Bilingual reading

Isaac called Jacob, blessed him, and commanded him, “You shall not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan.

Arise, go to Paddan Aram, to the house of Bethuel your mother’s father. Take a wife from there from the daughters of Laban, your mother’s brother.

May God Almighty bless you, and make you fruitful, and multiply you, that you may be a company of peoples,

and give you the blessing of Abraham, to you and to your offspring with you, that you may inherit the land where you travel, which God gave to Abraham.”

Isaac sent Jacob away. He went to Paddan Aram to Laban, son of Bethuel the Syrian, the brother of Rebekah, Jacob’s and Esau’s mother.

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

and that Jacob obeyed his father and his mother, and was gone to Paddan Aram.

Esau saw that the daughters of Canaan didn’t please Isaac, his father.

So Esau went to Ishmael, and took, in addition to the wives that he had, Mahalath the daughter of Ishmael, Abraham’s son, the sister of Nebaioth, to be his wife.

Jacob went out from Beersheba, and went toward Haran.

He came to a certain place, and stayed there all night, because the sun had set. He took one of the stones of the place, and put it under his head, and lay down in that place to sleep.

He dreamed and saw a stairway set upon the earth, and its top reached to heaven. Behold, the angels of God were ascending and descending on it.

Behold, the LORD stood above it, and said, “I am the LORD, the God of Abraham your father, and the God of Isaac. I will give the land you lie on to you and to your offspring.

Your offspring will be as the dust of the earth, and you will spread abroad to the west, and to the east, and to the north, and to the south. In you and in your offspring, all the families of the earth will be blessed.

Behold, I am with you, and will keep you, wherever you go, and will bring you again into this land. For I will not leave you until I have done that which I have spoken of to you.”

Jacob awakened out of his sleep, and he said, “Surely the LORD is in this place, and I didn’t know it.”

He was afraid, and said, “How awesome this place is! This is none other than God’s house, and this is the gate of heaven.”

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 on its top.

He called the name of that place Bethel, but the name of the city was Luz at the first.

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 clothing to put on,

so that I come again to my father’s house in peace, and the LORD will be my God,

then this stone, which I have set up for a pillar, will be God’s house. Of all that you will give me I will surely give a tenth to you.”

فدَعا إسحٰقُ يَعْقوبَ وبارَكَه وأَوصاه قائلًا له: «لا تأخُذِ ٱمرَأَةً مِن بَناتِ كَنْعان

قُمْ فٱمضِ إِلى فَدَّانَ أَرام، إلى بَيتِ بَتوئيلَ أَبي أُمِّكَ، وتَزَوَّجْ بِٱمرَأَةٍ مِن هُناك، مِن بَناتِ لابانَ خالِكَ

واللهُ القَديرُ يُبارِكُكَ ويُنْميكَ ويُكثِّرُكَ وتَكونُ جَماعَةَ شُعوب

ويُعْطيكَ بَرَكَةَ إِبْراهيمَ، لَكَ ولِنَسلِكَ مَعَكَ، لِتَرِثَ أَرضَ غُربَتِكَ الَّتي وَهَبَهَا اللهُ لإِبْراهيم»

وأَرسَلَ إِسحٰقُ يَعْقوب فمَضى إِلى فَدَّانَ أَرام، إِلى لابانَ بْنِ بَتوئيلَ الأَرامِيّ، أَخي رِفقَةَ أُمِّ يَعْقوبَ وعيسو

ورأَى عيسو أَنَّ إسحٰقَ قد بارَكَ يَعْقوب وأَرسَلَه إِلى فَدَّانَ أَرام، لِيَتَّخِذَ لَه مِن هُناكَ ٱمرَأَةً، وأَنَّه، حين بارَكَه، أَوصاه قائِلًا له: «لا تَتَّخِذْ لَكَ ٱمرَأَةً مِن بَناتِ كَنْعان»

وأَنَّ يَعْقوبَ أَطاعَ أَباه وأُمَّه ومَضى إِلى فَدَّانَ أَرام

ورَأَى عيسو أَنَّ بَناتِ كَنْعانَ شِرِّيراتٌ في عَينَي إِسحٰقَ أَبيه

فمضى عيسو إِلى إِسْماعيل فتَزَوَّجَ مَحلَةَ بِنتَ إِسْماعيلَ بْنِ إِبْراهيم، أُختَ نَبايوت، لِتَكونَ لَه زَوجةً مع نِسائِه

وخَرَجَ يَعْقوبُ مِن بِئرَ سَبْعَ ومَضى إِلى حاران

وٱتَّفَقَ أَنَّه وَجَدَ مَكانًا باتَ فيه، لِأَنَّ الشَّمسَ قد غابَت. فأَخَذَ بَعضَ حِجارةِ المَكان فَوَضَعَه تَحتَ رَأْسِه ونامَ في ذٰلك المَكان

وحَلَمَ حُلْمًا، فإِذا سُلَّمٌ مُنتَصِبٌ على الأرض ورأسُه يُلامِسُ السَّماء، وإِذا مَلائِكَةُ اللهِ صاعِدونَ نازِلونَ علَيه

وإِذا الرَّبُّ واقِفٌ بِالقُربِ مِن يَعْقوب، فقال: «أَنا الرَّبُّ إِلٰهُ إِبْراهيمَ أَبيكَ وإِلٰهُ إِسحٰق. إِنَّ الأَرضَ الَّتي أَنتَ نائِمٌ عليها، لَكَ أُعْطيها ولِنَسلِكَ

ويَكونُ نَسلُكَ كَتُرابِ الأَرض، فتَنْتَشِرُ غَرْبًا وشَرْقًا وشَمالًا وجَنوبًا، ويَتَبارَكُ بِكَ وبِنَسلِكَ جَميعُ عَشائِرِ الأَرض

وها أَنا مَعكَ، أَحفَظُكَ حَيثُما ٱتَّجَهتَ، وسأَرُدُّكَ إِلى هٰذه الأَرض، فإِنِّي لا أَترُكُكَ حَتَّى أَعمَلَ بِما كَلَّمتُكَ بِه»

فَاسْتَيْقَظَ يَعْقُوبُ مِنْ نَوْمِهِ وَقَالَ: «حَقًّا إِنَّ الرَّبَّ فِي هذَا الْمَكَانِ وَأَنَا لَمْ أَعْلَمْ!».

فخافَ وقال: «ما أَرهَبَ هٰذا المكان! ما هٰذا إِلَّا بَيتُ الله! هٰذا بابُ السَّماء!»

ثُمَّ بَكَّرَ يَعْقوبُ في الصَّباح وأَخَذَ الحَجَرَ الَّذي وَضَعَه تَحتَ رأسِه وأَقامَه نُصُبًا وصبَّ على رأسِ الحَجَرِ زَيتًا

وسَمَّى ذٰلك المكانَ بَيتَ إِيل، وكانَ ٱسمُ المَدينَةِ أَوَّلًا لُوز

ونَذَرَ يَعْقوبُ نَذْرًا قائلًا: «إِن كانَ اللهُ معي وحَفِظَني في هٰذا الطَّريقِ الَّذي أَنا سالِكُه، ورَزَقَني خُبْزًا آكُلُه وثَوبًا أَلبَسُه

ورَجَعَتُ سالِمًا إِلى بَيتِ أَبي، يَكونُ الرَّبُّ لي إِلٰهًا

وهذا الحَجَرُ الَّذي جَعَلتُه نُصُبًا يَكونُ بَيتًا للهِ، وكُلُّ ما تَرزُقُني إِيَّاه فإِنِّي أُؤَدِّي لَكَ عُشْرَه»