## Onkelos Genesis Chapter 28

###### Onkelos Genesis 28:1
[Onkelos Genesis 28:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Genesis/r/28:1)

וּקְרָא יִצְחָק לְיַעֲקֹב וּבָרִיךְ יָתֵיהּ וּפַקְּדֵיהּ וַאֲמַר לֵיהּ לָא תִסַּב אִתְּתָא מִבְּנַת כְּנָעַן:

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


###### Onkelos Genesis 28:2
[Onkelos Genesis 28:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Genesis/r/28:2)

קוּם אִזֵּיל לְפַדַּן אֲרָם לְבֵית בְּתוּאֵל אֲבוּהָא דְאִמָּךְ וְסַב לָךְ מִתַּמָּן אִתְּתָא מִבְּנַת לָבָן אֲחוּהָא דְאִמָּךְ:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
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.


###### Onkelos Genesis 28:3
[Onkelos Genesis 28:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Genesis/r/28:3)

וְאֵל שַׁדַּי יְבָרֵךְ יָתָךְ וְיַפְּשָׁךְ וְיַסְגִּנָּךְ וּתְהֵי לְכִנְשַׁת **שִׁבְטִין**:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
May the Almighty, Shaddai, bless you, make you fruitful and multiply you. May you become an assembly of peoples [**tribes**].


###### Onkelos Genesis 28:4
[Onkelos Genesis 28:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Genesis/r/28:4)

וְיִתֶּן לָךְ יָת בִּרְכְּתָא דְאַבְרָהָם לָךְ וְלִבְנָךְ עִמָּךְ לְמֵירְתָךְ יָת אֲרַע תּוֹתָבוּתָךְ דִּי יְהַב יְיָ לְאַבְרָהָם:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
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.


###### Onkelos Genesis 28:5
[Onkelos Genesis 28:5](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Genesis/r/28:5)

וּשְׁלַח יִצְחָק יָת יַעֲקֹב וַאֲזַל לְפַדַּן אֲרָם לְוַת לָבָן בַּר בְּתוּאֵל אֲרַמָּאָה אֲחוּהָא דְרִבְקָה אִמֵּיהּ דְּיַעֲקֹב וְעֵשָׂו:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
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.


###### Onkelos Genesis 28:6
[Onkelos Genesis 28:6](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Genesis/r/28:6)

וַחֲזָא עֵשָׂו אֲרֵי בָרִיךְ יִצְחָק יָת יַעֲקֹב וְשַׁלַּח יָתֵיהּ לְפַדַּן אֲרָם לְמִסַּב לֵיהּ מִתַּמָּן אִתְּתָא כַּד בָּרִיךְ יָתֵיהּ וּפַקִּיד עֲלוֹהִי לְמֵימַר לָא תִסַּב אִתְּתָא מִבְּנַת כְּנָעַן:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
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.


###### Onkelos Genesis 28:7
[Onkelos Genesis 28:7](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Genesis/r/28:7)

**וְקַבִּיל** יַעֲקֹב מִן אֲבוּהִי וּמִן אִמֵּיהּ וַאֲזַל לְפַדַּן אֲרָם:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
And Yaakov listened to [**accepted**] his father and mother, and went to Paddan Aram.


###### Onkelos Genesis 28:8
[Onkelos Genesis 28:8](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Genesis/r/28:8)

וַחֲזָא עֵשָׂו אֲרֵי בִישָׁא בְּנַת כְּנָעַן בְּעֵינֵי יִצְחָק אֲבוּהִי:

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


###### Onkelos Genesis 28:9
[Onkelos Genesis 28:9](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Genesis/r/28:9)

וַאֲזַל עֵשָׂו לְוַת יִשְׁמָעֵאל וּנְסִיב יָת מַחֲלַת בַּת יִשְׁמָעֵאל בַּר אַבְרָהָם אֲחָתֵיהּ דִּנְבָיוֹת עַל נְשׁוֹהִי לֵיהּ לְאִנְתּוּ:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
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.


###### Onkelos Genesis 28:10
[Onkelos Genesis 28:10](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Genesis/r/28:10)

וּנְפַק יַעֲקֹב מִבְּאֵרָא דְשָׁבַע וַאֲזַל לְחָרָן:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
Yaakov left Beer Sheva and went toward Charan.


###### Onkelos Genesis 28:11
[Onkelos Genesis 28:11](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Genesis/r/28:11)

וַעֲרַע בְּאַתְרָא וּבָת תַּמָּן אֲרֵי עַל שִׁמְשָׁא וּנְסִיב מֵאַבְנֵי אַתְרָא וְשַׁוִּי אִסָּדוֹהִי וּשְׁכִיב בְּאַתְרָא הַהוּא:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
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.


###### Onkelos Genesis 28:12
[Onkelos Genesis 28:12](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Genesis/r/28:12)

וַחֲלַם וְהָא סֻלְמָא **נָעִיץ** בְּאַרְעָא וְרֵישֵׁיהּ מָטֵי עַד צֵית שְׁמַיָּא וְהָא מַלְאָכַיָּא דַיְיָ סָלְקִין וְנָחֲתִין בֵּהּ:

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


###### Onkelos Genesis 28:13
[Onkelos Genesis 28:13](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Genesis/r/28:13)

וְהָא **יְקָרָא דַ**יְיָ מְעַתַּד עִלָּווֹהִי וַאֲמַר אֲנָא יְיָ אֱלָהֵהּ דְּאַבְרָהָם אָבוּךְ וֵאֱלָהֵהּ דְּיִצְחָק אַרְעָא דִּי אַתְּ שָׁרֵי עֲלַהּ לָךְ אֶתְּנִנַּהּ וְלִבְנָךְ:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
And behold [**the Glory of**] 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.


