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.

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 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.

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.

Now then, my son, do what I say. Run away at once to my brother Laban in Harran.

So Isaac called for Jacob and blessed him. Then he commanded him,“ Don’t get married to a Canaanite woman.Go at once to Paddan Aram. Go to the house of your mother’s father Bethuel. Find a wife for yourself there. Take her from among the daughters of your mother’s brother Laban.May the Mighty God bless you. May he give you children. May he make your family larger until you become a community of nations.May he give you and your children after you the blessing he gave to Abraham. Then you can take over the land where you now live as an outsider. It’s the land God gave to Abraham.”Isaac sent Jacob on his way. Jacob went to Paddan Aram. He went to Laban, the son of Bethuel the Aramean. Laban was Rebekah’s brother. And Rebekah was the mother of Jacob and Esau.Esau found out that Isaac had blessed Jacob and had sent him to Paddan Aram. Isaac wanted him to get a wife from there. Esau heard that when Isaac blessed Jacob, he commanded him,“ Don’t get married to a woman from Canaan.”Esau also learned that Jacob had obeyed his father and mother and had gone to Paddan Aram.Then Esau realized how much his father Isaac disliked Canaanite women.So he went to Ishmael and married Mahalath. She was the sister of Nebaioth and the daughter of Abraham’s son Ishmael. Esau added her to the wives he already had.Jacob left Beersheba and started out for Harran.He reached a certain place and stopped for the night. The sun had already set. He took one of the stones there and placed it under his head. Then he lay down to sleep.In a dream he saw a stairway standing on the earth. Its top reached to heaven. The angels of God were going up and coming down on it.The Lord stood beside the stairway. He said,“ I am the Lord. I am the God of your grandfather Abraham and the God of Isaac. I will give you and your children after you the land you are lying on.They will be like the dust of the earth that can’t be counted. They will spread out to the west and to the east. They will spread out to the north and to the south. All nations on earth will be blessed because of you and your children after you.I am with you. I will watch over you everywhere you go. And I will bring you back to this land. I will not leave you until I have done what I have promised you.”Jacob woke up from his sleep. Then he thought,“ The Lord is surely in this place. And I didn’t even know it.”Jacob was afraid. He said,“ How holy this place is! This must be the house of God. This is the gate of heaven.”Early the next morning Jacob took the stone he had placed under his head. He set it up as a sacred stone. And he poured olive oil on top of it.He named that place Bethel. But the city used to be called Luz.Then Jacob made a promise. He said,“ May God be with me. May he watch over me on this journey I’m taking. May he give me food to eat and clothes to wear.May he do as he has promised so that I can return safely to my father’s home. Then you, Lord, will be my God.This stone I’ve set up as a sacred stone will be God’s house. And I’ll give you a tenth of everything you give me.”

Jacob was in love with Rachel. He said to Laban,“ I’ll work for you for seven years so I can marry your younger daughter Rachel.”Laban said,“ It’s better for me to give her to you than to some other man. Stay here with me.”So Jacob worked for seven years so he could marry Rachel. But they seemed like only a few days to him because he loved her so much.Then Jacob said to Laban,“ Give me my wife. I’ve completed my time. I want to sleep with her.”So Laban brought all the people of the place together and had a feast prepared.But when evening came, he gave his daughter Leah to Jacob. And Jacob slept with her.Laban gave his female servant Zilpah to his daughter as her servant.When Jacob woke up the next morning, there was Leah next to him! So he said to Laban,“ What have you done to me? I worked for you so I could marry Rachel, didn’t I? Why did you trick me?”Laban replied,“ It isn’t our practice here to give the younger daughter to be married before the older one.Complete this daughter’s wedding week. Then we’ll give you the younger one also. But you will have to work for another seven years.”So Jacob completed the week with Leah. Then Laban gave him his daughter Rachel to be his wife.

That’s what it was like for the 20 years I was living with you. I worked for 14 years to marry your two daughters. I worked for six years to get my share of your flocks. You changed my pay ten times.

Then you will speak while the Lord is listening. You will say,“ My father Jacob was a wanderer from the land of Aram. He went down into Egypt with a few people. He lived there and became the father of a great nation. It had huge numbers of people.

The man asked him,“ What is your name?”“ Jacob,” he answered.Then the man said,“ Your name will not be Jacob anymore. Instead, it will be Israel. You have wrestled with God and with people. And you have won.”