Category Archives: Genesis

Εἰ ταπεινώσεις τὰς θυγατέρας μου, εἰ λάβῃς γυναῖκας ἐπὶ ταῖς θυγατράσιν μου, ὅρα, οὐθεὶς μεθ᾿ ἡμῶν ἐστιν ὁρῶν· Θεὸς μάρτυς μεταξὺ ἐμοῦ καὶ μεταξὺ σοῦ. If you humiliate my daughters, if you take wives in addition to my daughters, see, … Continue reading →

καὶ Ἡ ὅρασις, ἣν εἶπεν· Ἐπίδοι ὁ Θεὸς ἀνὰ μέσον ἐμοῦ καὶ σοῦ, ὅτι ἀποστησόμεθα ἕτερος ἀπὸ τοῦ ἑτέρου. and ‘The Vision’, of which he said, “May God look between me and you, because we shall keep a distance from … Continue reading →

Εἶπεν δὲ Λαβὰν τῷ Ἰακὼβ· Ἰδοὺ ὁ βουνὸς οὗτος καὶ ἡ στήλη αὕτη, ἣν ἔστησα ἀνὰ μέσον ἐμοῦ καὶ σοῦ· μαρτυρεῖ ὁ βουνὸς οὗτος καὶ μαρτυρεῖ ἡ στήλη αὕτη· διὰ τοῦτο ἐκλήθη τὸ ὄνομα αὐτοῦ Βουνὸς μαρτυρεῖ, Then Laban said … Continue reading →

Καὶ ἐκάλεσεν αὐτὸν Λαβὰν Βουνὸς τῆς μαρτυρίας, Ἰακὼβ δὲ ἐκάλεσεν αὐτὸν Βουνὸς μάρτυς. And Laban called it ‘Heap of the witness’, then Iakob called it ‘Heap witness.’ ויקרא־לו לבן יגר שׂהדותא ויעקב קרא לו גלעד׃

Εἶπεν δὲ Ἰακὼβ τοῖς ἀδελφοῖς αὐτοῦ· Συλλέγετε λίθους. καὶ συνέλεξαν λίθους καὶ ἐποίησαν βουνόν, καὶ ἔφαγον καὶ ἔπιον ἐκεῖ ἐπὶ τοῦ βουνοῦ. καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῷ Λαβάν· Ὁ βουνὸς οὗτος μαρτυρεῖ ἀνὰ μέσον ἐμοῦ καὶ σοῦ σήμερον.  Then Iakob said to … Continue reading →

Λαβὼν δὲ Ἰακὼβ λίθον ἔστησεν αὐτὸν στήλην. Then Iakob taking a stone, he set it up as a pillar. ויקח יעקב אבן וירימה מצבה׃   * pillar OR stele

Νῦν οὖν δεῦρο διαθώμεθα διαθήκην ἐγὼ καὶ σύ, καὶ ἔσται εἰς μαρτύριον ἀνὰ μέσον ἐμοῦ καὶ σοῦ. εἶπεν δὲ αὐτῷ· Ἰδοὺ οὐθεὶς μεθ᾿ ἡμῶν ἐστιν, ἰδὲ ὁ Θεὸς μάρτυς ἀνὰ μέσον ἐμοῦ καὶ σοῦ. Now then come, let us make … Continue reading →

Ἀποκριθεὶς δὲ Λαβὰν εἶπεν τῷ Ἰακὼβ· Αἱ θυγατέρες θυγατέρες μου, καὶ οἱ υἱοὶ υἱοί μου, καὶ τὰ κτήνη κτήνη μου, καὶ πάντα ὅσα σὺ ὁρᾷς, ἐμά ἐστιν καὶ τῶν θυγατέρων μου. τί ποιήσω ταύταις σήμερον ἢ τοῖς τέκνοις αὐτῶν, οἷς … Continue reading →

Εἰ μὴ ὁ Θεὸς τοῦ πατρός μου Ἀβραὰμ καὶ ὁ φόβος Ἰσαὰκ ἦν μοι, νῦν ἂν κενόν με ἐξαπέστειλας· τὴν ταπείνωσίν μου καὶ τὸν κόπον τῶν χειρῶν μου εἶδεν ὁ Θεὸς καὶ ἤλεγξέν σε χθές. If the God of my … Continue reading →

Ταῦτά μοι εἴκοσι ἔτη ἐγώ εἰμι ἐν τῇ οἰκίᾳ σου· ἐδούλευσά σοι δέκα τέσσαρα ἔτη ἀντὶ τῶν δύο θυγατέρων σου καὶ ἓξ ἔτη ἐν τοῖς προβάτοις σου, καὶ παρελογίσω τὸν μισθόν μου δέκα ἀμνάσιν. These twenty years of mine I … Continue reading →