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

So listen carefully, my son. Get ready and flee to my brother, Laban, in Haran.

So Isaac called for Jacob, blessed him, and said,“ You must not marry any of these Canaanite women.Instead, go at once to Paddan aram, to the house of your grandfather Bethuel, and marry one of your uncle Laban’s daughters.May God Almighty bless you and give you many children. And may your descendants multiply and become many nations!May God pass on to you and your descendants the blessings he promised to Abraham. May you own this land where you are now living as a foreigner, for God gave this land to Abraham.”So Isaac sent Jacob away, and he went to Paddan aram to stay with his uncle Laban, his mother’s brother, the son of Bethuel the Aramean.Esau knew that his father, Isaac, had blessed Jacob and sent him to Paddan aram to find a wife, and that he had warned Jacob,“ You must not marry a Canaanite woman.”He also knew that Jacob had obeyed his parents and gone to Paddan aram.It was now very clear to Esau that his father did not like the local Canaanite women.So Esau visited his uncle Ishmael’s family and married one of Ishmael’s daughters, in addition to the wives he already had. His new wife’s name was Mahalath. She was the sister of Nebaioth and the daughter of Ishmael, Abraham’s son.Meanwhile, Jacob left Beersheba and traveled toward Haran.At sundown he arrived at a good place to set up camp and stopped there for the night. Jacob found a stone to rest his head against and lay down to sleep.As he slept, he dreamed of a stairway that reached from the earth up to heaven. And he saw the angels of God going up and down the stairway.At the top of the stairway stood the Lord, and he said,“ I am the Lord, the God of your grandfather Abraham, and the God of your father, Isaac. The ground you are lying on belongs to you. I am giving it to you and your descendants.Your descendants will be as numerous as the dust of the earth! They will spread out in all directions— to the west and the east, to the north and the south. And all the families of the earth will be blessed through you and your descendants.What’s more, I am with you, and I will protect you wherever you go. One day I will bring you back to this land. I will not leave you until I have finished giving you everything I have promised you.”Then Jacob awoke from his sleep and said,“ Surely the Lord is in this place, and I wasn’t even aware of it!”But he was also afraid and said,“ What an awesome place this is! It is none other than the house of God, the very gateway to heaven!”The next morning Jacob got up very early. He took the stone he had rested his head against, and he set it upright as a memorial pillar. Then he poured olive oil over it.He named that place Bethel( which means“ house of God”), although it was previously called Luz.Then Jacob made this vow:“ If God will indeed be with me and protect me on this journey, and if he will provide me with food and clothing,and if I return safely to my father’s home, then the Lord will certainly be my God.And this memorial pillar I have set up will become a place for worshiping God, and I will present to God a tenth of everything he gives me.”

Since Jacob was in love with Rachel, he told her father,“ I’ll work for you for seven years if you’ll give me Rachel, your younger daughter, as my wife.”“ Agreed!” Laban replied.“ I’d rather give her to you than to anyone else. Stay and work with me.”So Jacob worked seven years to pay for Rachel. But his love for her was so strong that it seemed to him but a few days.Finally, the time came for him to marry her.“ I have fulfilled my agreement,” Jacob said to Laban.“ Now give me my wife so I can sleep with her.”So Laban invited everyone in the neighborhood and prepared a wedding feast.But that night, when it was dark, Laban took Leah to Jacob, and he slept with her.( Laban had given Leah a servant, Zilpah, to be her maid.)But when Jacob woke up in the morning— it was Leah!“ What have you done to me?” Jacob raged at Laban.“ I worked seven years for Rachel! Why have you tricked me?”“ It’s not our custom here to marry off a younger daughter ahead of the firstborn,” Laban replied.“ But wait until the bridal week is over; then we’ll give you Rachel, too— provided you promise to work another seven years for me.”So Jacob agreed to work seven more years. A week after Jacob had married Leah, Laban gave him Rachel, too.

Yes, for twenty years I slaved in your house! I worked for fourteen years earning your two daughters, and then six more years for your flock. And you changed my wages ten times!

“ You must then say in the presence of the Lord your God,‘ My ancestor Jacob was a wandering Aramean who went to live as a foreigner in Egypt. His family arrived few in number, but in Egypt they became a large and mighty nation.

“ What is your name?” the man asked. He replied,“ Jacob.”“ Your name will no longer be Jacob,” the man told him.“ From now on you will be called Israel, because you have fought with God and with men and have won.”