Genesis · Modern Greek Bible: Vamvas (1850)
Genesis 28 Modern Greek Bible: Vamvas (1850)
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Notes on this text (2)
- The Old Testament is translated from the Hebrew, not from the Septuagint read in the Orthodox Church; there are no deuterocanonical books.
- Katharevousa (learned 19th-century Greek), as in the CrossWire module (text from theword.gr).
1 Και προσκαλέσας ο Ισαάκ τον Ιακώβ ευλόγησεν αυτόν, και παρήγγειλε προς αυτόν λέγων, Δεν θέλεις λάβει γυναίκα εκ των θυγατέρων Χαναάν·
1 Isaac called Jacob, blessed him, and commanded him, “You shall not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan.
2 σηκωθείς ύπαγε εις Παδάν-αράμ, εις την οικίαν Βαθουήλ του πατρός της μητρός σου· και εκείθεν λάβε εις σεαυτόν γυναίκα, εκ των θυγατέρων Λάβαν του αδελφού της μητρός σου·
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 και ο Θεός ο Παντοδύναμος να σε ευλογήση και να σε αυξήση και να σε πληθύνη, ώστε να γείνης εις πλήθος λαών·
3 May God Almighty bless you, and make you fruitful, and multiply you, that you may be a company of peoples,
4 και να σοι δώση την ευλογίαν του Αβραάμ, εις σε και εις το σπέρμα σου μετά σε, διά να κληρονομήσης την γην της παροικήσεώς σου, την οποίαν έδωκεν ο Θεός εις τον Αβραάμ.
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 Και εξαπέστειλεν ο Ισαάκ τον Ιακώβ· και υπήγεν εις Παδάν-αράμ προς Λάβαν, τον υιόν του Βαθουήλ του Σύρου, τον αδελφόν Ρεβέκκας της μητρός του Ιακώβ και του Ησαύ.
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 Ιδών δε ο Ησαύ ότι ευλόγησεν ο Ισαάκ τον Ιακώβ και εξαπέστειλεν αυτόν εις Παδάν-αράμ, διά να λάβη εις εαυτόν γυναίκα εκείθεν, και ότι, ενώ ευλόγει αυτόν, παρήγγειλεν εις αυτόν, λέγων, Δεν θέλεις λάβει γυναίκα εκ των θυγατέρων Χαναάν·
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 και ότι υπήκουσεν ο Ιακώβ εις τον πατέρα αυτού και την μητέρα αυτού· και υπήγεν εις Παδάν-αράμ·
7 and that Jacob obeyed his father and his mother, and was gone to Paddan Aram.
8 και ιδών ο Ησαύ ότι αι θυγατέρες Χαναάν είναι μισηταί εις τους οφθαλμούς του πατρός αυτού Ισαάκ,
8 Esau saw that the daughters of Canaan didn’t please Isaac, his father.
9 υπήγεν ο Ησαύ προς τον Ισμαήλ, και εκτός των άλλων γυναικών αυτού έλαβεν εις εαυτόν γυναίκα την Μαελέθ, θυγατέρα Ισμαήλ του υιού του Αβραάμ, την αδελφήν του Ναβαϊώθ.
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 Και εξήλθεν ο Ιακώβ από Βηρ-σαβεέ, και υπήγεν εις Χαρράν.
10 Jacob went out from Beersheba, and went toward Haran.
11 Και έφθασεν εις τινά τόπον και διενυκτέρευσεν εκεί, διότι είχε δύσει ο ήλιος· και έλαβεν εκ των λίθων του τόπου και έθεσε προσκεφάλαιον αυτού, και εκοιμήθη εν τω τόπω εκείνω.
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 Και είδεν ενύπνιον, και ιδού, κλίμαξ εστηριγμένη εις την γην, της οποίας η κορυφή έφθανεν εις τον ουρανόν· και ιδού, οι άγγελοι του Θεού ανέβαινον και κατέβαινον επ' αυτής.
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 Και ιδού, ο Κύριος ίστατο επάνωθεν αυτής και είπεν, Εγώ είμαι Κύριος ο Θεός του Αβραάμ του πατρός σου, και ο Θεός του Ισαάκ· την γην, επί της οποίας κοιμάσαι, εις σε θέλω δώσει αυτήν και εις το σπέρμα σου.
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 και θέλει είσθαι το σπέρμα σου ως η άμμος της γης, και θέλεις εξαπλωθή προς δύσιν και προς ανατολήν και προς βορράν και προς νότον· και θέλουσιν ευλογηθή εν σοι, και εν τω σπέρματί σου πάσαι αι φυλαί της γής·
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 και ιδού, εγώ είμαι μετά σου, και θέλω σε διαφυλάττει πανταχού, όπου αν υπάγης, και θέλω σε επαναφέρει εις την γην ταύτην· διότι δεν θέλω σε εγκαταλείψει, εωσού κάμω όσα ελάλησα προς σε.
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 Και εξεγερθείς ο Ιακώβ εκ του ύπνου αυτού, είπε, Βέβαια ο Κύριος είναι εν τω τόπω τούτω, και εγώ δεν ήξευρον.
16 Jacob awakened out of his sleep, and he said, “Surely Yahweh is in this place, and I didn’t know it.”
17 Και εφοβήθη και είπε, Πόσον φοβερός είναι ο τόπος ούτος· δεν είναι τούτο, ειμή οίκος Θεού, και αύτη η πύλη του ουρανού.
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 Και σηκωθείς ο Ιακώβ ενωρίς το πρωΐ, έλαβε τον λίθον τον οποίον είχε θέσει προσκεφάλαιον αυτού, και έστησεν αυτόν διά στήλην και έχυσεν έλαιον επί την κορυφήν αυτής.
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 Και εκάλεσε το όνομα του τόπου εκείνου, Βαιθήλ· το δε όνομα της πόλεως εκείνης ήτο πρότερον Λούζ.
19 He called the name of that place Bethel, but the name of the city was Luz at the first.
20 Και ευχήθη ο Ιακώβ ευχήν, λέγων, Αν ο Θεός ήναι μετ' εμού και με διαφυλάξη εν τη οδώ ταύτη εις την οποίαν υπάγω, και μοι δώση άρτον να φάγω και ένδυμα να ενδυθώ,
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 και επιστρέψω εν ειρήνη εις τον οίκον του πατρός μου, τότε ο Κύριος θέλει είσθαι Θεός μου·
21 so that I come again to my father’s house in peace, and Yahweh will be my God,
22 και ο λίθος ούτος, τον οποίον έστησα διά στήλην, θέλει είσθαι οίκος Θεού· και εκ πάντων όσα μοι δώσης, το δέκατον θέλω προσφέρει εις σε.
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
From this site's family tree and Bible maps, only where those guides cite this chapter.
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
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What the Fathers said
Passages from the Church Fathers that expound or quote this chapter, verbatim from the public-domain Schaff edition (19th-century English translations).
How these were chosen
“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).
… 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)