So Isaac called
Jacob
and ablessed
him and charged
him, and said
to him, " bYou shall not take
a wife
from the daughters
of Canaan
.
"Arise, go
to Paddan-aram
, to the house
of aBethuel
your mother's
father
; and from there
take
to yourself a wife
from the daughters
of Laban
your mother's
brother
.
"May 1 aGod Almighty
bbless
you and cmake
you fruitful
and dmultiply
you, that you may become
a ecompany
of peoples
.
"May He also give you the ablessing
of Abraham
, to you and to your 1descendants
with you, that you may bpossess
the land
of your csojournings
, which
God
gave
to Abraham
."
Then aIsaac sent
Jacob
away
, and he went
to Paddan-aram
to Laban
, son
of Bethuel
the Aramean
, the brother
of Rebekah
, the mother
of Jacob
and Esau
.
Now Esau saw
that Isaac
had blessed
Jacob
and sent
him away
to Paddan-aram
to take
to himself a wife
from there
, and that when he blessed
him he charged
him, saying
, " aYou shall not take
a wife
from the daughters
of Canaan
,"
and that Jacob had obeyed
his father
and his mother
and had gone
to Paddan-aram
.
So Esau saw
that athe daughters
of Canaan
displeased
1his father
Isaac
;
and Esau went
to Ishmael
, and 1married
, abesides
the wives
that he had, Mahalath
the daughter
of Ishmael
, Abraham's
son
, the sister
of Nebaioth
.
Then Jacob departed
from aBeersheba
and went
toward bHaran
.
He 1came to 2a acertain place
and spent
the night
there
, because
the sun
had set
; and he took
one of the stones
of the place
and put
it 3under his head
, and lay
down
in that place
.
aHe had a dream
, and behold
, a ladder
was set
on the earth
with its top
reaching
to heaven
; and behold
, bthe angels
of God
were ascending
and descending
on it.
And behold, athe LORD
stood
1above
it and said
, "I am the LORD
, bthe God
of your father
Abraham
and the God
of Isaac
; the land
on which
you lie
, I will give
it cto you and to dyour 2descendants
.
"Your 1descendants will also be like athe dust
of the earth
, and you will 2spread
out bto the west
and to the east
and to the north
and to the south
; and cin you and in your 1descendants
shall all
the families
of the earth
be blessed
.
"Behold, aI am with you and bwill keep
you wherever
you go
, and cwill bring
you back
to this
land
; for dI will not leave
you until
I have done
what
I have 1promised
you."
Then Jacob aawoke
from his sleep
and said
, " bSurely
the LORD
is in this
place
, and I did not know
it."
He was afraid and said
, " aHow
awesome
is this
place
! This
is none
other
than
the house
of God
, and this
is the gate
of heaven
."
So Jacob rose
early
in the morning
, and took
athe stone
that he had put
1under his head
and set
it up as a pillar
and poured
oil
on its top
.
He called the name
of that place
1 aBethel
; however
, 2previously
the name
of the city
had been bLuz
.
Then Jacob amade
a vow
, saying
, " bIf
God
will be with me and will keep
me on this
journey
that I 1take
, and will give
me 2 cfood
to eat
and garments
to wear
,
and aI return to my father's
house
in 1safety
, bthen the LORD
will be my God
.
"This stone
, which
I have set
up as a pillar
, awill be God's
house
, and bof all
that You give
me I will surely
give
a tenth
to You."