## Genesis Chapter 28

###### Genesis 28:1
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וַיִּקְרָ֥א יִצְחָ֛ק אֶֽל־יַעֲקֹ֖ב וַיְבָ֣רֶךְ אֹת֑וֹ וַיְצַוֵּ֙הוּ֙ וַיֹּ֣אמֶר ל֔וֹ לֹֽא־תִקַּ֥ח אִשָּׁ֖ה מִבְּנ֥וֹת כְּנָֽעַן׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
Yitzchok called Yaakov and blessed him. He commanded him and said to him, Do not marry a woman of the daughters of Canaan.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And Yiżĥaq called Ya῾aqov, and blessed him, and charged him, and said to him, Thou shalt not take a wife of the daughters of Kena῾an.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And Isaac called to Jacob and he blessed him, and he charged him, saying: Do not take a wife from the daughters of Canaan.


###### Genesis 28:2
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ק֥וּם לֵךְ֙ פַּדֶּ֣נָֽה אֲרָ֔ם בֵּ֥יתָה בְתוּאֵ֖ל אֲבִ֣י אִמֶּ֑ךָ וְקַח־לְךָ֤ מִשָּׁם֙ אִשָּׁ֔ה מִבְּנ֥וֹת לָבָ֖ן אֲחִ֥י אִמֶּֽךָ׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
Set out and go to Padan Aram, to the house of Besueil, your mother’s father, and marry one of the daughters of Lavan, your mother’s brother.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Arise, go to Paddan-aram, to the house of Betu᾽el thy mother’s father; and take thee a wife from there of the daughters of Lavan thy mother’s brother.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Arise, go to Padan-Aram, to the house of Bethuel, your mother's father, and take for yourself from there a wife from the daughters of Lavan, your mother's brother.


###### Genesis 28:3
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וְאֵ֤ל שַׁדַּי֙ יְבָרֵ֣ךְ אֹֽתְךָ֔ וְיַפְרְךָ֖ וְיַרְבֶּ֑ךָ וְהָיִ֖יתָ לִקְהַ֥ל עַמִּֽים׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
May the Almighty, Shaddai, bless you, make you fruitful and multiply you. May you become an assembly of peoples.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And God Almighty bless thee, and make thee fruitful, and multiply thee, that thou mayst be a multitude of people;

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And the G d who is All-Sufficient [in His blessings] will bless you. And He will make you fruitful and will multiply you, and you will be an assembly of peoples.


###### Genesis 28:4
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וְיִֽתֶּן־לְךָ֙ אֶת־בִּרְכַּ֣ת אַבְרָהָ֔ם לְךָ֖ וּלְזַרְעֲךָ֣ אִתָּ֑ךְ לְרִשְׁתְּךָ֙ אֶת־אֶ֣רֶץ מְגֻרֶ֔יךָ אֲשֶׁר־נָתַ֥ן אֱלֹהִ֖ים לְאַבְרָהָֽם׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
May He give you the blessing of Avraham, to you and to your descendants with you, that you may inherit the land of your dwelling which God gave to Avraham.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
and give thee the blessing of Avraham, to thee, and to thy seed with thee; that thou mayst inherit the land in which thou art a sojourner, and which God gave to Avraham.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And He will give you [i.e., there will issue from you] the blessing of [i.e., to] Abraham [(12:2): "And I shall make you a great nation" and (26:4): "And they will bless themselves in your seed"], to you and to your seed with you, to inherit the land of your sojournings which G d gave to Abraham.


