Genesis:28

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* And Isaac called Jacob , and (note :)This second blessing was to confirm Jacob 's faith , lest he should think that his father had given it without God 's leading .(:note ) blessed him , and charged him , and said unto him , Thou shalt not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan . * Arise , get thee to Padan Aram to the house of Bethuel thy mothers father , and thence take thee a wife of the daughters of Laban thy mothers brother . * And God all sufficient blesse thee , and make thee to encrease , and multiplie thee , that thou mayest be a multitude of people , * 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 (note :)The godly fathers were continually reminded that they were but strangers in this world : so that they would lift up their eyes to the heavens where they have a certain dwelling .(:note ) stranger , which God gave unto Abraham . * Thus Izhak sent forth Iaakob , &amp ; he went to Padan Aram vnto Laban sonne of Bethuel the Aramite , brother to Rebekah , Iaakobs and Esaus mother . * When Esau sawe that Izhak had blessed Iaakob , and sent him to Padan Aram , to set him a wife thence , and giuen him a charge when he blessed him , saying , Thou shalt not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan , * And that Iaakob had obeyed his father &amp ; his mother , and was gone to Padan Aram : * Also Esau seeing that the daughters of Canaan displeased Izhak his father , * Then went Esau unto Ishmael , and took unto the wives which he had Mahalath the daughter of (note :)Thinking by this to have reconciled himself to his father , but all in vain : for he does not take away the cause of the evil .(:note ) Ishmael Abraham 's son , the sister of Nebajoth , to be his wife . * Now Iaakob departed from Beer-sheba , and went to Haran , * And he came vnto a certaine place , and taried there al night , because the sunne was downe , and tooke of the stones of the place , and layde vnder his head and slept in the same place . * And he dreamed , and behold a (note :)Christ is the ladder by which God and man are joined together , and by whom the angels minister to us : all graces are given to us by him , and we ascend to heaven by him .(:note ) 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 . * And , behold , the LORD stood above it , and said , I [am ] the LORD God of Abraham thy father , and the God of Isaac : the land whereon thou liest , to thee (note :)He felt the force of this promise only by faith : for all his life he was a stranger in this land .(:note ) will I give it , and to thy seed ; * And thy seede shall be as the dust of the earth , &amp ; thou shalt spread abroad to the West , and to the East , &amp ; to the North , &amp ; to the South , and in thee and in thy seede shall all the families of the earth be blessed . * And lo , I am with thee , and wil keepe thee whithersoeuer thou goest , and will bring thee againe into this lande : for I will not forsake thee vntill I haue performed that , that I haue promised thee . * Then Iaakob awoke out of his sleepe , &amp ; sayde , Surely the Lorde is in this place , and I was not aware . * And he was (note :)He was touched with a godly fear and reverence .(:note ) afraid , and said , How dreadful [is ] this place ! this [is ] none other but the house of God , and this [is ] the gate of heaven . * And Jacob rose up early in the morning , and took the stone that he had put [for ] his pillows , and (note :)To be a reminder of the vision shown to him .(:note ) set it up [for ] a pillar , and poured oil upon the top of it . * And he called ye name of that place Bethel : notwithstanding the name of the citie was at the first called Luz . * And Jacob vowed a vow , saying , If (note :)He does not bind God under this condition , but acknowledges his infirmity , and promises to be thankful .(:note ) 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 , * So that I come againe vnto my fathers house in safetie , then shal the Lord be my God . * And this stone , which I haue set vp as a pillar , shall be Gods house : and of all that thou shalt giue me , wil I giue the tenth vnto thee .

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