28Genesis 28

CHAP. XXVIII. / 1 Isaac blesseth Iacob, and sendeth him to Padan Aram. 6 Esau marrieth Mahalal the daughter of Ishmael. 10 The Vision of Iacobs ladder. 18 The stone of Bethel. 20 Iacobs vow.

1And Isaac called Iacob, and blessed him, and charged him, and saide vnto him, Thou shalt not take a wife, of the daughters of Canaan.Select Genesis 28:1

2Arise, goe to Padan Aram, to the house of Bethuel thy mothers father, and take thee a wife from thence, of the daughters of Laban thy mothers brother.Select Genesis 28:2

3And God Almighty blesse thee, and make thee fruitfull, and multiply thee, that thou mayest be a multitude of people:Select Genesis 28:3

4And giue thee the blessing of Abraham, to thee and to thy seede with thee, that thou mayest inherit the lande wherein thou art a stranger, which God gaue vnto Abraham.Select Genesis 28:4

5And Isaac sent away Iacob, and hee went to Padan-Aram vnto Laban, sonne of Bethuel the Syrian, the brother of Rebekah, Iacobs and Esaus mother.Select Genesis 28:5

6When Esau sawe that Isaac had blessed Iacob, and sent him away to Padan-Aram, to take him a wife from thence; and that as he blessed him, he gaue him a charge, saying, Thou shalt not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan;Select Genesis 28:6

7And that Iacob obeyed his father, and his mother, and was gone to Padan-Aram;Select Genesis 28:7

8And Esau seeing that the daughters of Canaan pleased not Isaac his father:Select Genesis 28:8

9Then went Esau vnto Ishmael, and tooke vnto the wiues which hee had, Mahalath the daughter of Ishmael Abrahams sonne, the sister of Nebaioth, to be his wife.Select Genesis 28:9

10And Iacob went out from Beer-sheba, and went toward Haran.Select Genesis 28:10

11And hee lighted vpon a certaine place, and taried there all night, because the sunne was set: and hee tooke of the stones of that place, and put them for his pillowes, and lay downe in that place to sleepe.Select Genesis 28:11

12And he dreamed, and beholde, a ladder set vp on the earth, and the top of it reached to heauen: and beholde the Angels of God ascending and descending on it.Select Genesis 28:12

13And behold, the LORD stood aboue 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 giue it, and to thy seede.Select Genesis 28:13

14And 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.Select Genesis 28:14

15And behold, I am with thee, and will keepe thee in all places whither thou goest, and will bring thee againe into this land: for I will not leaue thee, vntill I haue done that which I haue spoken to thee of.Select Genesis 28:15

16And Iacob awaked out of his sleepe, and he said, Surely the LORD is in this place, and I knew it not.Select Genesis 28:16

17And 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 heauen.Select Genesis 28:17

18And Iacob rose vp earely in the morning, and tooke the stone that hee had put for his pillowes, and set it vp for a pillar, and powred oile vpon the top of it.Select Genesis 28:18

19And hee called the name of that place Beth-el: but the name of that citie was called Luz, at the first.Select Genesis 28:19

20And Iacob vowed a vow, saying, If God will be with me, and will keepe me in this way that I goe, and will giue me bread to eate, and raiment to put on,Select Genesis 28:20

21So that I come againe to my fathers house in peace: then shall the LORD be my God.Select Genesis 28:21

22And this stone which I haue set for a pillar, shall be Gods house: and of all that thou shalt giue me, I will surely giue the tenth vnto thee.Select Genesis 28:22