| International Standard Version | New American Standard Bible 1995 |
| 1Later, Isaac called Jacob and blessed him, instructing him, "Don't marry a wife from the local Canaanite women. | 1So Isaac called Jacob and blessed him and charged him, and said to him, "You shall not take a wife from the daughters of Canaan. |
| 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. | 2"Arise, go to Paddan-aram, to the house of Bethuel your mother's father; and from there take to yourself a wife from 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. | 3"May God 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." | 4"May He also give you the blessing of Abraham, to you and to your descendants with you, that you may possess the land of your sojournings, which 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. | 5Then Isaac sent Jacob away, and he went to Paddan-aram to Laban, son of Bethuel the Aramean, the brother of Rebekah, the mother of Jacob and Esau. |
| 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 to himself a wife from there, and that when he blessed him he charged him, saying, "You shall not take a wife from the daughters of Canaan," |
| 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 had gone to Paddan-aram. |
| 8Esau realized that Canaan women didn't please his father Isaac, | 8So Esau saw that the daughters of Canaan displeased his father Isaac; |
| 9so he went to Abraham's son Ishmael and married Ishmael's daughter Mahalath, who was the sister of Nebaioth. | 9and Esau went to Ishmael, and married, besides the wives that 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. | 10Then Jacob departed from 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, | 11He came to a certain place and spent the night there, because the sun had set; and he took one of the stones of the place and put it under his head, and lay down in that place. |
| 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. | 12He had a dream, and behold, a ladder was set on the earth with its top reaching 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 your father Abraham and the God of Isaac; the land on which you lie, I will give it to you and to your descendants. |
| 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. | 14"Your descendants will also be like the dust of the earth, and you will spread out to the west and to the east and to the north and to the south; and in you and in your descendants 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." | 15"Behold, 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!" | 17He 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 Jacob rose early in the morning, and took the stone that he had put under his head and set it up as a pillar and poured oil on its top. |
| 19and named the place Beth-el, although previously the city had been named Luz. | 19He called the name of that place Bethel; however, previously the name of the city had been Luz. |
| 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 on this journey that I take, and will give me food to eat and garments to wear, |
| 21and returns me safely to my father's house, then the LORD will be my God, | 21and I return to my father's house in safety, then the LORD will 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." | 22"This stone, which I have set up as a pillar, will be God's house, and of all that You give me I will surely give a tenth to You." |
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