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Genesis 28 Church Slavonic Bible (Elizabeth Bible)
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Notes on this text (3)
- Church Slavonic in its traditional (Synodal) spelling, with accents, breathings and titlo abbreviations, shown in the Ponomar font (SIL Open Font License).
- Exodus 36–39 follow the Septuagint's order; the digital source has no verse divisions there, so Exodus 36:8–end and chapters 37, 38 and 39 each appear as one block.
- Not shown: the lectionary pericope numbers (зача́ло) and the marginal glosses of the digital source. The Prayer of Manasseh stands at the end of 2 Chronicles (36:24), as in the Slavonic Bible; the prologue of Sirach and the opening verse of Lamentations are joined to verse 1.
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1 Призва́въ же і҆саа́къ і҆а́кѡва, бл҃гословѝ є҆го̀ и҆ заповѣ́да є҆мꙋ̀, глаго́лѧ: да не по́ймеши жены̀ ѿ дще́рей ханане́йскихъ:
1 Isaac called Jacob, blessed him, and commanded him, “You shall not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan.
2 воста́въ ѿбѣжѝ въ месопота́мїю въ до́мъ ваѳꙋи́ла ѻ҆тца̀ ма́тере твоеѧ̀, и҆ поимѝ себѣ̀ ѿтꙋ́дꙋ женꙋ̀ ѿ дще́рей лава́на бра́та ма́тере твоеѧ̀:
2 Arise, go to Paddan Aram, to the house of Bethuel your mother’s father. Take a wife from there from the daughters of Laban, your mother’s brother.
3 бг҃ъ же мо́й да блгⷭ҇ви́тъ тѧ̀ и҆ возрасти́тъ тѧ̀ и҆ ᲂу҆мно́житъ тѧ̀, и҆ бꙋ́деши въ собра̑нїѧ ꙗ҆зы́кѡвъ:
3 May God Almighty bless you, and make you fruitful, and multiply you, that you may be a company of peoples,
4 и҆ да да́стъ тебѣ̀ блгⷭ҇ве́нїе а҆враа́ма ѻ҆тца̀ моегѡ̀, тебѣ̀ и҆ сѣ́мени твоемꙋ̀ по тебѣ̀ наслѣ́дити зе́млю ѡ҆бита́нїѧ твоегѡ̀, ю҆́же дадѐ бг҃ъ а҆враа́мꙋ.
4 and give you the blessing of Abraham, to you and to your offspring with you, that you may inherit the land where you travel, which God gave to Abraham.”
5 Посла́ же і҆саа́къ і҆а́кѡва: и҆ ѿи́де въ месопота́мїю къ лава́нꙋ сы́нꙋ ваѳꙋи́ла сѵ́рїна, къ бра́тꙋ же реве́кки ма́тере і҆а́кѡвли и҆ и҆са́ѵли.
5 Isaac sent Jacob away. He went to Paddan Aram to Laban, son of Bethuel the Syrian, the brother of Rebekah, Jacob’s and Esau’s mother.
6 Ви́дѣ же и҆са́ѵъ, ꙗ҆́кѡ бл҃гословѝ і҆саа́къ і҆а́кѡва и҆ посла̀ въ месопота́мїю сѵ́рскꙋю поѧ́ти ѿтꙋ́дꙋ себѣ̀ женꙋ̀, є҆гда̀ бл҃гословѝ є҆го̀ и҆ заповѣ́да є҆мꙋ̀, глаго́лѧ: да не по́ймеши жены̀ ѿ дще́рей ханане́йскихъ.
6 Now Esau saw that Isaac had blessed Jacob and sent him away to Paddan Aram, to take him a wife from there, and that as he blessed him he gave him a command, saying, “You shall not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan;”
7 И҆ послꙋ́ша і҆а́кѡвъ ѻ҆тца̀ и҆ ма́тере своеѧ̀, и҆ ѿи́де въ месопота́мїю сѵ́рскꙋю.
7 and that Jacob obeyed his father and his mother, and was gone to Paddan Aram.
