚伯拉罕的儿子以实玛利那里,娶了以实玛利的女儿、尼拜约的妹妹玛哈拉为妻。他娶玛哈拉以前已经有两个妻子了。

雅各的梦

10雅各离开别示巴,前往哈兰11到了一个地方,太阳已经下山,他便在那里过夜。他枕着一块石头睡觉, 12梦中看见有个梯子立在地上,直通到天上,梯子上有上帝的天使上上下下。 13耶和华站在梯子上28:13 在梯子上”或译“在他旁边”。雅各说:“我是耶和华,是你祖父亚伯拉罕的上帝,也是以撒的上帝。我要把你现在躺卧的地方赐给你和你的后代。 14你的后代必多如地上的尘沙,遍布四方,地上万族必因你和你的后代而蒙福。 15我与你同在,无论你去哪里,我都会保护你,领你返回这片土地。我必实现对你的应许,决不离弃你。”

16雅各一觉醒来,说:“耶和华居然在这里,我却不知道。” 17他就害怕起来,说:“这地方何等可畏!这里是上帝的家,是通天的大门。”

18雅各清早起来,把枕的那块石头立成柱子作记号,在上面浇上油。 19他称那地方为伯特利28:19 伯特利”意思是“上帝的家”。,那地方以前叫路斯20雅各许愿说:“如果上帝与我同在,在路上保护我,供给我衣食, 21带领我平安地回到父亲的家,我就一定敬奉耶和华为我的上帝。 22我立为柱子的这块石头必成为上帝的殿。凡你赐给我的,我必把十分之一献给你。”