###### Genesis 28:5
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וַיִּשְׁלַ֤ח יִצְחָק֙ אֶֽת־יַעֲקֹ֔ב וַיֵּ֖לֶךְ פַּדֶּ֣נָֽה אֲרָ֑ם אֶל־לָבָ֤ן בֶּן־בְּתוּאֵל֙ הָֽאֲרַמִּ֔י אֲחִ֣י רִבְקָ֔ה אֵ֥ם יַעֲקֹ֖ב וְעֵשָֽׂו׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
Yitzchok sent Yaakov on his way, and he went to Paddan Aram, to Lavan, son of Besueil the Aramean, the brother of Rivkah, mother of Yaakov and Eisov.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And Yiżĥaq sent away Ya῾aqov: and he went to Paddan-aram to Lavan, son of Betu᾽el the Arammian, the brother of Rivqa, mother of Ya῾aqov and ῾Esav.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And Isaac sent Jacob, and he went to Padan-Aram, to Lavan the son of Bethuel the Aramite, the brother of Rivkah, the mother of Jacob and Esau.


###### Genesis 28:6
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וַיַּ֣רְא עֵשָׂ֗ו כִּֽי־בֵרַ֣ךְ יִצְחָק֮ אֶֽת־יַעֲקֹב֒ וְשִׁלַּ֤ח אֹתוֹ֙ פַּדֶּ֣נָֽה אֲרָ֔ם לָקַֽחַת־ל֥וֹ מִשָּׁ֖ם אִשָּׁ֑ה בְּבָרְכ֣וֹ אֹת֔וֹ וַיְצַ֤ו עָלָיו֙ לֵאמֹ֔ר לֹֽא־תִקַּ֥ח אִשָּׁ֖ה מִבְּנ֥וֹת כְּנָֽעַן׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
Eisov saw that Yitzchok blessed Yaakov, and sent him to Paddan Aram, to find a wife there; and as he blessed him, he commanded him saying, Do not take a wife from the daughters of Canaan.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
When ῾Esav saw that Yiżĥaq had blessed Ya῾aqov, and sent him away to Paddan-aram, to take him a wife from there; and that as he blessed him he gave him a charge, saying, Thou shalt not take a wife of the daughters of Kena῾an:

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And Esau saw that Isaac had blessed Jacob and that he had sent him to Padan-Aram to take for himself from there a wife in blessing him, charging him: Do not take wife from the daughters of Canaan,


###### Genesis 28:7
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וַיִּשְׁמַ֣ע יַעֲקֹ֔ב אֶל־אָבִ֖יו וְאֶל־אִמּ֑וֹ וַיֵּ֖לֶךְ פַּדֶּ֥נָֽה אֲרָֽם׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
And Yaakov listened to his father and mother, and went to Paddan Aram.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
and that Ya῾aqov obeyed his father and his mother, and was gone to Paddan-aram,

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
and that Jacob had heeded his father and mother and gone to Padan-Aram.


###### Genesis 28:8
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וַיַּ֣רְא עֵשָׂ֔ו כִּ֥י רָע֖וֹת בְּנ֣וֹת כְּנָ֑עַן בְּעֵינֵ֖י יִצְחָ֥ק אָבִֽיו׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
Eisov [thus] realized that the daughters of Canaan were evil in the eyes of Yitzchok, his father.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
and ῾Esav saw that the daughters of Kena῾an pleased not Yiżĥaq his father;

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And Esau saw that the daughters of Canaan were evil in the eyes of Isaac his father.


###### Genesis 28:9
[Genesis 28:9](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Genesis/r/28:9)

וַיֵּ֥לֶךְ עֵשָׂ֖ו אֶל־יִשְׁמָעֵ֑אל וַיִּקַּ֡ח אֶֽת־מָחֲלַ֣ת**׀** בַּת־יִשְׁמָעֵ֨אל בֶּן־אַבְרָהָ֜ם אֲח֧וֹת נְבָי֛וֹת עַל־נָשָׁ֖יו ל֥וֹ לְאִשָּֽׁה׃{ס}

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
Eisov [then] went to Yishmael, and took Mochalas, the daughter of Yishmael, the son of Avraham and sister of Nevayos, in addition to his other wives, for a wife.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
then ῾Esav went and took to wife besides the wives he had, Maĥalat the daughter of Yishma᾽el Avraham’s son, the sister of Nevayot.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And Esau [likewise] went to Ishmael, and he took Machlath the daughter of Ishmael, the son of Abraham, the sister of Nevayoth [(who gave her in marriage to Esau)] in addition to his (other) [wicked] wives for himself as a wife.