8 Ви́дѣвъ же и҆са́ѵъ, ꙗ҆́кѡ ѕлы̑ сꙋ́ть дщє́ри хананє́йскїѧ пред̾ і҆саа́комъ ѻ҆тце́мъ є҆гѡ̀,
8 Esau saw that the daughters of Canaan didn’t please Isaac, his father.
9 ѿи́де и҆са́ѵъ ко і҆сма́илꙋ и҆ взѧ̀ маеле́ѳꙋ дще́рь і҆сма́ила сы́на а҆враа́млѧ, сестрꙋ̀ навеѡ́ѳовꙋ, женꙋ̀ къ жена́мъ свои̑мъ.
9 So Esau went to Ishmael, and took, in addition to the wives that he had, Mahalath the daughter of Ishmael, Abraham’s son, the sister of Nebaioth, to be his wife.
10 И҆ ѿи́де і҆а́кѡвъ ѿ кла́дѧзѧ клѧ́твеннагѡ и҆ и҆́де въ харра́нъ,
10 Jacob went out from Beersheba, and went toward Haran.
11 и҆ ѡ҆брѣ́те мѣ́сто и҆ ᲂу҆́спе та́мѡ, за́йде бо со́лнце: и҆ взѧ̀ ѿ ка́менїѧ мѣ́ста (тогѡ̀) и҆ положѝ въ возгла́вїе себѣ̀, и҆ спа̀ на мѣ́стѣ ѻ҆́нѣмъ.
11 He came to a certain place, and stayed there all night, because the sun had set. He took one of the stones of the place, and put it under his head, and lay down in that place to sleep.
12 И҆ со́нъ ви́дѣ: и҆ сѐ, лѣ́ствица ᲂу҆твержде́на на землѝ, є҆ѧ́же глава̀ досѧза́ше до небесѐ, и҆ а҆́гг҃ли бж҃їи восхожда́хꙋ и҆ низхожда́хꙋ по не́й:
12 He dreamed and saw a stairway set upon the earth, and its top reached to heaven. Behold, the angels of God were ascending and descending on it.
13 гдⷭ҇ь же ᲂу҆твержда́шесѧ на не́й и҆ речѐ: а҆́зъ є҆́смь бг҃ъ а҆враа́ма ѻ҆тца̀ твоегѡ̀ и҆ бг҃ъ і҆саа́ка, не бо́йсѧ: землѧ̀, и҆дѣ́же ты̀ спи́ши на не́й, тебѣ̀ да́мъ ю҆̀ и҆ сѣ́мени твоемꙋ̀:
13 Behold, Yahweh stood above it, and said, “I am Yahweh, the God of Abraham your father, and the God of Isaac. I will give the land you lie on to you and to your offspring.
14 и҆ бꙋ́детъ сѣ́мѧ твоѐ ꙗ҆́кѡ песо́къ земны́й, и҆ распространи́тсѧ на мо́ре, и҆ лі́вꙋ, и҆ сѣ́веръ, и҆ на восто́ки: и҆ благословѧ́тсѧ ѡ҆ тебѣ̀ всѧ̑ колѣ̑на зємна́ѧ и҆ ѡ҆ сѣ́мени твое́мъ:
14 Your offspring will be as the dust of the earth, and you will spread abroad to the west, and to the east, and to the north, and to the south. In you and in your offspring, all the families of the earth will be blessed.
15 и҆ сѐ, а҆́зъ є҆́смь съ тобо́ю, сохранѧ́ѧй тѧ̀ на всѧ́комъ пꙋтѝ, а҆́може а҆́ще по́йдеши, и҆ возвращꙋ́ тѧ въ зе́млю сїю̀: ꙗ҆́кѡ не и҆́мамъ тебѐ ѡ҆ста́вити, до́ндеже сотвори́ти мѝ всѧ̑, є҆ли̑ка гл҃ахъ тебѣ̀.
15 Behold, I am with you, and will keep you, wherever you go, and will bring you again into this land. For I will not leave you until I have done that which I have spoken of to you.”
