Genesis

Genesis 28 ©

1 Jacob receiveth from Isaac a charge and blessing, and goeth to Padan-aram. 6 Esau marrieth a daughter of Ishmael. 10 The vision of Jacob's ladder; he receiveth a promise from God in a dream. 16 He awaketh, and setteth up the stone at Beth-el. 20 His vow.

1

AND Isaac called Jacob, and ablessed him, and charged him, and said unto him, bThou shalt not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan.

a ch. 27.4,28,29,33; 48.15; 49.28. De. 33.1. Jos. 22.7.
b ch. 6.2; 24.3; 26.34,35; 27.46.
2

cArise, go to Padan-aram, to the house of Bethuel thy mother's father; and take thee a wife from thence of the daughters of dLaban thy mother's brother.

c ch. 25.20; 24.10; 22.20-23; 29.1. v.5. Ho. 12.12.
d ch. 24.29.
3

And eGod Almighty bless thee, and make thee fruitful, and multiply thee, that thou mayest be 1a multitude of people;

e ch. 17.1; 13.16; 22.17. Ps. 128.1-6. ch. 35.11; 48.3.
4

And give thee fthe blessing of Abraham, to thee, and to thy seed with thee; that thou mayest inherit the land 2wherein thou art ga stranger, which God hgave unto Abraham.

f ch. 12.2,3; 17.6,7; 22.17,18. Ga. 3.14. Ep. 1.3. Ps. 72.17.
g ch. 17.8. He. 11.9. Ps. 105.12,13; 39.12.
h ch. 12.7; 13.15,17; 15.18; 17.18.
5

And Isaac sent away Jacob: and he went to iPadan-aram unto Laban, son of Bethuel the Syrian, the brother of Rebekah, Jacob's and Esau's mother.

i v.2.
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, jThou shalt not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan;

j v.1.
7

And that Jacob kobeyed his father and his mother, and was gone to Padan-aram;

k Ex. 20.12. Le. 19.3. Pr. 1.8. Ep. 6.1,2. Col. 3.20.
8

And Esau seeing lthat the daughters of Canaan 3pleased not Isaac his father;

l ch. 24.3; 26.35.
9

Then went Esau unto mIshmael, and took unto the wives which he had nMahalath the daughter of Ishmael Abraham's son, othe sister of Nebajoth, to be his wife.

m ch. 25.17; 36.13,18.
n ch. 36.3, Or, Bashemath, ch. 26.34.
o ch. 25.13; 36.3.
10

¶And Jacob went out from pBeer-sheba, and went toward qHaran.

p ch. 26.23,33.
q Ac. 7.2, Charran.
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 rpillows, and lay down in that place to sleep.

r v.18. 2Co. 1.5. Mat. 8.20.
12

And he sdreamed, 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.

s ch. 15.1,12; 20.3; 37.5,9; 40.5; 41.1. Nu. 12.6. Job 33.14,15; 4.13. Da. 7.1,10,13. He. 1.1,6.
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And, tbehold, the LORD stood above it, and said, I am the LORD uGod of Abraham thy father, and the God of Isaac: the land whereon thou liest, vto thee will I give it, and to thy seed;

t ch. 35.1; 48.3.
u ch. 15.1; 17.7; 26.24. Ex. 3.6. Mat. 22.32.
v ch. 12.7; 13.15,17. Ps. 105.11. Ac. 7.5. Eze. 37.24,25.
14

And wthy seed shall be as the dust of the earth, and thou shalt 4spread *abroad xto the west, and to the east, and to the north, and to the south: and in thee and yin thy seed shall all the families of the earth be blessed.

w Ac. 3.25. ch.13.16; 32.12; 35.11. Nu. 23.10. Re. 7.4,9.
x De. 12.20.
y ch. 12.3; 18.18; 22.18; 26.4. Ga. 3.16. Ps. 72.17. Ep. 1.3.
15

And, behold, zI am with thee, and will keep thee in all places whither thou goest, and will abring thee again into this land; for bI will not leave thee, until I have done that which I have spoken to thee of.

a ch. 35.6.
b De. 31.6,8. 1Ki. 8.57.
z ch. 26.24; 31.3; 32.9; 46.4. Mat. 28.20. Jos. 1.5. Ju. 6.16. Is. 43.2; 41.10,13. Je. 1.19. Ro. 3.31. 1Ti. 4.8. He. 13.5. Jn. 10.28,29. Jude 1.
16

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

c Job 9.11; 33.14. 1Sa. 3.4-7. Ex. 3.5. Jos. 5.15.
17

And he was dafraid, and said, How dreadful is this place! this is enone other but the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven.

d Mat. 17.6. Lu. 2.9; 8.35. Re. 1.17.
e 1Ti. 3.15. ch. 35.13.
18

And Jacob frose up early in the morning, and took the stone that he had put for his pillows, and gset it up for a pillar, and hpoured oil upon the top of it.

f ch. 22.3. Ec. 9.10. Ps. 119.60.
g ch. 31.13,45; 35.14,20. Is. 19.19. Jos. 24.26. 1Sa. 7.12. 2Sa. 18.18.
h Le. 8.10,11. Nu. 7.1.
19

And he called the name of that place 5Beth-el: but the name of that city was called Luz at the first.

20

iAnd Jacob vowed a vow, saying, 6If 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,

i ch. 31.13. 2Sa. 15.8.
21

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

j Ju. 11.31. 2Sa. 15.7-9; 19.30.
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And this stone, which I have set for a pillar, shall be kGod's house: and of all that thou shalt give me I will surely give lthe tenth unto thee.

k ch. 12.8; 21.33; 33.20; 35.1,3,7,14.
l ch. 14.20. De. 14.22,23. Le. 27.30.