Jan.
28
Genesis
28
Gen
28:1 Isaac called Jacob, blessed him, and commanded him, "You
shall not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan.
Gen
28:2 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.
Gen
28:3 May God Almighty bless you, and make you fruitful, and multiply
you, that you may be a company of peoples,
Gen
28:4 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."
Gen
28:5 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.
Gen
28:6 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,"
Gen
28:7 and that Jacob obeyed his father and his mother, and was gone
to Paddan Aram.
Gen
28:8 Esau saw that the daughters of Canaan didn't please Isaac, his
father.
Gen
28:9 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.
Gen
28:10 Jacob went out from Beersheba, and went toward Haran.
Gen
28:11 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.
Gen
28:12 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.
Gen
28:13 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.
Gen
28:14 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.
Gen
28:15 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."
Gen
28:16 Jacob awakened out of his sleep, and he said, "Surely
Yahweh is in this place, and I didn't know it."
Gen
28:17 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."
Gen
28:18 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.
Gen
28:19 He called the name of that place Bethel, but the name of the
city was Luz at the first.
Gen
28:20 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,
Gen
28:21 so that I come again to my father's house in peace, and Yahweh
will be my God,
Gen
28:22 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."