16 И҆ воста̀ і҆а́кѡвъ ѿ сна̀ своегѡ̀ и҆ речѐ: ꙗ҆́кѡ є҆́сть гдⷭ҇ь на мѣ́стѣ се́мъ, а҆́зъ же не вѣ́дѣхъ.
16 Jacob awakened out of his sleep, and he said, “Surely Yahweh is in this place, and I didn’t know it.”
17 И҆ ᲂу҆боѧ́сѧ и҆ речѐ: ꙗ҆́кѡ стра́шно мѣ́сто сїѐ: нѣ́сть сїѐ, но до́мъ бж҃їй, и҆ сїѧ̑ врата̀ нбⷭ҇наѧ.
17 He was afraid, and said, “How awesome this place is! This is none other than God’s house, and this is the gate of heaven.”
18 И҆ воста̀ і҆а́кѡвъ заꙋ́тра, и҆ взѧ̀ ка́мень, є҆го́же положѝ та́мѡ въ возгла́вїе себѣ̀: и҆ поста́ви є҆го̀ въ сто́лпъ, и҆ возлїѧ̀ є҆ле́й верхꙋ̀ є҆гѡ̀.
18 Jacob rose up early in the morning, and took the stone that he had put under his head, and set it up for a pillar, and poured oil on its top.
19 И҆ прозва̀ і҆а́кѡвъ и҆́мѧ мѣ́стꙋ томꙋ̀ до́мъ бж҃їй: ᲂу҆ламлꙋ́зъ же бѣ̀ и҆́мѧ гра́дꙋ пе́рвѣе.
19 He called the name of that place Bethel, but the name of the city was Luz at the first.
20 И҆ положѝ і҆а́кѡвъ ѡ҆бѣ́тъ, глаго́лѧ: а҆́ще бꙋ́детъ гдⷭ҇ь бг҃ъ со мно́ю и҆ сохрани́тъ мѧ̀ на пꙋтѝ се́мъ, во́ньже а҆́зъ и҆дꙋ̀, и҆ да́стъ мѝ хлѣ́бъ ꙗ҆́сти, и҆ ри̑зы ѡ҆блещи́сѧ,
20 Jacob vowed a vow, saying, “If God will be with me, and will keep me in this way that I go, and will give me bread to eat, and clothing to put on,
21 и҆ возврати́тъ мѧ̀ здра́ва въ до́мъ ѻ҆тца̀ моегѡ̀, и҆ бꙋ́детъ гдⷭ҇ь мнѣ̀ въ бг҃а:
21 so that I come again to my father’s house in peace, and Yahweh will be my God,
22 и҆ ка́мень се́й, є҆го́же поста́вихъ въ сто́лпъ, бꙋ́детъ мѝ до́мъ бж҃їй, и҆ ѿ всѣ́хъ, ꙗ҆̀же мѝ да́си, десѧти́нꙋ ѡ҆десѧ́тствꙋю та̑ тебѣ̀.
22 then this stone, which I have set up for a pillar, will be God’s house. Of all that you will give me I will surely give a tenth to you.”
People & places in this chapter
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People
Jacob
He wrestled with God through the night and rose as Israel, father of twelve tribes.
Cited in the guide: Genesis 25–35; 46–49
Mahalath
Ishmael's daughter and the sister of Nebaioth, whom Esau married in addition to his other wives; Genesis 36:3 gives her name as Basemath and says she bore Reuel.
Cited in the guide: Genesis 28:8–9; Genesis 36:3; Genesis 36:10
Places
Bethel
Bethel ('house of God') is usually identified with Beitin, north of Jerusalem (location approximate). Jacob's ladder vision and Jeroboam's calf shrine are set here.
Cited in the guide: Genesis 28:19; Genesis 12:8; 1 Kings 12:29
Haran
A caravan city in Upper Mesopotamia and the family's waypoint between Ur and Canaan. Abraham departed from here for Canaan; Jacob later sojourned with Laban nearby.
