1.Mose 28 | Bibelen på hverdagsdansk
1Isak kaldte nu Jakob til sig og sendte ham af sted med følgende besked: „Du må ikke gifte dig med en kana’anæisk pige.2Rejs straks til Paddan-Aram—til din morfar Betuels familie—og find dig en kone blandt dine kusiner, din onkel Labans døtre.3Må den almægtige Gud velsigne dig og give dig mange børn, så du må blive stamfar til en stor slægt.4Må den velsignelse, han lovede Abraham, følge dig og dine efterkommere, så det land her, hvor vi endnu bor som fremmede, må blive dit—for Gud lovede at give det til Abrahams slægt!”5Jakob begyndte så den lange rejse til Paddan-Aram for at komme i sikkerhed hos sin morbror, Laban, aramæeren Betuels søn.6Esau fik at vide, at hans far havde velsignet Jakob og sendt ham af sted til Paddan-Aram for at finde sig en kone der, og at han havde befalet ham ikke at gifte sig med en pige fra Kana’an.8Han forstod da, at hans forældre ikke brød sig om de kana’anæiske kvinder.9Derfor rejste han til sin onkel Ishmaels familie, og tog Ishmaels datter Mahalat* til kone ved siden af dem, han havde i forvejen.
Jakobs drøm i Betel
10Jakob forlod altså Be’ersheba og satte kursen mod byen Karan i Paddan-Aram.11Ved solnedgang fandt han et sted, hvor han kunne overnatte. Han brugte en sten som hovedpude og lagde sig til at sove.12Han drømte, at han så en trappe, der nåede fra jorden op til Himlen, og Guds engle gik op og ned ad trappen.13Oven for trappen stod Herren. „Jeg er Herren,” sagde han. „Din bedstefar Abrahams og din far Isaks Gud! Den jord, du ligger på, tilhører dig. Jeg vil give det her land til dig og dine efterkommere.14De skal blive talrige som sandkornene på jorden, og de skal brede sig i alle retninger—mod øst og vest og nord og syd. Og gennem dig og en af dine efterkommere skal alle jordens folk blive velsignet.15Jeg vil være med dig og beskytte dig, hvor du end går, og til sin tid vil jeg føre dig sikkert tilbage til dette land. Jeg vil hjælpe dig og opfylde alt det, jeg har lovet dig.”16Så vågnede Jakob og udbrød forfærdet: „Herren er på dette sted—og jeg vidste det ikke. Det her er bestemt et meget specielt sted. Det er intet mindre end Guds hus og indgangen til Himlen!”18Da han stod op tidligt næste morgen, tog han den sten, han havde brugt til hovedpude, og rejste den på højkant som en mindesten. Derpå hældte han olivenolie ud over den for at indvi stedet til Gud,19og han kaldte stedet Betel.* Det var i nærheden af den landsby, som i gamle dage hed Luz.20Jakob aflagde nu følgende løfte: „Hvis Herren vil være med mig, beskytte mig på rejsen, sørge for mad og klæder og bringe mig sikkert hjem til min far—så skal Herren være min Gud!22Og den mindesten, som jeg har rejst her, skal være et sted, hvor man tilbeder Gud. Jeg vil også give Gud en tiendedel af alt, hvad han giver mig.”
English Standard Version
Jacob Sent to Laban
1Then Isaac called Jacob and blessed him and directed him, “You must not take a wife from the Canaanite women.2Arise, go to Paddan-aram to the house of Bethuel your mother’s father, and take as your wife from there one of the daughters of Laban your mother’s brother.3God Almighty* bless you and make you fruitful and multiply you, that you may become a company of peoples.4May he give the blessing of Abraham to you and to your offspring with you, that you may take possession of the land of your sojournings that God gave to Abraham!”5Thus Isaac sent Jacob away. And he went to Paddan-aram, to Laban, the son of Bethuel the Aramean, the brother of Rebekah, Jacob’s and Esau’s mother.
Esau Marries an Ishmaelite
6Now Esau saw that Isaac had blessed Jacob and sent him away to Paddan-aram to take a wife from there, and that as he blessed him he directed him, “You must not take a wife from the Canaanite women,”7and that Jacob had obeyed his father and his mother and gone to Paddan-aram.8So when Esau saw that the Canaanite women did not please Isaac his father,9Esau went to Ishmael and took as his wife, besides the wives he had, Mahalath the daughter of Ishmael, Abraham’s son, the sister of Nebaioth.
Jacob’s Dream
10Jacob left Beersheba and went toward Haran.11And he came to a certain place and stayed there that night, because the sun had set. Taking one of the stones of the place, he put it under his head and lay down in that place to sleep.12And he dreamed, and behold, there was a ladder* set up on the earth, and the top of it reached to heaven. And behold, the angels of God were ascending and descending on it!13And behold, the Lord stood above it* and said, “I am the Lord, the God of Abraham your father and the God of Isaac. The land on which you lie I will give to you and to your offspring.14Your offspring shall be like the dust of the earth, and you shall spread abroad to the west and to the east and to the north and to the south, and in you and your offspring shall all the families of the earth be blessed.15Behold, 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 promised you.”16Then Jacob awoke from his sleep and said, “Surely the Lord is in this place, and I did not know it.”17And 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.”18So early in the morning Jacob took the stone that he had put under his head and set it up for a pillar and poured oil on the top of it.19He called the name of that place Bethel,* but the name of the city was Luz at the first.20Then Jacob made 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 wear,21so that I come again to my father’s house in peace, then the Lord shall be my God,22and this stone, which I have set up for a pillar, shall be God’s house. And of all that you give me I will give a full tenth to you.”
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