###### Genesis 28:10
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וַיֵּצֵ֥א יַעֲקֹ֖ב מִבְּאֵ֣ר שָׁ֑בַע וַיֵּ֖לֶךְ חָרָֽנָה׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
Yaakov left Beer Sheva and went toward Charan.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And Ya῾aqov went out from Be᾽er-sheva, and went toward Ḥaran.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And Jacob went out of Beersheva and he went [to go] to Charan.


###### Genesis 28:11
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וַיִּפְגַּ֨ע בַּמָּק֜וֹם וַיָּ֤לֶן שָׁם֙ כִּי־בָ֣א הַשֶּׁ֔מֶשׁ וַיִּקַּח֙ מֵאַבְנֵ֣י הַמָּק֔וֹם וַיָּ֖שֶׂם מְרַֽאֲשֹׁתָ֑יו וַיִּשְׁכַּ֖ב בַּמָּק֥וֹם הַהֽוּא׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
He reached the place and spent the night there because the sun had set. He took some of the stones of that place, and arranged them around his head, and lay down [to sleep] in that place.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And he lighted on a certain place, and tarried there all night, because the sun was set; and he took of the stones of that place, and put them under his head, and lay down in that place to sleep.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And he came to the place [Mount Moriah] and he spent the night there, for the sun had set [of a sudden, G d causing it to set so that he should sleep there]. And he took of the stones of the place and set them around his head [to guard against animals], and he slept in that place.


###### Genesis 28:12
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וַֽיַּחֲלֹ֗ם וְהִנֵּ֤ה סֻלָּם֙ מֻצָּ֣ב אַ֔רְצָה וְרֹאשׁ֖וֹ מַגִּ֣יעַ הַשָּׁמָ֑יְמָה וְהִנֵּה֙ מַלְאֲכֵ֣י אֱלֹהִ֔ים עֹלִ֥ים וְיֹרְדִ֖ים בּֽוֹ׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
He dreamed, and behold a ladder was set up on the earth and the top of it reached toward heaven; and behold angels of Elohim were ascending and descending on it.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And he dreamed, and behold a ladder set up on the earth, and the top of it reached to heaven: and behold the angels of God ascending and descending on it.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And he dreamed, and, behold, a ladder set in the earth, and its top reaching the heavens, and, behold, angels of G d ascending [to heaven] and [others] descending [from heaven to earth] upon it.


###### Genesis 28:13
[Genesis 28:13](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Genesis/r/28:13)

וְהִנֵּ֨ה יְהֹוָ֜ה נִצָּ֣ב עָלָיו֮ וַיֹּאמַר֒ אֲנִ֣י יְהֹוָ֗ה אֱלֹהֵי֙ אַבְרָהָ֣ם אָבִ֔יךָ וֵאלֹהֵ֖י יִצְחָ֑ק הָאָ֗רֶץ אֲשֶׁ֤ר אַתָּה֙ שֹׁכֵ֣ב עָלֶ֔יהָ לְךָ֥ אֶתְּנֶ֖נָּה וּלְזַרְעֶֽךָ׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
And behold Adonoy stood over him, and said, I am Adonoy, God of Avraham, your father, and God of Yitzchok. The land upon which you are lying, I will give to you and to your descendants.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And, behold, the Lord stood above it, and said, I am the Lord God of Avraham thy father, and the God of Yiżĥaq: the land on which thou liest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed;

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And, behold, the L rd was standing over him [to guard him]. And He said: I am the L rd, the G d of Abraham your father, and the G d of Isaac. The land on which you lie, to you shall I give it, and to your seed.


