¹Vocavit itaque Isaac Jacob,And so Isaac called for Jacob,et benedixit eum,and he blessed him,præcepitque ei dicens:and he instructed him, saying:Noli accipere conjugem de genere Chanaan:“Do not be willing to accept a mate from the family of Canaan.

¹Vocavit itaque Isaac Jacob,And so Isaac called for Jacob,et benedixit eum,and he blessed him,præcepitque ei dicens:and he instructed him, saying:Noli accipere conjugem de genere Chanaan:“Do not be willing to accept a mate from the family of Canaan.

²sed vade, et proficiscere in Mesopotamiam Syriæ,But go, and journey to Mesopotamia of Syria,ad domum Bathuel patris matris tuæ,to the house of Bethuel, your mother’s father,et accipe tibi inde uxorem de filiabus Laban avunculi tui.and there accept for yourself a wife from the daughters of Laban, your maternal uncle.

²sed vade, et proficiscere in Mesopotamiam Syriæ,But go, and journey to Mesopotamia of Syria,ad domum Bathuel patris matris tuæ,to the house of Bethuel, your mother’s father,et accipe tibi inde uxorem de filiabus Laban avunculi tui.and there accept for yourself a wife from the daughters of Laban, your maternal uncle.

³Deus autem omnipotens benedicat tibi,And may God almighty bless you,et crescere te faciat,and may he cause you to increaseatque multiplicet,and also to multiply,ut sis in turbas populorum.so that you may be influential among the people.

³Deus autem omnipotens benedicat tibi,And may God almighty bless you,et crescere te faciat,and may he cause you to increaseatque multiplicet,and also to multiply,ut sis in turbas populorum.so that you may be influential among the people.

⁴Et det tibi benedictiones Abrahæ,And may he give the blessings of Abraham to you,et semini tuo post te:and to your offspring after you,ut possideas terram peregrinationis tuæ,so that you may possess the land of your sojourning,quam pollicitus est avo tuo.which he promised to your grandfather.”

⁴Et det tibi benedictiones Abrahæ,And may he give the blessings of Abraham to you,et semini tuo post te:and to your offspring after you,ut possideas terram peregrinationis tuæ,so that you may possess the land of your sojourning,quam pollicitus est avo tuo.which he promised to your grandfather.”

⁵Cumque dimisisset eum Isaac, profectus venit in Mesopotamiam Syriæ ad Laban filium Bathuel Syri, fratrem Rebeccæ matris suæ.And when Isaac had dismissed him, setting out, he went to Mesopotamia of Syria, to Laban, the son of Bethuel, the Syrian, the brother to Rebekah, his mother.

⁵Cumque dimisisset eum Isaac, profectus venit in Mesopotamiam Syriæ ad Laban filium Bathuel Syri, fratrem Rebeccæ matris suæ.And when Isaac had dismissed him, setting out, he went to Mesopotamia of Syria, to Laban, the son of Bethuel, the Syrian, the brother to Rebekah, his mother.

⁶Videns autem Esau quod benedixisset pater suus Jacob, et misisset eum in Mesopotamiam Syriæ,But Esau, seeing that his father had blessed Jacob and had sent him into Mesopotamia of Syria,ut inde uxorem duceret;to take a wife from there,et quod post benedictionem præcepisset ei,and that, after the blessing, he had instructed him,dicens:saying:Non accipies uxorem de filiabus Chanaan:‘You shall not accept a wife from the daughters of Canaan,’

⁶Videns autem Esau quod benedixisset pater suus Jacob, et misisset eum in Mesopotamiam Syriæ,But Esau, seeing that his father had blessed Jacob and had sent him into Mesopotamia of Syria,ut inde uxorem duceret;to take a wife from there,et quod post benedictionem præcepisset ei,and that, after the blessing, he had instructed him,dicens:saying:Non accipies uxorem de filiabus Chanaan:‘You shall not accept a wife from the daughters of Canaan,’

⁷quodque obediens Jacob parentibus suis isset in Syriam:and that Jacob, obeying his parents, had gone into Syria,

