“1 And Isaac called Jacob, and blessed him, and charged him, and said
unto him, Thou shalt not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan. 2
Arise, go to Padanaram, to the house of Bethuel thy mother’s father; and
take thee a wife from thence of the daughters of Laban thy mother’s
brother. 3 And God Almighty bless thee, and make thee fruitful, and
multiply thee, that thou mayest be a multitude of people; 4 And give
thee the blessing of Abraham, to thee, and to thy seed with thee; that
thou mayest inherit the land wherein thou art a stranger, which God gave
unto Abraham. 5 And Isaac sent away Jacob: and he went to Padanaram unto
Laban, son of Bethuel the Syrian, the brother of Rebekah, Jacob’s and
Esau’s mother.”
“6 When Esau saw that Isaac had blessed Jacob, and sent him away to
Padanaram, to take him a wife from thence; and that as he blessed him he
gave him a charge, saying, Thou shalt not take a wife of the daughters
of Canaan; 7 And that Jacob obeyed his father and his mother, and was
gone to Padanaram; 8 And Esau seeing that the daughters of Canaan
pleased not Isaac his father; 9 Then went Esau unto Ishmael, and took
unto the wives which he had Mahalath the daughter of Ishmael Abraham’s
son, the sister of Nebajoth, to be his wife.”
“10 And Jacob went out from Beersheba, and went toward Haran. 11 And
he lighted upon a certain place, and tarried there all night, because
the sun was set; and he took of the stones of that place, and put [them
for] his pillows, and lay down in that place to sleep. 12 And he
dreamed, and behold a ladder set up on the earth, and the top of it
reached to heaven: and behold the angels of God ascending and descending
on it. 13 And, behold, the LORD stood above it, and said, I [am] the
LORD God of Abraham thy father, and the God of Isaac: the land whereon
thou liest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed; 14 And thy seed
shall be as the dust of the earth, and thou shalt spread abroad to the
west, and to the east, and to the north, and to the south: and in thee
and in thy seed shall all the families of the earth be blessed. 15 And,
behold, I [am] with thee, and will keep thee in all [places] whither
thou goest, and will bring thee again into this land; for I will not
leave thee, until I have done [that] which I have spoken to thee of.”
“16 And Jacob awaked out of his sleep, and he said, Surely the LORD is
in this place; and I knew [it] not. 17 And he was afraid, and said, How
dreadful [is] this place! this [is] none other but the house of God, and
this [is] the gate of heaven. 18 And Jacob rose up early in the morning,
and took the stone that he had put [for] his pillows, and set it up
[for] a pillar, and poured oil upon the top of it. 19 And he called the
name of that place Bethel: but the name of that city [was called] Luz at
the first. 20 And Jacob vowed a vow, saying, If God will be with me, and
will keep me in this way that I go, and will give me bread to eat, and
raiment to put on, 21 So that I come again to my father’s house in
peace; then shall the LORD be my God: 22 And this stone, which I have
set [for] a pillar, shall be God’s house: and of all that thou shalt
give me I will surely give the tenth unto thee.” (Ge 28:1-22 AV)
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