###### Genesis 28:14
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וְהָיָ֤ה זַרְעֲךָ֙ כַּעֲפַ֣ר הָאָ֔רֶץ וּפָרַצְתָּ֛ יָ֥מָּה וָקֵ֖דְמָה וְצָפֹ֣נָה וָנֶ֑גְבָּה וְנִבְרְכ֥וּ בְךָ֛ כׇּל־מִשְׁפְּחֹ֥ת הָאֲדָמָ֖ה וּבְזַרְעֶֽךָ׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
Your descendants shall be as the dust of the earth. You shall spread to the west, to the east, to the north and to the south. Through you shall be blessed all the families of the earth, and through your descendants.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
and thy seed shall be as the dust of the earth, and thou shalt spread abroad to the west, and to the east, and to the north, and to the south: and in thee and in thy seed shall all the families of the earth be blessed.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And your seed will be as dust of the earth, and you will be strong, west and east and north and south. And all the families of the earth will bless themselves in you and in your seed.


###### Genesis 28:15
[Genesis 28:15](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Genesis/r/28:15)

וְהִנֵּ֨ה אָנֹכִ֜י עִמָּ֗ךְ וּשְׁמַרְתִּ֙יךָ֙ בְּכֹ֣ל אֲשֶׁר־תֵּלֵ֔ךְ וַהֲשִׁ֣בֹתִ֔יךָ אֶל־הָאֲדָמָ֖ה הַזֹּ֑את כִּ֚י לֹ֣א אֶֽעֱזׇבְךָ֔ עַ֚ד אֲשֶׁ֣ר אִם־עָשִׂ֔יתִי אֵ֥ת אֲשֶׁר־דִּבַּ֖רְתִּי לָֽךְ׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
Behold, I am with you, and I will guard you wherever you go, and I will bring you back to this land. I will not forsake you until I have done that which I have spoken for you.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And, behold, I am with thee, and will keep thee in all places to which thou goest, and will bring thee back to this land; for I will not leave thee, until I have done that which I have spoken to thee of.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And, behold, I am with you, [and you need not fear Esau and Lavan], and I shall keep you, wherever you go, and I shall return you to this land; for I shall not forsake you until I have done what I have spoken [to Abraham] concerning you.


###### Genesis 28:16
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וַיִּיקַ֣ץ יַעֲקֹב֮ מִשְּׁנָתוֹ֒ וַיֹּ֕אמֶר אָכֵן֙ יֵ֣שׁ יְהֹוָ֔ה בַּמָּק֖וֹם הַזֶּ֑ה וְאָנֹכִ֖י לֹ֥א יָדָֽעְתִּי׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
Yaakov awoke from his sleep, and said, In truth, Adonoy is in this place, and I did not know it.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And Ya῾aqov awoke out of his sleep, and he said, Surely the Lord is in this place; and I knew it not.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And Jacob awoke from his sleep and he said: In truth, the L rd is in this place, and I did not know it. [Had I known it, I would not have slept here.]


###### Genesis 28:17
[Genesis 28:17](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Genesis/r/28:17)

וַיִּירָא֙ וַיֹּאמַ֔ר מַה־נּוֹרָ֖א הַמָּק֣וֹם הַזֶּ֑ה אֵ֣ין זֶ֗ה כִּ֚י אִם־בֵּ֣ית אֱלֹהִ֔ים וְזֶ֖ה שַׁ֥עַר הַשָּׁמָֽיִם׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
He was afraid and said, How awesome is this place! This is none other than the house of Elohim, and this is the gate of heaven.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And he was afraid, and said, How dreadful is this place! this is no other than the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And he feared and he said: How awesome is this place! This is none other than the house of G d, and this is the gate of heaven [a place of prayer, whence prayers ascend to heaven].