⁷quodque obediens Jacob parentibus suis isset in Syriam:and that Jacob, obeying his parents, had gone into Syria,

⁸probans quoque quod non libenter aspiceret filias Chanaan pater suus:having evidence also that his father did not look with favor upon the daughters of Canaan,

⁸probans quoque quod non libenter aspiceret filias Chanaan pater suus:having evidence also that his father did not look with favor upon the daughters of Canaan,

⁹ivit ad Ismaëlem,he went to Ishmael,et duxit uxorem absque iis, quas prius habebat,and he took as a wife, beside those he had before,Maheleth filiam Ismaël filii Abraham,Mahalath, the daughter of Ishmael, Abraham’s son,sororem Nabaioth.the sister of Nebaioth.

⁹ivit ad Ismaëlem,he went to Ishmael,et duxit uxorem absque iis, quas prius habebat,and he took as a wife, beside those he had before,Maheleth filiam Ismaël filii Abraham,Mahalath, the daughter of Ishmael, Abraham’s son,sororem Nabaioth.the sister of Nebaioth.

¹⁰Igitur egressus Jacob de Bersabee,Meanwhile Jacob, having departed from Beersheba,pergebat Haran.continued on to Haran.

¹⁰Igitur egressus Jacob de Bersabee,Meanwhile Jacob, having departed from Beersheba,pergebat Haran.continued on to Haran.

¹¹Cumque venisset ad quemdam locum,And when he had arrived at a certain place,et vellet in eo requiescere post solis occubitum,where he would rest after the setting of the sun,tulit de lapidibus qui jacebant,he took some of the stones that lay there,et supponens capiti suo,and placing them under his head,dormivit in eodem loco.he slept in the same place.

¹¹Cumque venisset ad quemdam locum,And when he had arrived at a certain place,et vellet in eo requiescere post solis occubitum,where he would rest after the setting of the sun,tulit de lapidibus qui jacebant,he took some of the stones that lay there,et supponens capiti suo,and placing them under his head,dormivit in eodem loco.he slept in the same place.

¹²Viditque in somnis scalam stantem super terram,And he saw in his sleep: a ladder standing upon the earth,et cacumen illius tangens cælum:with its top touching heaven, also,angelos quoque Dei ascendentes et descendentes per eam,the Angels of God ascending and descending by it,

¹²Viditque in somnis scalam stantem super terram,And he saw in his sleep: a ladder standing upon the earth,et cacumen illius tangens cælum:with its top touching heaven, also,angelos quoque Dei ascendentes et descendentes per eam,the Angels of God ascending and descending by it,

¹³et Dominum innixum scalæ dicentem sibi:and the Lord, leaning upon the ladder, saying to him:Ego sum Dominus Deus Abraham patris tui,“I am the Lord, the God of Abraham your father,et Deus Isaac:and the God of Isaac.terram,The land,in qua dormis,in which you sleep,tibi dabo et semini tuo.I will give to you and to your offspring.

¹³et Dominum innixum scalæ dicentem sibi:and the Lord, leaning upon the ladder, saying to him:Ego sum Dominus Deus Abraham patris tui,“I am the Lord, the God of Abraham your father,et Deus Isaac:and the God of Isaac.terram,The land,in qua dormis,in which you sleep,tibi dabo et semini tuo.I will give to you and to your offspring.

¹⁴Eritque semen tuum quasi pulvis terræ:And your offspring will be like the dust of the earth.dilataberis ad occidentem,You will spread abroad to the West,et orientem,and to the East,et septentrionem,and to the North,et meridiem:and to the Meridian.et benedicentur in teAnd in you and in your offspring,et in semine tuo cunctæ tribus terræ.all the tribes of the earth shall be blessed.

¹⁴Eritque semen tuum quasi pulvis terræ:And your offspring will be like the dust of the earth.dilataberis ad occidentem,You will spread abroad to the West,et orientem,and to the East,et septentrionem,and to the North,et meridiem:and to the Meridian.et benedicentur in teAnd in you and in your offspring,et in semine tuo cunctæ tribus terræ.all the tribes of the earth shall be blessed.

