Commentary on Genesis John Calvin (continued)
COMMENTARY ON GENESIS
11. And the angel of God spake unto me in a dream, saying, Jacob: And I said, Here am I.
11. Et dixit ad me Angelus Dei in somnio, Iahacob. Et dixi, Ecce adsum.
12. And he said, Lift up now thine eyes, and see, all the rams which leap upon the cattle are ringstraked, speckled, and grisled: for I have seen all that Laban doeth unto thee.
12. Et dixit, Leva nunc oculos tuos, et vide omnes hircos majores ascendentes super capras lineis distinctas, punctis parvis respersas, et maculis latis respersas: vidi enim omnia, quae Laban facit tibi.
13. I am the God of Bethel, where thou anointedst the pillar, and where thou vowedst a vow unto
13. Ego Deus Bethel, ubi unxisti statuam, ubi vovisti mihi votum: nunc surge, egredere de terra hac, et revertere ad terram cognationis tuae. me: now arise, get thee out from this land, and return unto the land of thy kindred.
14. And Rachel and Leah answered and said unto him, Is there yet any portion or inheritance for us in our father's house?
14. Et respondit Rachel at Leah, et dixerunt ei, Numquid adhuc est nobis pars et haereditas in domo patris nostri?
15. Are we not counted of him strangers? for he hath sold us, and hath quite devoured also our money.
15. Nonne extraneae reputatae sumus ab eo, quod vendidit nos, et consumpsit etiam consumendo argentum nostrum?
16. For all the riches which God hath taken from our father, that is ours, and our children's: now then, whatsoever God hath said unto thee, do.
16. Quia omnes divitiae, quas abstulit Deus a patre nostro, nostrae sunt, ac filiorum nostrorum: nunc igitur omnia, quae dixit Deus ad to, fac.
17 Then Jacob rose up, and set his sons and his wives upon camels;
17. Et surrexit Iahacob, et sustulit filios suos et uxores suassuper camelos.