JACOB'S DREAM
【译】雅各伯的梦想
【单词】DREAM 原型：dream 名词 [driːm] n. 梦；梦想
【单词】JACOB 原型：Jacob n. 雅各布（《圣经》中以撒的次子）
Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing which his father had given him.
【译】Esau恨雅各布，因为他父亲所赐给雅各布的福。
【词法】because of 和 because一样，都是“由于...”的意思，两者的区别在于，because of后面要接名词性的词或短语，例：I didn't go to school because of my illness. 我没有去上学因为我生病了；而because后面要接一个完整的句子，例：I didn't go to school because i am ill.
【单词】hated 原型：hate 动词过去式 [heɪt] v. 憎恨；厌恶；讨厌
【单词】blessing 名词 ['blesɪŋ] n. 祝福；祷告
And Esau said to himself, "My father will soon die; then I will kill Jacob, my brother."
【译】Esau对自己说：“我父亲快要死了，那时我要杀了我的弟弟雅各布。”
【单词】soon 副词 [suːn] adv. 不久；很快
【单词】die 动词 [daɪ] v. 死
【单词】kill 动词 [kɪl] v. 杀死
When the words of her older son Esau were told to Rebekah, she sent for her younger son Jacob and said to him, "Your brother, Esau, is going to kill you.
【译】当利百加得知她大儿子Esau的话，她把她的小儿子雅各布叫过来，对他说：“你的哥哥Esau要杀了你。
【语法】be going to do sth. 表示主观打算、准备或有信心做某事，强调事情已计划好并将按照计划来做；will do sth. 则多用于客观的情况,即客观上将要发生的事情.例如：I’m not going to ask her. 我不打算去问她. It will be rainy tomorrow. 明天会下雨.
【短语】sent for 原型：send for 派人去请，召唤；例句：I've sent for the doctor. 我已经派人去请医生了。
【专有名词】Rebekah n. 利百加(《圣经》中以撒之妻)
Now therefore, my son, listen to me: run away to my brother Laban at Haran and stay with him for a time until your brother is no longer angry and he forgets what you have done to him.
【译】因此，我的儿子，现在你听我说：逃到我的哥哥Laban那里，他在哈兰，你和他在一起呆一段时间直到你哥哥不再生气并忘记你对他所做的事。
【短语】run away 逃跑；例句：He broke the window and ran away. 他打破窗子逃跑了。
【短语】no longer 不再；例句：They no longer had him as a friend. 他们再也不把他看成朋友了。
【短语】for a time 一段时期；例句：Mary was my aid for a time. 玛丽曾一度是我的助手。
【单词】listen 动词 ['lɪsn] v. 听
【单词】stay 动词 [steɪ] v. 停留
【单词】angry 形容词 ['æŋɡri] adj. 生气的；愤怒的
【单词】forgets 原型：forget 动词一般现在时（第三人称单数） [fə'ɡet] v. 忘记
【专有名词】Laban n. 拉班(《圣经》中Leah和Rachel之父)
Then I will send and bring you back.
【译】然后我会派人去接你回来。
【单词】send 动词 [send] v. 发送；派遣
【单词】bring 动词 [brɪŋ] vt. 带来
Why should I lose both of you in one day?"
【译】为什么我要在一天内失去你们两个？”
【单词】lose 动词 [luːz] v. 失去；丧失
【单词】both 代词 [boʊθ] pron. 两者；两个
Then Jacob set out from Beersheba and went toward Haran.
【译】然后雅各布从贝尔谢巴出发前往哈兰。
【短语】set out 动身。出发；例句：We set out with enough provisions. 我们带上足够的食品出发了。
【单词】toward 介词 [tə'wɔːd] prep. 向；朝
【专有名词】Beersheba 地名 n. 比尔谢巴
And when he arrived at a certain place, he passed the night there, because the sun had set.
【译】当他到了一个地方，就在那里过夜，因为太阳已经落山了。
【短语】arrived at 原型：arrive at 到达；例句：He arrived at the meeting place beforehand. 他提前到达会面地点。
【单词】certain 代词 ['sɜːrtn] pron. 某个
【单词】passed 原型：pass 动词过去式 [pɑːs] v. 度过
【单词】set 动词 [set] (太阳)落下去
And he took one of the stones from its place and put it under his head and lay down to sleep.
【译】他在那里找了一块石头，放在头下躺下睡觉。
【单词】stones 原型：stone 名词复数形式 [stəʊn] n. 石头
【单词】lay 原型：lie 动词过去式 [laɪ] v. 躺下
【单词】sleep 动词 [sliːp] v. 睡觉
Then he dreamed and saw a ladder set up on the earth, and its top reached to heaven; and the angels of God were going up and down on it.
