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| 1Later, Isaac called Jacob and blessed him, instructing him, "Don't marry a wife from the local Canaanite women. | 1Then Isaac called Jacob and blessed him and directed him, “You must not take a wife from the Canaanite women. |
| 2Instead, get up, travel to Paddan-aram, and visit the household of Bethuel, your mother's father. Marry one of Laban's daughters, since he's your mother's brother. | 2Arise, go to Paddan-aram to the house of Bethuel your mother’s father, and take as your wife from there one of the daughters of Laban your mother’s brother. |
| 3May God Almighty bless you and make you fruitful so that your descendants become a whole group of people. | 3God Almighty bless you and make you fruitful and multiply you, that you may become a company of peoples. |
| 4May he give you and your descendants the blessings that he gave Abraham. May you possess the land where you have lived that God gave to Abraham." | 4May he give the blessing of Abraham to you and to your offspring with you, that you may take possession of the land of your sojournings that God gave to Abraham!” |
| 5So Isaac sent Jacob off toward Paddan-aram to visit Bethuel's son Laban, the Aramean and brother of Rebekah, the mother of Jacob and Esau. | 5Thus Isaac sent Jacob away. And he went to Paddan-aram, to Laban, the son of Bethuel the Aramean, the brother of Rebekah, Jacob’s and Esau’s mother. |
| 6Esau noticed that after Isaac had blessed Jacob as he was sending him off to Paddan-aram to marry a wife from there, he had instructed Jacob, "Don't marry a Canaanite woman." | 6Now Esau saw that Isaac had blessed Jacob and sent him away to Paddan-aram to take a wife from there, and that as he blessed him he directed him, “You must not take a wife from the Canaanite women,” |
| 7After Jacob had obeyed his father and mother's instructions to set out for Paddan-aram, | 7and that Jacob had obeyed his father and his mother and gone to Paddan-aram. |
| 8Esau realized that Canaan women didn't please his father Isaac, | 8So when Esau saw that the Canaanite women did not please Isaac his father, |
| 9so he went to Abraham's son Ishmael and married Ishmael's daughter Mahalath, who was the sister of Nebaioth. | 9Esau went to Ishmael and took as his wife, besides the wives he had, Mahalath the daughter of Ishmael, Abraham’s son, the sister of Nebaioth. |
| 10Meanwhile, Jacob had left Beer-sheba and was on his way to Haran. | 10Jacob left Beersheba and went toward Haran. |
| 11He reached a certain place and spent the night there, because the sun was setting. He found a stone there, used it for a pillow, and slept there for the night, | 11And he came to a certain place and stayed there that night, because the sun had set. Taking one of the stones of the place, he put it under his head and lay down in that place to sleep. |
| 12when he had a dream! He saw a raised highway that had been built with its ending point on earth and its beginning point in heaven. God's angels were ascending and descending on it. | 12And he dreamed, and behold, there was a ladder set up on the earth, and the top of it reached to heaven. And behold, the angels of God were ascending and descending on it! |
| 13And there was the LORD, standing above it and telling Jacob, "I am the LORD God of your grandfather Abraham. I'm Isaac's God, too. I'm giving you and your descendants the ground on which you're sleeping. | 13And behold, the LORD stood above it and said, “I am the LORD, the God of Abraham your father and the God of Isaac. The land on which you lie I will give to you and to your offspring. |
| 14Your descendants are going to become like the dust of the earth and spread out to the west, east, north, and south. All the families of the earth will be blessed through you and your descendants. | 14Your offspring shall be like the dust of the earth, and you shall spread abroad to the west and to the east and to the north and to the south, and in you and your offspring shall all the families of the earth be blessed. |
| 15Now pay attention! I'm here with you, and I'm going to be watching over you wherever you go. I'm going to bring you back to this land, because I won't ever leave you until I've accomplished what I've promised about you." | 15Behold, I am with you and will keep you wherever you go, and will bring you back to this land. For I will not leave you until I have done what I have promised you.” |
| 16Then Jacob woke up during the night and told himself, "Surely, the LORD is in this place and I never knew it!" | 16Then Jacob awoke from his sleep and said, “Surely the LORD is in this place, and I did not know it.” |
| 17In mounting terror, he cried out, "How scary this place is! This is nothing less than God's house and the gateway to heaven!" | 17And he was afraid and said, “How awesome is this place! This is none other than the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven.” |
| 18When Jacob got up early the next morning, he took the stone that he had used for his pillow, set it up as a pillar, drenched it with oil, | 18So early in the morning Jacob took the stone that he had put under his head and set it up for a pillar and poured oil on the top of it. |
| 19and named the place Beth-el, although previously the city had been named Luz. | 19He called the name of that place Bethel, but the name of the city was Luz at the first. |
| 20Then he made this solemn vow: "If God remains with me, watches over me throughout this journey that I'm taking, gives me food to eat and clothes to wear, | 20Then Jacob made 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 clothing to wear, |
| 21and returns me safely to my father's house, then the LORD will be my God, | 21so that I come again to my father’s house in peace, then the LORD shall be my God, |
| 22this stone that I've erected in the form of a pillar will be God's house, and I'll give you a tenth of everything that you give to me." | 22and this stone, which I have set up for a pillar, shall be God’s house. And of all that you give me I will give a full tenth to you.” |
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