Genesis 28

¹ IsaacIsaac calledcalled JacobJacob, blessedblessed him, and commandedcommanded him, "You shall not take a wifewife of the daughtersdaughters of CanaanCanaan.

² AriseArise, gogo to Paddan AramPaddan Aram, to the househouse of BethuelBethuel your mother'smother's fatherfather. Take a wifewife from there from the daughtersdaughters of LabanLaban, your mother'smother's brotherbrother.

³ May God AlmightyAlmighty blessbless you, and make you fruitfulfruitful, and multiplymultiply you, that you may be a companycompany of peoples,

⁴ and givegive you the blessing of AbrahamAbraham, to you, and to your seedseed with you, that you may inherit the landland where you traveltravel, which GodGod gave to AbrahamAbraham."

⁵ IsaacIsaac sentsent JacobJacob away. He went to Paddan AramPaddan Aram to LabanLaban, sonson of BethuelBethuel the Syrian, Rebekah'sRebekah's brotherbrother, JacobJacob's and Esau'sEsau's mothermother.

⁶ Now EsauEsau sawsaw that IsaacIsaac had blessedblessed JacobJacob and sentsent him away to Paddan AramPaddan Aram, to take him a wifewife from there, and that as he blessedblessed him he gave him a commandcommand, saying, "You shall not take a wifewife of the daughtersdaughters of CanaanCanaan,"

⁷ and that JacobJacob obeyed his fatherfather and his mothermother, and was gone to Paddan AramPaddan Aram.

⁸ EsauEsau sawsaw that the daughtersdaughters of CanaanCanaan didn't please IsaacIsaac, his fatherfather.

⁹ EsauEsau went to IshmaelIshmael, and took, besides the wiveswives that he had, MahalathMahalath the daughter of IshmaelIshmael, AbrahamAbraham's sonson, the sistersister of NebaiothNebaioth, to be his wifewife.

¹⁰ JacobJacob went out from Beersheba, and went toward HaranHaran.

¹¹ He camecame to a certain placeplace, and stayed there all night, because the sunsun had set. He took one of the stonesstones of the placeplace, and putput it underunder his head, and lay downlay down in that placeplace to sleep.

¹² He dreamed. Behold, a stairway set upon the earthearth, and its top reachedreached to heavenheaven. Behold, the angels of GodGod ascending and descendingdescending on it.

¹³ Behold, YahwehYahweh stood above it, and saidsaid, "I am YahwehYahweh, the GodGod of AbrahamAbraham your fatherfather, and the GodGod of IsaacIsaac. The landland whereon you lie, to you will I givegive it, and to your seedseed.

¹⁴ Your seedseed will be as the dustdust of the earthearth, and you will spread abroad to the west, and to the east, and to the northnorth, and to the southsouth. In you and in your seedseed will all the familiesfamilies of the earthearth be blessedblessed.

¹⁵ Behold, I am with you, and will keepkeep you, wherever you gogo, and will bring you again into this land. For I will not leave you, until I have done that which I have spokenspoken of to you."

¹⁶ JacobJacob awakened out of his sleepsleep, and he saidsaid, "Surely YahwehYahweh is in this placeplace, and I didn't knowknow it."

¹⁷ He was afraidafraid, and saidsaid, "How dreadful is this placeplace! This is none other than God'sGod's househouse, and this is the gategate of heavenheaven."

¹⁸ JacobJacob rose uprose up earlyearly in the morningmorning, and took the stonestone that he had putput underunder his headhead, and set it up for a pillar, and poured oiloil on its top.

¹⁹ He calledcalled the namename of that placeplace BethelBethel, but the namename of the citycity was LuzLuz at the firstthe first.

²⁰ JacobJacob vowedvowed a vowvow, saying, "If GodGod will be with me, and will keepkeep me in this wayway that I gogo, and will givegive me breadbread to eateat, and clothingclothing to put onput on,

²¹ so that I come again to my fatherfather's househouse in peacepeace, and YahwehYahweh will be my GodGod,

²² then this stonestone, which I have set up for a pillar, will be God'sGod's househouse. Of all that you will givegive me I will surely givegive the tenth to you."