Commentary on Genesis John Calvin
COMMENTARY ON GENESIS
10. And God said unto him, Thy name is Jacob: thy name shall not be called any more Jacob, but Israel shall be thy name: and he called his name Israel.
10. Atque dixerat ei ipse Deus, Nomen tuum est Iahacob: non vocabitur nomen tuum ultra Iahacob, sed Israel erit nomen tuum, et vocavit nomen ejus Israel.
11. And God said unto him, I am God Almighty: be fruitful and
11. Et dixit ei Deus, Ego sum Deus omnipotens, cresce, et multiplicare: gens, et coetus Gentium erit ex to, et reges e lumbis tuis egredientur. multiply; a nation and a company of nations shall be of thee, and kings shall come out of thy loins;
12. And the land which I gave Abraham and Isaac, to thee I will give it, and to thy seed after thee will I give the land.
12. Et terram, quam dedi Abraham et Isaac, tibi dabo, et semini tuo post to dabo terram istam.
13. And God went up from him in the place where he talked with him.
13. Et ascendit ab eo Deus e loco, in quo loquutus est cum eo.
14. And Jacob set up a pillar in the place where he talked with him, even a pillar of stone: and he poured
14. Tunc statuit Iahacob statuam in loco, in quo loquutus est cum eo, statuam lapindeam: et libavit super illam libamen, et effudit super illam oleum. a drink offering thereon, and he poured oil thereon.
15. And Jacob called the name of the place where God spake with him, Bethel.
15. Et vocavit Iahacob nomen loci, in quo loquutus est cum ipso Deus, Beth-el.
16. And they journeyed from Bethel; and there was but a little way to come to Ephrath: and Rachel travailed, and she had hard labour.
16. Profecti vero sunt de Bethel: erat autem adhuc ferme milliare terrae ad veniendum in Ephrath, et peperit Rachel, et difficultatem passa est, dum pareret.