Biblia Platense (Straubinger) · Catholic Public Domain Version
Génesis 28
1Llamó, pues, Isaac a Jacob y lo bendijo, y le dio esta orden: “No tomes mujer de las hijas de Canaán. And so Isaac called for Jacob, and he blessed him, and he instructed him, saying: “Do not be willing to accept a mate from the family of Canaan.2Levántate y ve a Mesopotamia, a casa de Batuel, padre de tu madre, y toma de allí mujer, de las hijas de Labán, hermano de tu madre. But go, and journey to Mesopotamia of Syria, to the house of Bethuel, your mother’s father, and there accept for yourself a wife from the daughters of Laban, your maternal uncle.3Bendígate el Dios Todopoderoso, y te haga crecer, y te multiplique, para que llegues a ser padre de muchos pueblos. And may God almighty bless you, and may he cause you to increase and also to multiply, so that you may be influential among the people.4Y te conceda la bendición de Abrahán, a ti y a tu descendencia contigo; a fin de que poseas la tierra de tus peregrinaciones, que Dios ha dado a Abrahán.” And may he give the blessings of Abraham to you, and to your offspring after you, so that you may possess the land of your sojourning, which he promised to your grandfather.”5Despidió, pues, Isaac a Jacob, el cual se fue a Mesopotamia, a Labán, hijo de Batuel, arameo, hermano de Rebeca, madre de Jacob y Esaú. 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.6Vio, pues Esaú que Isaac había bendecido a Jacob, y le había enviado a Mesopotamia a fin de que allí se tomase mujer, y que al bendecirlo le había dado la orden: “No tomes mujer de las hijas de Canaán”, But Esau, seeing that his father had blessed Jacob and had sent him into Mesopotamia of Syria, to take a wife from there, and that, after the blessing, he had instructed him, saying: ‘You shall not accept a wife from the daughters of Canaan,’7y que Jacob, obedeciendo a su padre y a su madre, había marchado a Mesopotamia, and that Jacob, obeying his parents, had gone into Syria,8conoció Esaú que las hijas de Canaán eran malas a los ojos de Isaac, su padre, having evidence also that his father did not look with favor upon the daughters of Canaan,9por lo cual fue Esaú a Ismael, y se tomó por mujer, sobre las mujeres que ya tenía, a Mahalat, hija de Ismael, el hijo de Abrahán y hermana de Nabayot. he went to Ishmael, and he took as a wife, beside those he had before, Mahalath, the daughter of Ishmael, Abraham’s son, the sister of Nebaioth.10Jacob salió de Bersabee y se dirigió a Harán. Meanwhile Jacob, having departed from Beersheba, continued on to Haran.11Llegado a cierto lugar, pasó allí la noche, porque ya se había puesto el sol. Y tomando una de las piedras del lugar, se la puso por cabezal, y se acostó en aquel sitio. And when he had arrived at a certain place, where he would rest after the setting of the sun, he took some of the stones that lay there, and placing them under his head, he slept in the same place.12Y tuvo un sueño: he aquí una escalera que se apoyaba en la tierra, y cuya cima tocaba en el cielo; los ángeles de Dios subían y bajaban por ella. And he saw in his sleep: a ladder standing upon the earth, with its top touching heaven, also, the Angels of God ascending and descending by it,13Y sobre ella estaba Yahvé, que dijo: “Yo soy Yahvé, el Dios de tu padre Abrahán, y el Dios de Isaac; la tierra en que estás acostado, te la daré a ti y a tu descendencia. and the Lord, leaning upon the ladder, saying to him: “I am the Lord, the God of Abraham your father, and the God of Isaac. The land, in which you sleep, I will give to you and to your offspring.14Tu posteridad será como el polvo de la tierra; y te extenderás hacia el occidente y hacia el oriente, hacia el aquilón y hacia el mediodía; y en ti y en tu descendencia serán benditas todas las tribus de la tierra. And your offspring will be like the dust of the earth. You will spread abroad to the West, and to the East, and to the North, and to the Meridian. And in you and in your offspring, all the tribes of the earth shall be blessed.15Y he aquí que Yo estaré contigo, y te guardaré en todos tus caminos y te restituiré a esta tierra; porque no te abandonaré hasta haber cumplido cuanto te he dicho.” And I will be your guardian wherever you will journey, and I will bring you back into this land. Neither will I dismiss you, until I have accomplished all that I have said.”16Cuando Jacob despertó de su sueño, exclamó: “Verdaderamente Yahvé está en este lugar y yo no lo sabía.” And when Jacob had awakened from sleep, he said, “Truly, the Lord is in this place, and I did not know it.”17Y lleno de temor añadió: “¡Cuan venerable es este lugar!, no es sino la casa de Dios y la puerta del cielo.” And being terrified, he said: “How terrible this place is! This is nothing other than the house of God and the gateway of heaven.”18Se levantó Jacob muy de mañana, tomó la piedra que había puesto por cabezal, la erigió en monumento y derramó óleo sobre ella. Therefore, Jacob, arising in the morning, took the stone which he had placed under his head, and he set it up as monument, pouring oil over it.19Y llamó a aquel lugar Betel —antiguamente el nombre de la ciudad era Luz—. And he called the name of the city, ‘Bethel,’ which before was called Luz.20Y Jacob hizo un voto, diciendo: “Si Dios está conmigo, y me guarda en este viaje que hago, y me da pan que comer y ropa con que vestirme, And then he made a vow, saying: “If God will be with me, and will guard me along the way by which I walk, and will give me bread to eat and clothing to wear,21y vuelvo yo en paz a la casa de mi padre, entonces será Yahvé mi Dios. and if I will return prosperously to my father’s house, then the Lord will be my God,22Esta piedra que he erigido en monumento será casa de Dios; y de todo lo que me dieres, te daré el diezmo sin falta.” and this stone, which I have set up as a monument, will be called ‘the House of God.’ And from all the things that you will give to me, I will offer tithes to you.”