Chapter 28

And Isaac called⁴ Jacob, and blessed¹⁷ him, and charged¹⁷ him, and said⁴ unto him, Thou shalt not take⁴ a wife of the daughters of Canaan.

Arise,³ go³ to Padanaram, to the house of Bethuel thy mother's father; and take³ thee a wife from thence of the daughters of Laban thy mother's brother.

And God Almighty bless¹⁷ thee, and make thee fruitful,⁵⁵ and multiply⁵⁵ thee, that thou mayest be a multitude of people;

And give⁴ thee the blessing of Abraham, to thee, and to thy seed with thee; that thou mayest inherit² the land wherein thou art a stranger, which God gave¹ unto Abraham.

And Isaac sent away⁴ Jacob: and he went⁴ to Padanaram unto Laban, son of Bethuel the Syrian, the brother of Rebekah, Jacob's and Esau's mother.

When Esau saw⁴ that Isaac had blessed¹⁴ Jacob, and sent him away¹⁴ to Padanaram, to take² him a wife from thence; and that as he blessed¹⁵ him he gave him a charge,¹⁷ saying,² Thou shalt not take⁴ a wife of the daughters of Canaan;

And that Jacob obeyed⁴ his father and his mother, and was gone⁴ to Padanaram;

And Esau seeing⁴ that the daughters of Canaan pleased not Isaac his father;

Then went⁴ Esau unto Ishmael, and took⁴ unto the wives which he had Mahalath the daughter of Ishmael Abraham's son, the sister of Nebajoth, to be his wife.

And Jacob went out⁴ from Beersheba, and went⁴ toward Haran.

And he lighted⁴ upon a certain place, and tarried there all night,⁴ because the sun was set;¹ and he took⁴ of the stones of that place, and put⁴ [them for] his pillows, and lay down⁴ in that place to sleep.

And he dreamed,⁴ and behold a ladder set up⁹⁴ on the earth, and the top of it reached⁵⁶ to heaven: and behold the angels of God ascending⁶ and descending⁶ on it.

And, behold, the LORD stood¹² above it, and said,⁴ I [am] the LORD God of Abraham thy father, and the God of Isaac: the land whereon thou liest,⁶ to thee will I give⁴ it, and to thy seed;

And thy seed shall be as the dust of the earth, and thou shalt spread abroad¹ 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.⁸

And, behold, I [am] with thee, and will keep¹ thee in all [places] whither thou goest,⁴ and will bring thee again⁵² into this land; for I will not leave⁴ thee, until I have done¹ [that] which I have spoken¹⁴ to thee of.

And Jacob awaked⁴ out of his sleep, and he said,⁴ Surely the LORD is in this place; and I knew¹ [it] not.

And he was afraid,⁴ and said,⁴ How dreadful¹² [is] this place! this [is] none other but the house of God, and this [is] the gate of heaven.

And Jacob rose up early⁵⁵ in the morning, and took⁴ the stone that he had put¹ [for] his pillows, and set it up⁴ [for] a pillar, and poured⁴ oil upon the top of it.

And he called⁴ the name of that place Bethel: but the name of that city [was called] Luz at the first.

And Jacob vowed⁴ a vow, saying,² If God will be with me, and will keep¹ me in this way that I go,⁶ and will give¹ me bread to eat,² and raiment to put on,²

So that I come again¹ to my father's house in peace; then shall the LORD be my God:

And this stone, which I have set¹ [for] a pillar, shall be God's house: and of all that thou shalt give⁴ me I will surely¹⁵ give the tenth¹⁷ unto thee.