[1] Then Isaac sent for Jacob, and blessing him, said, Do not take a wife
from among the women of Canaan; [2] But go to Paddan-aram, to the house of
Bethuel, your mother's father, and there get yourself a wife from the
daughters of Laban, your mother's brother. [3] And may God, the Ruler of
all, give you his blessing, giving you fruit and increase, so that you may
become an army of peoples. [4] And may God give you the blessing of
Abraham, to you and to your seed, so that the land of your wanderings,
which God gave to Abraham, may be your heritage. [5] So Isaac sent Jacob
away: and he went to Paddan-aram, to Laban, son of Bethuel the Aramaean,
the brother of Rebekah, the mother of Jacob and Esau. [6] So when Esau saw
that Isaac had given Jacob his blessing, and sent him away to Paddan-aram
to get a wife for himself there, blessing him and saying to him, Do not
take a wife from among the women of Canaan; [7] And that Jacob had done as
his father and mother said and had gone to Paddan-aram; [8] It was clear to
Esau that his father had no love for the women of Canaan, [9] So Esau went
to Ishmael and took Mahalath, the daughter of Abraham's son Ishmael, the
sister of Nebaioth, to be his wife in addition to the wives he had. [10] So
Jacob went out from Beer-sheba to go to Haran. [11] And coming to a certain
place, he made it his resting-place for the night, for the sun had gone
down; and he took one of the stones which were there, and putting it under
his head he went to sleep in that place. [12] And he had a dream, and in
his dream he saw steps stretching from earth to heaven, and the angels of
God were going up and down on them. [13] And he saw the Lord by his side,
saying, I am the Lord, the God of Abraham your father, and the God of
Isaac: I will give to you and to your seed this land on which you are
sleeping. [14] Your seed will be like the dust of the earth, covering all
the land to the west and to the east, to the north and to the south: you
and your seed will be a name of blessing to all the families of the earth.
[15] And truly, I will be with you, and will keep you wherever you go,
guiding you back again to this land; and I will not give you up till I have
done what I have said to you. [16] And Jacob, awaking from his sleep, said,
Truly, the Lord is in this place and I was not conscious of it. [17] And
fear came on him, and he said, This is a holy place; this is nothing less
than the house of God and the doorway of heaven. [18] And early in the
morning Jacob took the stone which had been under his head, and put it up
as a pillar and put oil on it. [19] And he gave that place the name of
Beth-el, but before that time the town was named Luz. [20] Then Jacob took
an oath, and said, If God will be with me, and keep me safe on my journey,
and give me food and clothing to put on, [21] So that I come again to my
father's house in peace, then I will take the Lord to be my God, [22] And
this stone which I have put up for a pillar will be God's house: and of all
you give me, I will give a tenth part to you.