###### Genesis 28:18
[Genesis 28:18](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Genesis/r/28:18)

וַיַּשְׁכֵּ֨ם יַעֲקֹ֜ב בַּבֹּ֗קֶר וַיִּקַּ֤ח אֶת־הָאֶ֙בֶן֙ אֲשֶׁר־שָׂ֣ם מְרַֽאֲשֹׁתָ֔יו וַיָּ֥שֶׂם אֹתָ֖הּ מַצֵּבָ֑ה וַיִּצֹ֥ק שֶׁ֖מֶן עַל־רֹאשָֽׁהּ׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
Yaakov rose early in the morning and took the stone that he had placed at his head; and he set it as a monument, and poured oil on its top.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And Ya῾aqov 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 the top of it.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And Jacob arose early in the morning and he took the stone that he had placed at his head and he set it up as a monument and he poured oil on its top.


###### Genesis 28:19
[Genesis 28:19](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Genesis/r/28:19)

וַיִּקְרָ֛א אֶת־שֵֽׁם־הַמָּק֥וֹם הַה֖וּא בֵּֽית־אֵ֑ל וְאוּלָ֛ם ל֥וּז שֵׁם־הָעִ֖יר לָרִאשֹׁנָֽה׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
He named that place Beis Eil, but Luz was the original name of the city.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And he called the name of that place Bet-el: but the name of that city was called Luz at first.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And he called the name of that place Beth-El ("the house of G d"), whereas Luz had been the name of the city in the beginning.


###### Genesis 28:20
[Genesis 28:20](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Genesis/r/28:20)

וַיִּדַּ֥ר יַעֲקֹ֖ב נֶ֣דֶר לֵאמֹ֑ר אִם־יִהְיֶ֨ה אֱלֹהִ֜ים עִמָּדִ֗י וּשְׁמָרַ֙נִי֙ בַּדֶּ֤רֶךְ הַזֶּה֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר אָנֹכִ֣י הוֹלֵ֔ךְ וְנָֽתַן־לִ֥י לֶ֛חֶם לֶאֱכֹ֖ל וּבֶ֥גֶד לִלְבֹּֽשׁ׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
Yaakov made a vow, saying, If Elohim will be with me, and guards me on this path that I am going, and gives me bread to eat and clothing to wear;

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And Ya῾aqov 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 wear,

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And Jacob vowed a vow, saying: If G d will be with me, [as He promised (28:15)], and He will keep me on this way on which I go, [as He said (Ibid.)], and He will give me bread to eat and a garment to wear, [as He said (Ibid.): "For I shall not forsake you"],


###### Genesis 28:21
[Genesis 28:21](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Genesis/r/28:21)

וְשַׁבְתִּ֥י בְשָׁל֖וֹם אֶל־בֵּ֣ית אָבִ֑י וְהָיָ֧ה יְהֹוָ֛ה לִ֖י לֵאלֹהִֽים׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
And if I return in peace to my father’s house, and Adonoy will be my God;

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
so that I come back to my father’s house in peace, then the Lord shall be my God:

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
and I return in peace [free of sin] to my father's house, [as He said (Ibid.)], and the L rd will be a G d for me, [conferring His name upon me, there being no blemish in my seed, as He said (Ibid.): "what I have spoken concerning you," viz. (17:17): "to be a G d to you and to your seed after you"],


###### Genesis 28:22
[Genesis 28:22](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Genesis/r/28:22)

וְהָאֶ֣בֶן הַזֹּ֗את אֲשֶׁר־שַׂ֙מְתִּי֙ מַצֵּבָ֔ה יִהְיֶ֖ה בֵּ֣ית אֱלֹהִ֑ים וְכֹל֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר תִּתֶּן־לִ֔י עַשֵּׂ֖ר אֲעַשְּׂרֶ֥נּוּ לָֽךְ׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
[Then] this stone which I have set [as] a monument will become a House of God, and of all that You give, I will surely give a tenth to You.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
and this stone, which I have set for a pillar, shall be God’s house: and of all that Thou shalt give me I will surely give the tenth to Thee.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
then this stone which I have set up as a pillar will be the house of G d [i.e., I shall worship the L rd upon it (as he did, viz. 35:1 and 14)], and all that You give me will I tenth to You.