Cited in the guide: Genesis 11:31; Genesis 12:4; Genesis 28:10
Cross references (21)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Genesis 24:3; Genesis 28:3–4; Genesis 27:46; Genesis 6:2; 2 Corinthians 6:14–16
- 2 Genesis 25:20; Hosea 12:12; Genesis 24:50; Genesis 22:20–23; Genesis 24:15–24
- 3 Genesis 48:3; Genesis 35:11; Genesis 17:1–6; Genesis 1:28; Genesis 22:17–18
- 4 Galatians 3:14; Genesis 12:7; Ephesians 1:3; Genesis 17:6–8; Genesis 12:1–3
- 6 Genesis 28:1; Genesis 27:33
- 7 Ephesians 6:3; Exodus 20:12; Proverbs 30:17; Leviticus 19:3; Genesis 27:43
- 8 Genesis 24:3; Genesis 26:34–35; Genesis 28:1; 1 Samuel 8:6
- 9 Genesis 36:3; Genesis 25:13–17; Genesis 26:34; Genesis 36:13; Genesis 36:18
- 10 Acts 7:2; Genesis 32:10; Genesis 11:31; Hosea 12:12
- 11 Genesis 28:18; Matthew 8:20; 2 Corinthians 1:5; Genesis 31:46
- 12 John 1:51; Genesis 32:1–2; Numbers 12:6; Job 33:15–16; Genesis 15:1
- 13 Genesis 13:15; Genesis 35:12; Genesis 48:3; Genesis 26:24; Genesis 35:1
- 14 Genesis 12:3; Genesis 18:18; Genesis 22:18; Genesis 26:4; Genesis 13:16
- 15 Joshua 1:5; Isaiah 41:10; Jeremiah 1:19; Deuteronomy 31:6; Genesis 26:24
- 16 Joshua 5:15; Job 9:11; Exodus 3:5; Exodus 15:11; Job 33:14
- 17 1 Timothy 3:15; Genesis 35:1–13; Ecclesiastes 5:1; Exodus 3:6; Genesis 28:22
- 18 Genesis 35:14; Genesis 31:13; Genesis 31:45; Leviticus 8:10–12; Genesis 35:20
- 19 Genesis 48:3; Hosea 12:4–5; Genesis 35:1; Hosea 4:15; Judges 1:22–26
- 20 1 Timothy 6:8; 2 Samuel 15:8; Genesis 31:13; John 1:16; Psalm 66:13
- 21 Deuteronomy 26:17; Judges 11:31; Exodus 15:2; 2 Samuel 15:8; 2 Samuel 19:24
- 22 Genesis 35:7; Genesis 14:20; Deuteronomy 14:22–23; Leviticus 27:30–33; Genesis 35:1
Cross references: OpenBible.info (CC BY), drawn mainly from the public-domain Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. · Sources & licences
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… thee, and increase thee, and multiply thee; and thou shalt be an assembly of peoples; and give to thee the blessing of Abraham thy father, and to thy seed after thee; that thou mayest inherit the land wherein thou dwellest, which God gave unto Abraham." Now we understand here that the seed of Jacob is separated from Isaac's other seed …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 2 (1887)
Dost thou not hear him praying and saying, "If the Lord give me bread to eat and raiment to put on?" which was not the part of one taking thought, but of one seeking all of God.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 10 (1888)
From the Lord himself in the words "The true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth." This place Jacob saw and said "The Lord is in this place." It follows that the Spirit is verily the place of the saints and the saint is the proper place for the Spirit, offering himself as he does for the …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 8 (1895)
I mean in Genesis. When Jacob slept at a certain place, he put a stone at his head; and in his sleep he saw a ladder reaching from earth even unto heaven; and the Lord was resting upon it; and Angels were ascending and descending by it.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 6 (1888)
Jacob saw a ladder in a dream; and on a ladder he saw angels ascending and descending: and he anointed the stone which he had placed at his head. You have heard that the Messias is Christ; you have heard that Christ is the Anointed.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 7 (1888)