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Genesi 28

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1 Allora Isacco chiamò Giacobbe, lo benedisse e gli diede quest’ordine: "Non prender moglie tra le figliuole di Canaan.

2 Lèvati, vattene in Paddan-Aram, alla casa di Bethuel, padre di tua madre, e prenditi moglie di là, tra le figliuole di Labano, fratello di tua madre.

3 E l’Iddio onnipotente ti benedica, ti renda fecondo e ti moltiplichi, in guisa che tu diventi un’assemblea di popoli,

4 e ti dia la benedizione d’Abrahamo: a te, e alla tua progenie con te; affinché tu possegga il paese dove sei andato peregrinando, e che Dio donò ad Abrahamo".

5 E Isacco fece partire Giacobbe, il quale se n’andò in Paddan-Aram da Labano, figliuolo di Bethuel, l’Arameo, fratello di Rebecca, madre di Giacobbe e di Esaù.

6 Or Esaù vide che Isacco avea benedetto Giacobbe e l’avea mandato in Paddan-Aram perché vi prendesse moglie; e che, benedicendolo, gli avea dato quest’ordine: "Non prender moglie tra le figliuole di Canaan",

7 e che Giacobbe aveva ubbidito a suo padre e a sua madre, e se n’era andato in Paddan-Aram.

8 Ed Esaù s’accorse che le figliuole di Canaan dispiacevano ad Isacco suo padre;

9 e andò da Ismaele, e prese per moglie, oltre quelle che aveva già, Mahalath, figliuola d’Ismaele, figliuolo d’Abrahamo, sorella di Nebaioth.

10 Or Giacobbe partì da Beer-Sceba e se n’andò verso Charan.

11 Capitò in un certo luogo, e vi passò la notte, perché il sole era già tramontato. Prese una delle pietre del luogo, la pose come suo capezzale e si coricò quivi.

12 E sognò; ed ecco una scala appoggiata sulla terra, la cui cima toccava il cielo; ed ecco gli angeli di Dio, che salivano e scendevano per la scala.

13 E l’Eterno stava al disopra d’essa, e gli disse: "Io sono l’Eterno, l’Iddio d’Abrahamo tuo padre e l’Iddio d’Isacco; la terra sulla quale tu stai coricato, io la darò a te e alla tua progenie;

14 e la tua progenie sarà come la polvere della terra, e tu ti estenderai ad occidente e ad oriente, a settentrione e a mezzodì; e tutte le famiglie della terra saranno benedette in te e nella tua progenie.

15 Ed ecco, io son teco, e ti guarderò dovunque tu andrai, e ti ricondurrò in questo paese; poiché io non ti abbandonerò prima d’aver fatto quello che t’ho detto".

16 E come Giacobbe si fu svegliato dal suo sonno, disse: "Certo, l’Eterno è in questo luogo ed io non lo sapevo!"

17 Ed ebbe paura, e disse: "Com’è tremendo questo luogo! Questa non è altro che la casa di Dio, e questa è la porta del cielo!"

18 E Giacobbe si levò la mattina di buon’ora, prese la pietra che avea posta come suo capezzale, la eresse in monumento, e versò dell’olio sulla sommità d’essa.

19 E pose nome a quel luogo Bethel; ma, prima, il nome della città era Luz.

20 E Giacobbe fece un voto, dicendo: "Se Dio è meco, se mi guarda durante questo viaggio che fo, se mi pane da mangiare e vesti da coprirmi,

21 e se ritorno sano e salvo alla casa del padre mio, l’Eterno sarà il mio Dio;

22 e questa pietra che ho eretta in monumento, sarà la casa di Dio; e di tutto quello che tu darai a me, io, certamente, darò a te la decima".

   

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3731. Verses 20-22 And Jacob made a vow, saying, If God will be with me, and guard me on this road on which I am walking, and will give me bread to eat and clothing to wear, and I come back in peace to my father's house, then Jehovah will be my God. And this stone which I have placed as a pillar will be God's house; and of all that You give me I will surely give You a tenth.

'Jacob made a vow, saying' means a state of Providence. 'If God will be with me, and guard me on this road on which I am walking' means the ever-present Divine. 'And will give me bread to eat' means even to the point of being joined to Divine Good. 'And clothing to wear' means being joined to Divine Truth. 'And I come back in peace to my father's house' means even to the point of perfect union. 'Then Jehovah will be my God' means that the Divine Natural also is Jehovah. 'And this stone which I have placed as a pillar' means truth as it exists in the ultimate degree. 'Will be God's house' means here, as previously, the Lord's kingdom as it exists in the ultimate degree of order where higher things are accommodated as in their own house. 'And of all that You give me I will surely give You a tenth' means that by His own Divine power He made every single thing Divine.

  
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Genesis 28

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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."