¹⁵Et ero custos tuus quocumque perrexeris,And I will be your guardian wherever you will journey,et reducam te in terram hanc:and I will bring you back into this land.nec dimittam nisi complevero universa quæ dixi.Neither will I dismiss you, until I have accomplished all that I have said.”

¹⁵Et ero custos tuus quocumque perrexeris,And I will be your guardian wherever you will journey,et reducam te in terram hanc:and I will bring you back into this land.nec dimittam nisi complevero universa quæ dixi.Neither will I dismiss you, until I have accomplished all that I have said.”

¹⁶Cumque evigilasset Jacob de somno, ait:And when Jacob had awakened from sleep, he said,Vere Dominus est in loco isto,“Truly, the Lord is in this place,et ego nesciebam.and I did not know it.”

¹⁶Cumque evigilasset Jacob de somno, ait:And when Jacob had awakened from sleep, he said,Vere Dominus est in loco isto,“Truly, the Lord is in this place,et ego nesciebam.and I did not know it.”

¹⁷Pavensque,And being terrified,Quam terribilis est, inquit,he said: “How terrible this place is!locus iste! non est hic aliud nisi domus Dei, et porta cæli.This is nothing other than the house of God and the gateway of heaven.”

¹⁷Pavensque,And being terrified,Quam terribilis est, inquit,he said: “How terrible this place is!locus iste! non est hic aliud nisi domus Dei, et porta cæli.This is nothing other than the house of God and the gateway of heaven.”

¹⁸Surgens ergo Jacob mane,Therefore, Jacob, arising in the morning,tulit lapidem quem supposuerat capiti suo,took the stone which he had placed under his head,et erexit in titulum,and he set it up as monument,fundens oleum desuper.pouring oil over it.

¹⁸Surgens ergo Jacob mane,Therefore, Jacob, arising in the morning,tulit lapidem quem supposuerat capiti suo,took the stone which he had placed under his head,et erexit in titulum,and he set it up as monument,fundens oleum desuper.pouring oil over it.

¹⁹Appellavitque nomen urbis Bethel,And he called the name of the city, ‘Bethel,’quæ prius Luza vocabatur.which before was called Luz.

¹⁹Appellavitque nomen urbis Bethel,And he called the name of the city, ‘Bethel,’quæ prius Luza vocabatur.which before was called Luz.

²⁰Vovit etiam votum,And then he made a vow,dicens:saying:Si fuerit Deus mecum,“If God will be with me,et custodierit me in via, per quam ego ambulo,and will guard me along the way by which I walk,et dederit mihi panem ad vescendum, et vestimentum ad induendum,and will give me bread to eat and clothing to wear,

²⁰Vovit etiam votum,And then he made a vow,dicens:saying:Si fuerit Deus mecum,“If God will be with me,et custodierit me in via, per quam ego ambulo,and will guard me along the way by which I walk,et dederit mihi panem ad vescendum, et vestimentum ad induendum,and will give me bread to eat and clothing to wear,

²¹reversusque fuero prospere ad domum patris mei:and if I will return prosperously to my father’s house,erit mihi Dominus in Deum,then the Lord will be my God,

²¹reversusque fuero prospere ad domum patris mei:and if I will return prosperously to my father’s house,erit mihi Dominus in Deum,then the Lord will be my God,

²²et lapis iste,and this stone,quem erexi in titulum,which I have set up as a monument,vocabitur Domus Dei:will be called ‘the House of God.’cunctorumque quæ dederis mihi,And from all the things that you will give to me,decimas offeram tibi.I will offer tithes to you.”

²²et lapis iste,and this stone,quem erexi in titulum,which I have set up as a monument,vocabitur Domus Dei:will be called ‘the House of God.’cunctorumque quæ dederis mihi,And from all the things that you will give to me,decimas offeram tibi.I will offer tithes to you.”