Etter at Rakel hadde født Josef, dro Laban av sted for å klippe sauene sine, fordi de var en tre dagers reise unna ham.

After Rachel had given birth to Joseph, Laban went off to shear his sheep because they were a three-day journey removed from him.

Jakob så at Laban dro av sted for å klippe sauene sine, og kalte til seg Lea og Rakel. Han snakket vennlig med dem for å få dem med seg til Kanaans land.

Jacob saw that Laban was going off to shear his sheep and summoned Leah and Rachel. He spoke tenderly with them so that they would come with him to the land of Canaan.

For han fortalte dem hvordan han hadde sett alt i en drøm og alt om hans løfte til ham om at han skulle vende tilbake til sin fars hus. De svarte: 'Vi vil dra med deg hvor enn du drar.'

For he told them how he had seen everything in a dream and everything about his statement to him that he would return to his father’s house. They said: ‘We will go with you wherever you go’.

Jakob velsignet sin fars Gud, Isak, og sin farfar Abrahams Gud. Han begynte å pakke sammen sine koner og barn og tok alle sine eiendeler. Etter å ha krysset elven, nådde han Gileads land. Men Jakob hadde skjult sin plan for Laban og ikke fortalt ham noe.

Jacob blessed the God of his father Isaac and the God of his grandfather Abraham. He set about loading up his wives and his children and took all his possessions. After he had crossed the river, he reached the land of Gilead. But Jacob had concealed his plan from Laban and had not told him.

I det syvende året av den fjerde uken [2135] vendte Jakob tilbake til Gilead på den tjueførste dagen i den første måneden. Laban fulgte etter ham og fant Jakob på Gileads fjell på den trettende dagen i den tredje måneden.

During the seventh year of the fourth week [2135] Jacob returned to Gilead on the twenty-first day of the first month. Laban pusued him and found Jacob on the mountain of Gilead on the thirteenth (day) in the third month.

Men Herren tillot ikke ham å skade Jakob fordi Han hadde vist seg for ham om natten i en drøm, og Laban fortalte dette til Jakob.

But the Lord did not allow him to harm Jacob because he had appeared to him at night in a dream, and Laban told Jacob.

På den femtende dagen av disse dagene gjorde Jakob i stand en fest for Laban og alle som hadde kommet med ham. Den dagen sverget Jakob til Laban og Laban til Jakob at ingen av dem skulle gjøre noe vondt mot den andre med dårlige hensikter på Gileads fjell.

On the fifteenth of those days Jacob prepared a banquet for Laban and all who had come with him. That day Jacob swore to Laban and Laban to Jacob that neither would commit an offense against the other on the mountain of Gilead with bad intentions.

Der laget han en haug som et vitnesbyrd; derfor ble dette stedet kalt vitnehaugen etter denne haugen.

There he made a mound as a testimony; for this reason that place is named the mound of testimony after this mound.

Men først ble Gileads land kalt Refaims land, fordi det var Refaims land. Refaimene ble født, kjemper som var ti alen, ni alen, åtte alen, og ned til syv alen høye.

But at first the land of Gilead was named the land of Rafaem because it was the land of the Rafaim. The Rafaim were born, giants whose heights were ten cubits, nine cubits, eight cubits, and (down) to seven cubits.

Stedene hvor de bodde strakte seg fra Ammons land til Hermonfjellet. Deres kongelige sentre var Karnaim, Ashtarot, Edrei, Misur, og Beon.

The places where they lived (extended) from the land of the Ammonites as far as Mt. Hermon. Their royal centers were Karnaim, Ashtarot, Edrei, Misur, and Beon.

Herren utryddet dem på grunn av de onde tingene de gjorde, for de var svært onde. Amorittene — onde og syndige — bodde istedenfor dem. I dag finnes det ingen nasjon som har matchet alle deres synder. De har ikke lenger langt liv på jorden.

The Lord destroyed them because of the evil things they did, for they were very wicked. The Amorites — evil and sinful — lived in their place. Today there is no nation that has matched all their sins. They no longer have length of life on the earth.

Jakob sendte Laban bort, og han dro til Mesopotamia, til det østlige landet. Men Jakob vendte tilbake til Gileads land.

Jacob sent Laban away, and he went to Mesopotamia, to the eastern country. But Jacob returned to the land of Gilead.

Han krysset Jabbok den ellevte i den niende måneden, og på samme dag kom hans bror Esau til ham. De ble forsonet med hverandre. Deretter dro han fra ham til Seirs land, mens Jakob bodde i telt.

He crossed the Jabbok on the eleventh of the ninth month, and on the same day his brother Esau came to him. They were reconciled with one another. Then he went from him to the land of Seir, while Jacob lived in tents.

I det første året av den femte uken under dette jubelåret [2136] krysset han Jordan. Han bosatte seg på den andre siden av Jordan og passet sine sauer fra Fahahats hav til Bet-Sjean, Dothan, og Akkrabbim-skogen.

In the first year of the fifth week during this jubilee [2136] he crossed the Jordan. He settled on the other side of the Jordan and tended his sheep from the sea of Fahahat as far as Bethshan, Dothan, and the forest of Akrabbim.

Han sendte sin far Isak noe av alle sine eiendeler; klær, mat, kjøtt, drikkevarer, melk, smør, ost, og noen dadler fra dalen.

He sent his father Isaac some of all his possessions; clothing, food, meat, things to drink, milk, butter, cheese, and some dates from the valley.

Til sin mor Rebekka sendte han også (varer) fire ganger i året — mellom årstidene, mellom pløying og innhøsting, mellom høst og regnvær, og mellom vinter og vår — til Abrahams tårn.

To his mother Rebecca, too, (he sent goods) four times per year — between the seasons of the months, between plowing and harvest, between autumn and the rain(y season), and between winter and spring — to Abraham’s tower.

For Isak hadde vendt tilbake fra edens brønn, hadde gått opp til tårnet til sin far Abraham, og hadde bosatt seg der borte fra sin sønn Esau,

For Isaac had returned from the well of the oath, had gone up to the tower of his father Abraham, and had settled there away from his son Esau,

fordi, da Jakob dro til Mesopotamia, hadde Esau giftet seg med Mahalath, Ismaels datter. Han hadde samlet alle flokkene til sin far og sine koner og hadde dratt opp og bosatt seg på Seir-fjellet. Han hadde latt sin far Isak være alene ved edens brønn.

because, at the time when Jacob went to Mesopotamia, Esau had married Mahalath, Ishmael’s daughter. He had gathered all his father’s flocks and his wives and had gone up and lived in Mt. Seir. He had left his father Isaac alone at the well of the oath.

Så hadde Isak gått opp fra edens brønn og bosatt seg ved tårnet til sin far Abraham på Hebron-fjellet.

So Isaac had gone up from the well of the oath and settled at the tower of his father Abraham in the mountain of Hebron.

Fra der sendte Jakob alt han sendte til sin far og mor fra tid til annen — alt de trengte. Så ville de velsigne Jakob med all sin tanke og med hele sin sjel.

From there Jacob would send everything that he was sending to his father and mother from time to time — everything they needed. Then they would bless Jacob with all their mind and with all their being.