Genesis - Chapter 28 | King James Version (KJV)

  • 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 {cf15I 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 {cf15I 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 {cf15I am} with thee, and will keep thee in all {cf15I places} whither thou goest, and will bring thee again into this land; for I will not leave thee, until I have done {cf15I 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 {cf15I it} not.
  • 17. And he was afraid, and said, How dreadful {cf15I is} this place! this {cf15I is} none other but the house of God, and this {cf15I is} the gate of heaven.
  • 18. And Jacob rose up early in the morning, and took the stone that he had put {cf15I for} his pillows, and set it up {cf15I 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 {cf15I 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 {cf15I for} a pillar, shall be God's house: and of all that thou shalt give me I will surely give the tenth unto thee.
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