【译】他梦见一架梯子立在地上，顶上了天，神的使者就在上面上上下下。
【短语】set up 建立，树立；例句：A new middle school has been set up in the village. 村里新办了一所中学。
【单词】dreamed 原型：dream 动词过去式 [driːm] v. 做梦
【单词】ladder 名词 ['lædə] n. 阶梯；梯子
【单词】reached 原型：reach 动词过去式 [riːtʃ] v. 到达；伸出
【单词】heaven 名词 ['hevn] n. 天空；天堂
【单词】angels 原型：angel 名词复数形式 ['eɪndʒl] n. 天使
Jehovah also stood beside him and said, "I am Jehovah, the God of Abraham and the God of Isaac.
【译】Jehovah也站在他旁边，说：“我是Jehovah，是亚伯拉罕的神，是以撒的神。
【单词】stood 原型：stand 动词过去式 [stænd] v. 站立
【单词】beside 介词 [bɪ'saɪd] prep. 在 ... 旁边
【专有名词】Jehovah [dʒɪ'həʊvə] n. [圣经]耶和华(指上帝)
【专有名词】Abraham ['eɪbrəˌhæm] n. 亚伯拉罕
【专有名词】Isaac 人名 [圣经]以撒（亚伯拉罕之子）
The land on which you lie I will give to you and to your children.
【译】你所躺的这地，我要赐给你和你的儿女。
See, I am with you, and will keep you wherever you go and will bring you again to this land; for I will not leave you until I have done what I have promised you."
【译】看哪，我与你在一起，无论你走到哪里，我必伴随你，领你再到这地来；因为我不会离开你，直到我做了之前许诺过你的事。
【句型】not ... until 直到 ... 才；例句：I didn't know his name until yesterday. 我直到昨天才知道他的名字。
【单词】wherever 副词 [weər'evə] adv. 无论什么地方
【单词】promised 原型：promise 动词过去分词 ['prɒmɪs] v. 允诺；发誓；答应
When Jacob awoke from his sleep, he said, "Surely Jehovah is in this place, and I did not know it." And he was filled with awe and said, "This place is the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven."
【译】雅各布从睡梦中醒来，就说：“耶和华肯定在这地方，我竟不知道。”他心里充满敬畏，说：“这地方是神的殿，是天堂的门。”
【短语】was filled with 原型：be filled with 充满；例句：He was filled with fear at the bad news. 听到这个坏消息，他心里充满恐惧。
【单词】awoke 原型：awake 动词过去式 [ə'weɪk] v. 醒来
【单词】sleep 名词 [sliːp] n. 睡眠
【单词】Surely 原型：surely 副词 ['ʃʊəli] adv. 无疑；一定
【单词】awe 名词 [ɔː] n. 敬畏；恐惧
【单词】gate 名词 [ɡeɪt] n. 大门
So Jacob rose early in the morning and took the stone that he had put under his head and set it up as a pillar and poured oil upon the top of it.
【译】雅各布清早起来，取出他头下的石头，立为柱子，把油倒在柱子顶上面。
【单词】rose 原型：rise 动词过去式 [raɪz] v. 上升；升起；起床
【单词】pillar 名词 ['pɪlə] n. 柱子；支柱
【单词】poured 原型：pour 动词过去式 [pɔː] v. 倒；倾泻
【单词】oil 名词 [ɔɪl] n. 油
And he named that place Bethel, which means House of God.
【译】他给那地方起名叫伯特利，意思是神的殿。
【单词】means 原型：mean 动词一般现在时（第三人称单数） [min] v. 意味着；意思是
【专有名词】Bethel 地名 ['beθl] n. 伯特利(《圣经》中地名)
Jacob also made this promise, "If God will be with me and protect me on this journey which I am making and give me bread to eat and clothing to put on, and if I return safe and sound to my father's house, then Jehovah shall be my God, and this stone which I have set up as a pillar shall be a house of God.
【译】雅各布还承诺，“如果上帝能够和我同在，并在这个旅程中保护我，给我面包吃、衣服穿，如果我能平安回到我父亲的家，Jehovah将成为我的神，被我设成柱子的这块石头将成为神的殿。
【短语】put on 穿上；例句：The man put on his coat and went out. 那人穿上外套，然后走了出去。
【短语】safe and sound 安然无恙；例句：I have got home at last, safe and sound. 我到家了，安然无恙。
【单词】protect 动词 [prə'tekt] v. 保护
【单词】journey 名词 ['dʒɜːni] n. 旅程；旅行；行程
【单词】bread 名词 [bred] n. 面包
【单词】eat 动词 [iːt] v. 吃
【单词】clothing 名词 [kləʊð] n. 服装；衣服
【单词】return 动词 [rɪ'tɜːn] v. 返回；归还
And of all that thou shalt give me I will surely give a tenth to thee."
【译】凡你所赐给我的，我必将十分之一给你。
【词法】shalt 在这里是古英语中 shall 动词的第二人称单数现在时，一般和 thou （古语的第二人称“你”的单数形式）连用；例句：Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. 你应当爱你的邻人如你自己。
【单词】thou 代词 [ðaʊ] pron. [古语]你
【单词】tenth 数字 [tenθ] num. 十分之一
【单词】thee 代词 [ðiː] pron. [古语]你
