GENESIS Chapter 28
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28:1 Isaac called
Jacob, greeted him, and told him, "Don't marry a Canaanite. |
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28:2 Go instead to
Mesopotamia, to the home of your grandfather Bethuel,
and marry one of the young women there, one of your uncle Laban's daughters. |
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28:3
May Almighty God
bless your marriage and give you many children, so that you will become the
father of many nations! |
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28:4 May he bless
you and your descendants as he blessed Abraham, and may you take possession
of this land, in which you have lived and which God gave to Abraham!" |
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28:5 Isaac sent
Jacob away to Mesopotamia, to Laban, who was the son of Bethuel
the Aramean and the brother of Rebecca, the mother
of Jacob and Esau. |
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28:6 Esau learned
that Isaac had blessed Jacob and sent him away to Mesopotamia to find a wife.
He also learned that when Isaac blessed him, he commanded him not to marry a
Canaanite woman. |
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28:7 He found out
that Jacob had obeyed his father and mother and had gone to Mesopotamia. |
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28:8 Esau then
understood that his father Isaac did not approve of Canaanite women. |
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28:9 So he went to
Ishmael son of Abraham and married his daughter Mahalath,
who was the sister of Nebaioth. |
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28:10 Jacob left
Beersheba and started toward Haran. |
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28:11 At sunset he
came to a holy place and camped there. He lay down to sleep, resting his head
on a stone. |
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28:12 He dreamed
that he saw a stairway reaching from earth to heaven, with angels going up
and coming down on it. |
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28:13 And there was
the LORD standing beside him. "I am the LORD, the God of Abraham and
Isaac," he said. "I will give to you and to your descendants this
land on which you are lying. |
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28:14 They will be
as numerous as the specks of dust on the earth. They will extend their
territory in all directions, and through you and your descendants I will
bless all the nations. |
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28:15 Remember, I
will be with you and protect you wherever you go, and I will bring you back
to this land. I will not leave you until I have done all that I have promised
you." |
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28:16 Jacob woke up
and said, "The LORD is here! He is in this place, and I didn't know
it!" |
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28:17 He was afraid
and said, "What a terrifying place this is! It must be the house of God;
it must be the gate that opens into heaven." |
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28:18 Jacob got up
early next morning, took the stone that was under
his head, and set it up as a memorial. Then he poured olive oil on it to
dedicate it to God. |
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28:19 He named the
place Bethel. (The town there was once known as Luz.) |
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28:20 Then Jacob
made a vow to the LORD: "If you will be with me and protect me on the
journey I am making and give me food and clothing, |
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28:21 and if I
return safely to my father's home, then you will be my God. |
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28:22 This memorial
stone which I have set up will be the place where you are worshiped, and I
will give you a tenth of everything you give me." |
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