¹ Ja Issand ütles Moosesele: 'Nüüd sa saad näha, mida ma vaaraole teen; sest vägeva käe sunnil ta laseb nad minna ja vägeva käe sunnil ta ajab nad ära oma maalt.'

² Ja Jumal rääkis Moosesega ning ütles temale: 'Mina olen Issand.

³ Mina olen ennast ilmutanud Aabrahamile, Iisakile ja Jaakobile Kõigeväelise Jumalana, aga oma nime Jahve ei ole ma neile teatavaks teinud.

⁴ Mina olen nendega teinud ka oma lepingu, et ma annan neile Kaananimaa, nende rännakute maa, kus nad on võõrana elanud.

⁵ Mina olen ka kuulnud Iisraeli laste ägamist, et egiptlased neid orjastavad, ja ma olen mõelnud oma lepingule.

⁶ Seepärast ütle Iisraeli lastele: Mina olen Issand ja mina viin teid ära egiptlaste teoorjuse alt; ma päästan teid nende orjatööst ja lunastan teid oma väljasirutatud käsivarrega ning suurte kohtupidamistega.

⁷ Mina võtan teid enesele rahvaks ja olen teile Jumalaks, ja teie peate tundma, et mina olen Issand, teie Jumal, kes teid viib välja egiptlaste teoorjusest.

⁸ Mina viin teid sellele maale, mille pärast ma oma käe üles tõstsin, et ma annan selle Aabrahamile, Iisakile ja Jaakobile. Mina annan selle teie omandiks, mina, Issand.'

⁹ Ja Mooses rääkis nõnda Iisraeli lastele, aga nemad ei kuulanud Moosest rõhutud meeleolu ja ränga orjuse tõttu.

¹⁰ Ja Issand rääkis Moosesega, öeldes:

¹¹ 'Mine ütle vaaraole, Egiptuse kuningale, et ta laseks Iisraeli lapsed oma maalt ära minna!'

¹² Aga Mooses rääkis Issanda ees, öeldes: 'Vaata, Iisraeli lapsed ei kuula mind, kuidas siis vaarao mind kuulda võtab? Mina olen ju huultelt ümberlõikamata.'

¹³ Aga Issand rääkis Moosesega ja Aaroniga ning andis neile käsu minna Iisraeli laste ja vaarao, Egiptuse kuninga juurde, et viia Iisraeli lapsed Egiptusemaalt välja.

¹⁴ Need olid nende perekondade peamehed: Ruubeni, Iisraeli esmasündinu pojad olid: Hanok, Pallu, Hesron ja Karmi; need olid Ruubeni suguvõsad.

¹⁵ Siimeoni pojad olid Jemuel, Jaamin, Ohad, Jaakin, Sohar ja Saul, kaananlanna poeg; need olid Siimeoni suguvõsad.

¹⁶ Need olid Leevi poegade nimed nende sünnijärgluses: Geerson, Kehat ja Merari; ja Leevi eluaastaid oli sada kolmkümmend seitse aastat.

¹⁷ Geersoni pojad olid Libni ja Simei oma suguvõsade kaupa.

¹⁸ Kehati pojad olid Amram, Jishar, Hebron ja Ussiel; ja Kehati eluaastaid oli sada kolmkümmend kolm aastat.

¹⁹ Merari pojad olid Mahli ja Muusi; need olid Leevi suguvõsad oma sünnijärgluses.

²⁰ Amram võttis enesele naiseks Jookebedi, oma isa õe, ja see tõi temale ilmale Aaroni ja Moosese; ja Amrami eluaastaid oli sada kolmkümmend seitse aastat.

²¹ Jishari pojad olid Korah, Nefeg ja Sikri.

²² Ussieli pojad olid Miisael, Elsafan ja Sitri.

²³ Aaron võttis Eliseba, Amminadabi tütre, Nahsoni õe, enesele naiseks, ja see tõi temale ilmale Naadabi, Abihu, Eleasari ja Iitamari.

²⁴ Korahi pojad olid Assir, Elkana ja Abiasaf; need olid korahlaste suguvõsad.

²⁵ Eleasar, Aaroni poeg, võttis enesele naise Puutieli tütreist, ja see tõi temale ilmale Piinehasi; need olid leviitide perekondade peamehed nende suguvõsade kaupa.

²⁶ Need olid Aaron ja Mooses, kellele Issand ütles: 'Viige Iisraeli lapsed nende väehulkade kaupa Egiptusemaalt välja!'

²⁷ Nemad olid, kes rääkisid vaaraoga, Egiptuse kuningaga, et Iisraeli lapsi Egiptusest välja viia - Mooses ja Aaron.

²⁸ Sel päeval, mil Issand rääkis Moosesega Egiptusemaal,

²⁹ Issand rääkis Moosesele, öeldes: 'Mina olen Issand! Räägi vaaraole, Egiptuse kuningale kõike, mis ma sulle räägin!'

³⁰ Ja Mooses ütles Issanda ees: 'Vaata, ma olen huultelt ümberlõikamata. Kuidas siis vaarao mind kuulda võtaks?'

¹ Isaac called Jacob, blessed him, and commanded him, "You shall not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan.

² 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.

³ May God Almighty bless you, and make you fruitful, and multiply you, that you may be a company of peoples,

⁴ and give you the blessing of Abraham, to you, and to your seed with you, that you may inherit the land where you travel, which God gave to Abraham."

⁵ Isaac sent Jacob away. He went to Paddan Aram to Laban, son of Bethuel the Syrian, Rebekah's brother, Jacob's and Esau's mother.

⁶ 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,"

⁷ and that Jacob obeyed his father and his mother, and was gone to Paddan Aram.

⁸ Esau saw that the daughters of Canaan didn't please Isaac, his father.

⁹ Esau went to Ishmael, and took, besides the wives that he had, Mahalath the daughter of Ishmael, Abraham's son, the sister of Nebaioth, to be his wife.

¹⁰ Jacob went out from Beersheba, and went toward Haran.

¹¹ 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.

¹² He dreamed. Behold, a stairway set upon the earth, and its top reached to heaven. Behold, the angels of God ascending and descending on it.

¹³ Behold, Yahweh stood above it, and said, "I am Yahweh, the God of Abraham your father, and the God of Isaac. The land whereon you lie, to you will I give it, and to your seed.

¹⁴ Your seed 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 seed will all the families of the earth be blessed.

¹⁵ 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."

¹⁶ Jacob awakened out of his sleep, and he said, "Surely Yahweh is in this place, and I didn't know it."

¹⁷ He was afraid, and said, "How dreadful is this place! This is none other than God's house, and this is the gate of heaven."

¹⁸ 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.

¹⁹ He called the name of that place Bethel, but the name of the city was Luz at the first.

²⁰ 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,

²¹ so that I come again to my father's house in peace, and Yahweh will be my God,

²² 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 the tenth to you."