Genesis:28

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ylt @Genesis:28:1 @And Isaac calleth unto Jacob , and blesseth him , and commandeth him , and saith to him , 'Thou dost not take a wife of the daughters of Caanan ; ylt @Genesis:28:2 @rise , go to Padan-Aram , to the house of Bethuel , thy mother 's father , and take for thyself from thence a wife , of the daughters of Laban , thy mother 's brother ; ylt @Genesis:28:3 @and God Almighty doth bless thee , and make thee fruitful , and multiply thee , and thou hast become an assembly of peoples ; ylt @Genesis:28:4 @and He doth give to thee the blessing of Abraham , to thee and to thy seed with thee , to cause thee to possess the land of thy sojournings , which God gave to Abraham .' ylt @Genesis:28:5 @And Isaac sendeth away Jacob , and he goeth to Padan-Aram , unto Laban , son of Bethuel the Aramaean , brother of Rebekah , mother of Jacob and Esau . ylt @Genesis:28:6 @And Esau seeth that Isaac hath blessed Jacob , and hath sent him to Padan-Aram to take to himself from thence a wife -- in his blessing him that he layeth a charge upon him , saying , Thou dost not take a wife from the daughters of Canaan -- ylt @Genesis:28:7 @that Jacob hearkeneth unto his father and unto his mother , and goeth to Padan-Aram -- ylt @Genesis:28:8 @and Esau seeth that the daughters of Canaan are evil in the eyes of Isaac his father , ylt @Genesis:28:9 @and Esau goeth unto Ishmael , and taketh Mahalath , daughter of Ishmael , Abraham 's son , sister of Nebajoth , unto his wives , to himself , for a wife . ylt @Genesis:28:10 @And Jacob goeth out from Beer-Sheba , and goeth toward Haran , ylt @Genesis:28:11 @and he toucheth at a [certain ] place , and lodgeth there , for the sun hath gone in , and he taketh of the stones of the place , and maketh [them ] his pillows , and lieth down in that place . ylt @Genesis:28:12 @And he dreameth , and lo , a ladder set up on the earth , and its head is touching the heavens ; and lo , messengers of God are going up and coming down by it ; ylt @Genesis:28:13 @and lo , Jehovah is standing upon it , and He saith , 'I [am ] Jehovah , God of Abraham thy father , and God of Isaac ; the land on which thou art lying , to thee I give it , and to thy seed ; ylt @Genesis:28:14 @and thy seed hath been as the dust of the land , and thou hast broken forth westward , and eastward , and northward , and southward , and all families of the ground have been blessed in thee and in thy seed . ylt @Genesis:28:15 @'And lo , I [am ] with thee , and have kept thee whithersoever thou goest , and have caused thee to turn back unto this ground ; for I leave thee not till that I have surely done that which I have spoken to thee .' ylt @Genesis:28:16 @And Jacob awaketh out of his sleep , and saith , 'Surely Jehovah is in this place , and I knew not ;' ylt @Genesis:28:17 @and he feareth , and saith , 'How fearful [is ] this place ; this is nothing but a house of God , and this a gate of the heavens .' ylt @Genesis:28:18 @And Jacob riseth early in the morning , and taketh the stone which he hath made his pillows , and maketh it a standing pillar , and poureth oil upon its top , ylt @Genesis:28:19 @and he calleth the name of that place Bethel , [house of God ,] and yet , Luz [is ] the name of the city at the first . ylt @Genesis:28:20 @And Jacob voweth a vow , saying , 'Seeing God is with me , and hath kept me in this way which I am going , and hath given to me bread to eat , and a garment to put on -- ylt @Genesis:28:21 @when I have turned back in peace unto the house of my father , and Jehovah hath become my God , ylt @Genesis:28:22 @then this stone which I have made a standing pillar is a house of God , and all that Thou dost give to me -- tithing I tithe to Thee .'

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