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Genesis Chapter 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.

<>Isaac, <>Jacob, <>charged him, <>take a wife, <>wife, <>daughters

2 Arise, go to Padan-aram, 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;

<>God Almighty

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.

<>Abraham … Abraham, <>that thou mayest inherit the land, <>inherit, <>stranger, <>which God gave

5 And Isaac sent away Jacob: and he went to Padan-aram 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 Padan-aram, 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 Padan-aram;

<>Jacob obeyed his father and his mother

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.

<>Ishmael … Ishmael

10 And Jacob went out from Beer-sheba, and went toward Haran.

<>Beer-sheba

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.

<>tarried, <>the sun was set, <>the sun, <>he took of the stones of that place, and put them for his pillows, <>took of the stones of that place, <>stones, <>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.

<>a ladder … 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;

<>I am the LORD God of Abraham thy father, and the God of Isaac, <>I am the LORD, <>the land whereon thou liest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed, <>the land whereon thou liest, to thee will I give it

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.

<>thy seed shall be as the dust of the earth, <>thou shalt spread abroad to the west, and to the east, and to the north, and to the south, <>in thee and in thy seed shall all the families of the earth be blessed, <>families

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.

<>I am with thee … in all places whither thou goest, <>keep, <>I will not leave thee, until I have done that which I have spoken to thee of., <>done that which I have spoken to thee of, <>I have spoken

16 And Jacob awaked out of his sleep, and he said, Surely the LORD is in this place; and I knew it not.

<>vv. 16-17, <>awaked out of his sleep, <>Surely the LORD is in this place

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.

<>vv. 16-17, <>he was afraid, <>this is none other but the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven, <>the house of God, <>the gate, <>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.

<>a pillar, <>upon the top of it

19 And he called the name of that place Beth-el: but the name of that city was called Luz at the first.

<>Beth-el, <>city

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,

<>vowed a vow, <>If God will … keep me in this way that I go, <>If God … will give me bread to eat, <>If God … will give me … raiment to put on, <>If God will … give me bread to eat, and raiment to put on, <>this way, <>bread

21 So that I come again to my father's house in peace; then shall the LORD be my God:

<>peace

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.

<>of all that thou shalt give me I will surely give the tenth unto thee


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