Now Jacob fled to the land of Aram, And Israel worked for a wife, And for a wife he kept sheep.

从前雅各逃到亚兰地，以色列为得妻服侍人，为得妻与人放羊。

从前雅各逃到亚兰地，以色列为娶妻子工作，为娶妻子而牧放。

从前雅各逃到亚兰地，以色列为娶妻子工作，为娶妻子而牧放。

雅各曾逃往亚兰，以色列在那里为娶妻而服侍人，为得到妻子而替人牧羊。

从前雅各逃到亚兰地，以色列为得妻子而作工，为得妻子而替人放羊。

從前雅各逃到亞蘭地，以色列為得妻服事人，為得妻與人放羊。

從前雅各逃到亞蘭地，以色列為娶妻子工作，為娶妻子而牧放。

從前雅各逃到亞蘭地，以色列為娶妻子工作，為娶妻子而牧放。

雅各曾逃往亞蘭，以色列在那裡為娶妻而服侍人，為得到妻子而替人牧羊。

從前雅各逃到亞蘭地，以色列為得妻子而作工，為得妻子而替人放羊。

從前雅各逃到亞蘭地，以色列為要得妻而服事人，為要得妻而給人放羊。）

昔雅各遁至亞蘭、以色列為得妻而服役、為得婦而牧羊、

昔雅各、以色列遁於亞蘭、供其服役、以牧群畜、而後有室、

昔雅各遁至亞蘭地、以色列為得妻服事人、為得妻牧群畜、

Jacob fled to the country of Aram; Israel served to get a wife, and to pay for her he tended sheep.

Jacob ran away to the country of Aram. There Israel served Laban to get a wife. He took care of sheep to pay for her.

Jacob fled to the land of Aram; there Israel served for a wife, and for a wife he guarded sheep.

Jacob fled to the land of Aram, and there he earned a wife by tending sheep.

Jacob fled to the territory of Aram. Israel worked to earn a wife; he tended flocks for a wife.

Jacob fled to the country of Syria; Israel served for a spouse, And for a wife he tended sheep.

And Jacob fled into the field of Aram, and Israel served for a wife, and for a wife he kept sheep.

Jacob fled to the land of Aram. Israel worked to earn a wife; he tended flocks for a wife.

And Jacob fled into the country of Syria, and Israel served for a wife, and for a wife he kept[ sheep].

Jacob fled to the country of Aram, then Israel worked to acquire a wife; he tended sheep to pay for her.

Jacob fled into the country of Aram, and Israel served to get a wife, and for a wife he tended flocks and herds.

Now then, my son, obey my voice, and arise, flee to Haran, to my brother Laban!

So Isaac called Jacob and blessed him and commanded him, saying to him,“ You shall not take a wife from the daughters of Canaan.Arise, go to Paddan aram, to the house of Bethuel your mother’s father; and from there take to yourself a wife from the daughters of Laban, your mother’s brother.May God Almighty bless you and make you fruitful and multiply you, so that you may become a multitude of peoples.May He also give you the blessing of Abraham, to you and to your descendants with you, so that you may possess the land where you live as a stranger, which God gave to Abraham.”Then Isaac sent Jacob away, and he went to Paddan aram to Laban, son of Bethuel the Aramean, the brother of Rebekah, the mother of Jacob and Esau.Now Esau saw that Isaac had blessed Jacob and sent him away to Paddan aram to take to himself a wife from there, and that when he blessed him he commanded him, saying,“ You shall not take a wife from the daughters of Canaan,”and that Jacob had obeyed his father and his mother and had gone to Paddan aram.So Esau saw that the daughters of Canaan displeased his father Isaac;and Esau went to Ishmael, and married, besides the wives that he had, Mahalath the daughter of Ishmael, Abraham’s son, the sister of Nebaioth.Then Jacob departed from Beersheba and went toward Haran.And he happened upon a particular place and spent the night there, because the sun had set; and he took one of the stones of the place and made it a support for his head, and lay down in that place.And he had a dream, and behold, a ladder was set up on the earth with its top reaching to heaven; and behold, the angels of God were ascending and descending on it.Then behold, the Lord was standing above it and said,“ I am the Lord, the God of your father Abraham and the God of Isaac; the land on which you lie I will give to you and to your descendants.Your descendants will also be like the dust of the earth, and you will spread out to the west and to the east, and to the north and to the south; and in you and in your descendants shall all the families of the earth be blessed.Behold, 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.”Then Jacob awoke from his sleep and said,“ The Lord is certainly in this place, and I did not know it!”And 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!”So Jacob got up early in the morning, and took the stone that he had placed as a support for his head, and set it up as a memorial stone, and poured oil on its top.Then he named that place Bethel; but previously the name of the city had been Luz.Jacob also made a vow, saying,“ If God will be with me and will keep me on this journey that I take, and give me food to eat and garments to wear,and I return to my father’s house in safety, then the Lord will be my God.And this stone, which I have set up as a memorial stone, will be God’s house, and of everything that You give me I will assuredly give a tenth to You.”

Now Jacob loved Rachel, so he said,“ I will serve you seven years for your younger daughter Rachel.”Laban said,“ It is better that I give her to you than to give her to another man; stay with me.”So Jacob served seven years for Rachel, and they seemed to him like only a few days because of his love for her.Then Jacob said to Laban,“ Give me my wife, for my time is completed, that I may have relations with her.”So Laban gathered all the people of the place and held a feast.Now in the evening he took his daughter Leah and brought her to him; and Jacob had relations with her.Laban also gave his female slave Zilpah to his daughter Leah as a slave.So it came about in the morning that, behold, it was Leah! And he said to Laban,“ What is this that you have done to me? Was it not for Rachel that I served with you? Why then have you deceived me?”But Laban said,“ It is not the practice in our place to marry off the younger before the firstborn.Complete the week of this one, and we will give you the other also for the service which you shall serve with me, for another seven years.”Jacob did so and completed her week, and he gave him his daughter Rachel as his wife.

For these twenty years I have been in your house; I served you fourteen years for your two daughters, and six years for your flock, and you changed my wages ten times.

And you shall respond and say before the Lord your God,‘ My father was a wandering Aramean, and he went down to Egypt and resided there, few in number; but there he became a great, mighty, and populous nation.

So he said to him,“ What is your name?” And he said,“ Jacob.”Then he said,“ Your name shall no longer be Jacob, but Israel; for you have contended with God and with men, and have prevailed.”