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Isaac called Jacob , blessed him, and commanded him, "You shall not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan .
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Arise , go to Paddan Aram , to the house of Bethuel your mother's father . Take a wife from there from the daughters of Laban , your mother's brother .
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May God Almighty bless you, and make you fruitful , and multiply you, that you may be a company of peoples,
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and give you the blessing of Abraham , to you, and to your seed with you, that you may inherit the land where you travel , which God gave to Abraham ."
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Isaac sent Jacob away. He went to Paddan Aram to Laban , son of Bethuel the Syrian, Rebekah's brother , Jacob 's and Esau's mother .
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Now Esau saw that Isaac had blessed Jacob and sent him away to Paddan Aram , to take him a wife from there, and that as he blessed him he gave him a command , saying, "You shall not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan ,"
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and that Jacob obeyed his father and his mother , and was gone to Paddan Aram .
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Esau saw that the daughters of Canaan didn't please Isaac , his father .
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Esau went to Ishmael , and took, besides the wives that he had, Mahalath the daughter of Ishmael , Abraham 's son , the sister of Nebaioth , to be his wife .
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Jacob went out from Beersheba, and went toward Haran .
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He came to a certain place , and stayed there all night, because the sun had set. He took one of the stones of the place , and put it under his head, and lay down in that place to sleep.
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He dreamed. Behold, a stairway set upon the earth , and its top reached to heaven . Behold, the angels of God ascending and descending on it.
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Behold, Yahweh stood above it, and said , "I am Yahweh , the God of Abraham your father , and the God of Isaac . The land whereon you lie, to you will I give it, and to your seed .
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Your seed will be as the dust of the earth , and you will spread abroad to the west, and to the east, and to the north , and to the south . In you and in your seed will all the families of the earth be blessed .
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Behold, I am with you, and will keep you, wherever you go , and will bring you again into this land. For I will not leave you, until I have done that which I have spoken of to you."
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Jacob awakened out of his sleep , and he said , "Surely Yahweh is in this place , and I didn't know it."
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He was afraid , and said , "How dreadful is this place ! This is none other than God's house , and this is the gate of heaven ."
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Jacob rose up early in the morning , and took the stone that he had put under his head , and set it up for a pillar, and poured oil on its top.
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He called the name of that place Bethel , but the name of the city was Luz at the first .
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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 clothing to put on ,
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so that I come again to my father 's house in peace , and Yahweh will be my God ,
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then this stone , which I have set up for a pillar, will be God's house . Of all that you will give me I will surely give the tenth to you."