28:1 And Isaac having called for Jacob,
blessed him, and charged him, saying, Thou shalt not take a wife of the
daughters of the Canaanites.
28:2 Rise and depart quickly into Mesopotamia, to the house of Bathuel the
father of thy mother, and take to thyself thence a wife of the daughters of
Laban thy mother's brother.
28:3 And may my Elohim bless thee, and increase thee, and multiply thee, and
thou shalt become gatherings of nations.
28:4 And may he give thee the blessing of my father Abraam, even to thee and
to thy seed after thee, to inherit the land of thy sojourning, which Elohim
gave to Abraam.
28:5 So Isaac sent away Jacob, and he went into Mesopotamia to Laban the son
of Bethuel the Syrian, the brother of Rebecca the mother of Jacob and Esau.
28:6 And Esau saw that Isaac blessed Jacob, and sent him away to Mesopotamia
of Syria as he blessed him, to take to himself a wife thence, and [that] he
charged him, saying, Thou shalt not take a wife of the daughters of the
Canaanites;
28:7 and [that] Jacob hearkened to his father and his mother, and went to
Mesopotamia of Syria.
28:8 And Esau also having seen that the daughters of Chanaan were evil
before his father Isaac,
28:9 Esau went to Ismael, and took Maeleth the daughter of Ismael, the son
of Abraam, the sister of Nabeoth, a wife in addition to his [other] wives.
28:10 And Jacob went forth from the well of the oath, and departed into
Charrhan.
28:11 And came to a certain place and slept there, for the sun had gone
down; and he took [one] of the stones of the place, and put it at his head,
and lay down to sleep in that place,
28:12 and dreamed, and behold a ladder fixed on the earth, whose top reached
to heaven, and the Messengers of Elohim ascended and descended on it.
28:13 And Yehovah stood upon it, and said, I am the Elohim of thy father
Abraam, and the Elohim of Isaac; fear not, the land on which thou liest, to
thee will I give it, and to thy seed.
28:14 And thy seed shall be as the sand of the earth; and it shall spread
abroad to the sea, and the south, and the north, and to the east; and in
thee and in thy seed shall all the tribes of the earth be blessed.
28:15 And behold I am with thee to preserve thee continually in all the way
wherein thou shalt go; and I will bring thee back to this land; for I will
not desert thee, until I have done all that I have said to thee.
28:16 And Jacob awaked out of his sleep, and said, Yehovah is in this
place, and I knew it not.
28:17 And he was afraid, and said, How fearful is this place! this is none
other than the house of Elohim, and this is the gate of heaven.
28:18 And Jacob rose up in the morning, and took the stone he [had] laid
there by his head, and he set it up [as] a pillar, and poured oil on the top
of it.
28:19 And he called the name of that place, the House of Elohim; and the name
of the city before was Ulam-luz.
28:20 And Jacob vowed a vow, saying, If Yehovah Elohim will be with me, and
guard me throughout on this journey, on which I am going, and give me bread
to eat, and raiment to put on,
28:21 and bring me back in safety to the house of my father, then shall the
Lord be for a Elohim to me.
28:22 And this stone, which I have set up for a pillar, shall be to me a
house of Elohim; and of all whatsoever thou shalt give me, I will tithe a tenth
for thee. |
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.
28:2 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.
28:3 And Elohim Almighty bless thee, and make thee fruitful, and multiply thee,
that thou mayest be a multitude of people;
28:4 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
Elohim gave unto Abraham.
28:5 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.
28:6 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;
28:7 And that Jacob obeyed his father and his mother, and was gone to
Padanaram;
28:8 And Esau seeing that the daughters of Canaan pleased not Isaac his
father;
28:9 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.
28:10 And Jacob went out from Beersheba, and went toward Haran.
28:11 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.
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 Messengers of Elohim ascending and
descending on it.
28:13 And, behold, Yehovah stood above it, and said, I am Yehovah Elohim of
Abraham thy father, and the Elohim of Isaac: the land whereon thou liest, to
thee will I give it, and to thy seed;
28:14 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.
28:15 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.
28:16 And Jacob awaked out of his sleep, and he said, Surely Yehovah is in
this place; and I knew it not.
28:17 And he was afraid, and said, How dreadful is this place! this is none
other but the house of Elohim, and this is the gate of heaven.
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.
28:19 And he called the name of that place Bethel: but the name of that city
was called Luz at the first.
28:20 And Jacob vowed a vow, saying, If Elohim 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,
28:21 So that I come again to my father's house in peace; then shall the
Yehovah be my Elohim:
28:22 And this stone, which I have set for a pillar, shall be Elohim's house:
and of all that thou shalt give me I will surely give the tenth unto thee. |