Genesis:28




jub@Genesis:28:1 @ Then Isaac called Jacob and blessed him and charged him, saying, Thou shalt not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan.

jub@Genesis:28:2 @ Arise, go to Padanaram to the house of Bethuel, thy mother's father, and take thee a wife from there of the daughters of Laban, thy mother's brother.

jub@Genesis:28:3 @ And [may] God Almighty bless thee and make thee fruitful and multiply thee that thou may be a congregation of peoples

jub@Genesis:28:4 @ and give thee the blessing of Abraham, to thee and to thy seed with thee; that thou may inherit the land in which thou art a stranger, which God gave unto Abraham.

jub@Genesis:28:5 @ Thus Isaac sent Jacob away, and he went to Padanaram unto Laban, son of Bethuel the Aramean, the brother of Rebekah, Jacob's and Esau's mother.

jub@Genesis:28:6 @ And Esau saw how Isaac had blessed Jacob and sent him away to Padanaram, to take a wife from there for himself, and that as he blessed him, he gave him a charge, saying, Thou shalt not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan,

jub@Genesis:28:7 @ and that Jacob had hearkened unto his father and his mother and had gone to Padanaram;

jub@Genesis:28:8 @ and Esau, seeing that the daughters of Canaan did not please Isaac his father,

jub@Genesis:28:9 @ Esau went 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.

jub@Genesis:28:10 @ And Jacob went out from Beersheba and went toward Haran.

jub@Genesis:28:11 @ And he found a certain place and slept there all night because the sun was set; and he took of the stones of that place and put [them for] his pillows and lay down in that place to sleep.

jub@Genesis:28:12 @ 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.

jub@Genesis:28:13 @ And, behold, the LORD stood above it and said, I AM the God of Abraham, thy father, and the God of Isaac; the land upon which thou dost lie, to thee will I give it and to thy seed;

jub@Genesis:28:14 @ and thy seed shall be as the dust of the earth, and thou shalt multiply to the west and to the east and to the Aquilon and to the Negev; and in thee and in thy seed shall all the families of the earth be blessed.

jub@Genesis:28:15 @ And, behold, I [am] with thee and will keep thee in all [places] where thou goest and will bring thee again into this land; for I will not leave thee until I have done [that] which I have spoken to thee of.

jub@Genesis:28:16 @ And Jacob awakened out of his sleep, and he said, Surely the LORD is in this place, and I knew [it] not.

jub@Genesis:28:17 @ And he was afraid and said, How dreadful [is] this place! this [is] none other but the house of God, and this [is] the gate of heaven.

jub@Genesis:28:18 @ And Jacob rose up early in the morning and took the stone that he had put [for] his pillows and set it up [for] a pillar and poured oil upon the top of it.

jub@Genesis:28:19 @ And he called the name of that place Bethel, since the name of that city [was called] Luz at first.

jub@Genesis:28:20 @ 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 clothing to put on

jub@Genesis:28:21 @ so that I come again to my father's house in peace, then shall the LORD be my God;

jub@Genesis:28:22 @ and this stone, which I have set [for] a pillar, shall be God's house; and of all that thou shalt give me I will surely give the tenth [part] unto thee.:


Seeker Overlay: Off On

[BookofGenesis] [Genesis:27] [Genesis:28] [Genesis:29] [Discuss] Tag Genesis:28 [Audio][Presentation]
Bible:
Bible:
Book: