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

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.

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

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.

So now, my son, listen to me. Flee at once to my brother Laban in Haran,

So Isaac summoned Jacob, blessed him, and commanded him,“ Do not marry a Canaanite girl.Go at once to Paddan-aram, to the house of Bethuel, your mother’s father. Marry one of the daughters of Laban, your mother’s brother.May God Almighty bless you and make you fruitful and multiply you so that you become an assembly of peoples.May God give you and your offspring the blessing of Abraham so that you may possess the land where you live as a foreigner, the land God gave to Abraham.”So Isaac sent Jacob to Paddan-aram, to Laban son of Bethuel the Aramean, the brother of Rebekah, the mother of Jacob and Esau.Esau noticed that Isaac blessed Jacob and sent him to Paddan-aram to get a wife there. When he blessed him, Isaac commanded Jacob,“ Do not marry a Canaanite girl.”And Jacob listened to his father and mother and went to Paddan-aram.Esau realized that his father Isaac disapproved of the Canaanite women,so Esau went to Ishmael and married, in addition to his other wives, Mahalath daughter of Ishmael, Abraham’s son. She was the sister of Nebaioth.Jacob left Beer-sheba and went toward Haran.He reached a certain place and spent the night there because the sun had set. He took one of the stones from the place, put it there at his head, and lay down in that place.And he dreamed: A stairway was set on the ground with its top reaching the sky, and God’s angels were going up and down on it.The LORD was standing there beside him, saying,“ I am the LORD, the God of your father Abraham and the God of Isaac. I will give you and your offspring the land on which you are lying.Your offspring will be like the dust of the earth, and you will spread out toward the west, the east, the north, and the south. All the peoples on earth will be blessed through you and your offspring.Look, I am with you and will watch over you wherever you go. I will bring you back to this land, for I will not leave you until I have done what I have promised you.”When Jacob awoke from his sleep, he said,“ Surely the LORD is in this place, and I did not know it.”He was afraid and said,“ What an awesome place this is! This is none other than the house of God. This is the gate of heaven.”Early in the morning Jacob took the stone that was near his head and set it up as a marker. He poured oil on top of itand named the place Bethel, though previously the city was named Luz.Then Jacob made a vow:“ If God will be with me and watch over me during this journey I’m making, if he provides me with food to eat and clothing to wear,and if I return safely to my father’s family, then the LORD will be my God.This stone that I have set up as a marker will be God’s house, and I will give to you a tenth of all that you give me.”

Jacob loved Rachel, so he answered Laban,“ I’ll work for you seven years for your younger daughter Rachel.”Laban replied,“ Better that I give her to you than to some other man. Stay with me.”So Jacob worked seven years for Rachel, and they seemed like only a few days to him because of his love for her.Then Jacob said to Laban,“ Since my time is complete, give me my wife, so I can sleep with her.”So Laban invited all the men of the place and sponsored a feast.That evening, Laban took his daughter Leah and gave her to Jacob, and he slept with her.And Laban gave his slave Zilpah to his daughter Leah as her slave.When morning came, there was Leah! So he said to Laban,“ What have you done to me? Wasn’t it for Rachel that I worked for you? Why have you deceived me?”Laban answered,“ It is not the custom in our country to give the younger daughter in marriage before the firstborn.Complete this week of wedding celebration, and we will also give you this younger one in return for working yet another seven years for me.”And Jacob did just that. He finished the week of celebration, and Laban gave him his daughter Rachel as his wife.

For twenty years in your household I served you— fourteen years for your two daughters and six years for your flocks— and you have changed my wages ten times!

You are to respond by saying in the presence of the LORD your God: My father was a wandering Aramean. He went down to Egypt with a few people and resided there as an alien. There he became a great, powerful, and populous nation.

“ What is your name?” the man asked.“ Jacob,” he replied.“ Your name will no longer be Jacob,” he said.“ It will be Israel because you have struggled with God and with men and have prevailed.”