###### Onkelos Genesis 28:14
[Onkelos Genesis 28:14](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Genesis/r/28:14)

וִיהוֹן בְּנָךְ **סַגִּיאִין** כְּעַפְרָא דְאַרְעָא **וְתִתְקֵף** לְמַעַרְבָא וּלְמָדִינְחָא וּלְצִפּוּנָא וּלְדָרוֹמָא וְיִתְבָּרְכוּן **בְּדִילָךְ** כֹּל זַרְעֲיַת אַרְעָא **וּבְדִיל** בְּנָךְ:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
Your descendants shall be [**many**] as the dust of the earth. You shall spread [**be strong**] to the west, to the east, to the north and to the south. Through [**Because of**] you shall be blessed all the families of the earth, and through [**because of**] your descendants.


###### Onkelos Genesis 28:15
[Onkelos Genesis 28:15](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Genesis/r/28:15)

וְהָא **מֵימְרִי בְּסַעְדָּךְ** וְאֶטְּרִנָּךְ **בְּכָל אֲתַר** דִּי תְהַךְ וַאֲתֵיבִנָּךְ לְאַרְעָא הָדָא אֲרֵי לָא אֶשְׁבְּקִנָּךְ עַד דִּי אֶעְבֵּיד יָת דְּמַלֵּלִית לָךְ:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
Behold, I am with you [**My Word is your support**], and I will guard you wherever [**every place**] 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.


###### Onkelos Genesis 28:16
[Onkelos Genesis 28:16](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Genesis/r/28:16)

וְאִתְּעַר יַעֲקֹב מִשִּׁנְתֵּיהּ וַאֲמַר בְּקוּשְׁטָא (אִית) **יְקָרָא דַיְיָ שָׁרֵי** בְּאַתְרָא הָדֵין וַאֲנָא **לָא הֲוֵיתִי יְדָע**:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
Yaakov awoke from his sleep, and said, In truth, [**the Glory of**] Adonoy is [**dwells**] in this place, and I did not know it [**would not have known it**].


###### Onkelos Genesis 28:17
[Onkelos Genesis 28:17](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Genesis/r/28:17)

וּדְחִיל וַאֲמַר מָה דְּחִילוּ אַתְרָא הָדֵין **לֵית דֵּין אֲתַר הֶדְיוֹט אֶלָּהֵין אֲתַר דְּרַעֲוָא בֵיהּ מִן קֳדָם יְי**ָ וְדֵין תְּרַע **קֳבֵל** שְׁמַיָּא:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
He was afraid and said, How awesome is this place! This is none other than the house of Elohim [**not a regular place but a place where it is the will of Elohim to receive prayers**], and this is the gate of [**opposite**] heaven.


###### Onkelos Genesis 28:18
[Onkelos Genesis 28:18](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Genesis/r/28:18)

וְאַקְדֵּים יַעֲקֹב בְּצַפְרָא וּנְסִיב יָת אַבְנָא דִּי שַׁוִּי אִסָּדוֹהִי וְשַׁוִּי יָתַהּ קָמָא וַאֲרִיק מִשְׁחָא עַל רֵישַׁהּ:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
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.


###### Onkelos Genesis 28:19
[Onkelos Genesis 28:19](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Genesis/r/28:19)

וּקְרָא יָת שְׁמָא דְאַתְרָא הַהוּא בֵּית אֵל וּבְרַם לוּז שְׁמָא דְקַרְתָּא בְּקַדְמֵיתָא:

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


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

וְקַיִּים יַעֲקֹב קְיָם לְמֵימָר אִם יְהֵא **מֵימְרָא** דַיְיָ **בְּסַעְדִּי** וְיִטְּרִנַּנִי בְּאָרְחָא הָדֵין דִּי אֲנָא אָזֵל וְיִתֶּן לִי לַחֲמָא (נ"א לְחֵם) לְמֵיכַל וּכְסוּ לְמִלְבָּשׁ:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
Yaakov made a vow, saying, If [**the Word of**] Elohim will be with me [**my support**], and guards me on this path that I am going, and gives me bread to eat and clothing to wear;


###### Onkelos Genesis 28:21
[Onkelos Genesis 28:21](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Genesis/r/28:21)

וְאֵתוּב בִּשְׁלַם לְבֵית אַבָּא וִיהֵא **מֵימְרָא** דַיְיָ לִי לֵאלָהָא:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
And if I return in peace to my father’s house, and [**the Word of**] Adonoy will be my God;


###### Onkelos Genesis 28:22
[Onkelos Genesis 28:22](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Genesis/r/28:22)

וְאַבְנָא הָדָא דִּי שַׁוֵּיתִי קָמָא **תְּהֵי דִּי אֵהֵי פָלַח עֲלַהּ מִן קֳדָם יְיָ** וְכֹל דִּי תִּתֶּן לִי חַד מִן עַשְׂרָא אַפְרְשִׁנֵּיהּ **קֳדָמָךְ**:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
[Then] this stone which I have set [as] a monument will become a House of God [**place where I will worship upon it before God**], and of all that You give, I will surely give a tenth to [**before**] You.