Genesis 28
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 * 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 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 am with thee, and will keep * thee in all places whither 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.
16. And Jacob awaked * out of his sleep, and he said * , Surely the LORD is in this place; and I knew * it not.
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.
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.
19. And he called * the name of that place Bethel: but the name of that city 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 * for a pillar, shall be God's house: and of all that thou shalt give * me I will surely * give the tenth * unto thee.
