¹Zvino Isaka wakadana Jakove, ndokumuropafadza, ndokumuraira ndokuti kwaari: Usawana mukadzi kuva­kunda veKanani.

¹And Isaac called Jacob, and blessed him, and charged him, and said unto him, Thou shalt not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan.

²Simuka uende Padhani-Aramu, kuimba yaBhetueri baba vamai vako, uye uzviwanire ikoko mukadzi kubva kuvaku­nda vaRabhani, hanzvadzi yamai vako.

²Arise, go to Padanaram, to the house of Bethuel thy mother's father; and take thee a wife from thence of the daughters of Laban thy mother's brother.

³Zvino Mwari Wemasimbaose ngaakuropafa­dze, akuberekese vana, nekukuwanza, kuti uve chaunga chendudzi;

³And God Almighty bless thee, and make thee fruitful, and multiply thee, that thou mayest be a multitude of people;

⁴agopa­ropafadzo yaAbhurahamu, kwauri nekumbeu yako pamwe newe; kuti ugare nhaka yenyika maugere uri mutorwa, Mwari yaakapa Abhurahamu.

⁴And give thee the blessing of Abraham, to thee, and to thy seed with thee; that thou mayest inherit the land wherein thou art a stranger, which God gave unto Abraham.

⁵Isaka ndokuendesa Jakove, iye ndokuenda Padhani-Aramu kuna Rabhani mwanako­mana waBhetueri, muSiriya, hanzvadzi yaRabheka, mai vaJakove naEsau.

⁵And Isaac sent away Jacob: and he went to Padanaram unto Laban, son of Bethuel the Syrian, the brother of Rebekah, Jacob's and Esau's mother.

⁶Zvino Esau wakaona kuti Isaka waropafadza Jakove, akamue­ndesa Padhani-Aramu kunozvitorera ikoko mukadzi, pakumuropafadza kwake wakamuraira achiti: Usatora mukadzi kuvakunda veKanani;

⁶When Esau saw that Isaac had blessed Jacob, and sent him away to Padanaram, to take him a wife from thence; and that as he blessed him he gave him a charge, saying, Thou shalt not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan;

⁷uye kuti Jakove wakateerera baba vake namai vake, akaenda Padhani-Aramu.

⁷And that Jacob obeyed his father and his mother, and was gone to Padanaram;

⁸Esau ndokuona kuti vakunda veKanani vaiva vakaipa pameso aIsaka baba vake.

⁸And Esau seeing that the daughters of Canaan pleased not Isaac his father;

⁹Naizvozvo Esau wakaenda kuna Ishimaeri, akazvitorera Maharati muku­nda walshimaeri, mwanakomana waAbhurahamu, hanzvadzi yaNebhayoti ave mukadzi wake pamusoro pevakadzi vaaiva navo.

⁹Then went Esau unto Ishmael, and took unto the wives which he had Mahalath the daughter of Ishmael Abraham's son, the sister of Nebajoth, to be his wife.

¹⁰Zvino Jakove wakabuda paBheeri­shebha, ndokuenda akananga Harani.

¹⁰And Jacob went out from Beersheba, and went toward Haran.

¹¹Zvino wakasvika panzvimbo, akavatapo usiku, nekuti zuva rakange ravira. Ndokutora ibwe pamabwe enzvimbo iyo, akaita mutsamhiro, ndokurara panzvimbo iyo.

¹¹And he lighted upon 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 for his pillows, and lay down in that place to sleep.

¹²Zvino wakarota, uye tarira, danhiko rakange rami­swa panyika, musoro waro uchibata matenga, zvino tarira, vatumwa vaMwari va­chikwira nekuburuka pariri.

¹²And 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.

¹³Zvino tarira, Je­hovha amire pamusoro paro, akati: Ndini Jehovha Mwari waAbhurahamu baba vako naMwari waIsaka; nyika yauvete pairi ndichakupa iyo, nembeu yako;

¹³And, behold, the LORD stood above it, and said, I am the LORD God of Abraham thy father, and the God of Isaac: the land whereon thou liest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed;

¹⁴uye mbeu yako ichaita seguruva renyika; zvino uchapararira kumavirazuva nekumabvazuva, nokumaodzanyemba nekuchamhembe; uye mauri nemumbeu yako dzimba dzose dzepanyika dzicharopafadzwa.

¹⁴And 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.

¹⁵Zvino tarira, ndi­newe, uye ndichakuchengeta kwese kwaunoenda, nekukudzosera kunyika ino; ne­kuti handingakusii kusvikira ndaita izvo zvandataura kwauri.

¹⁵And, behold, I am with thee, and will keep thee in all places whither thou goest, and will bring thee again into this land; for I will not leave thee, until I have done that which I have spoken to thee of.

¹⁶Zvino Jako­bho wakapepuka pahope dzake, ndokuti: Zvirokwazvo Jehovha uri panzvimbo ino, asi ini ndanga ndisingazivi.

¹⁶And Jacob awaked out of his sleep, and he said, Surely the LORD is in this place; and I knew it not.

¹⁷Zvino wakatya, ndokuti: Nzvimbo ino inotyisa zvakadii! Haisi chimwe chinhu kunze kweimba yaMwari, iri isuwo rekudenga.

¹⁷And he was afraid, and said, How dreadful is this place! this is none other but the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven.

¹⁸Jakove ndokumuka mangwanani-ngwanani, ndokutora ibwe raakange aita mutsamhiro, akari­misa kuva mbiru, ndokudira mafuta pamusoro pepamusoro paro.

¹⁸And Jacob rose up early in the morning, and took the stone that he had put for his pillows, and set it up for a pillar, and poured oil upon the top of it.

¹⁹Zvino wakatumidza zita renzvimbo iyo Bheteri, asi zita reguta pakutanga rainzi Ruzi.

¹⁹And he called the name of that place Bethel: but the name of that city was called Luz at the first.

²⁰Jakove ndokupika mhiko achiti: Kana Mwari akava neni, akandichengeta panzira yandinoenda, uye akandipa chikafu chekudya, nezvipfeko zvekupfeka;

²⁰And 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 raiment to put on,

²¹uye ndidzokere nerugare kuimba yababa vangu, ipapo Jehovha uchava Mwari wangu,

²¹So that I come again to my father's house in peace; then shall the LORD be my God:

²²neiri ibwe randakamisa rikava mbiru richava imba yaMwari; nezvose zvamuchandipa, zvirokwazvo ndicha­pa chegumi chazvo kwamuri.

²²And 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 unto thee.