| King James Bible | Holman Christian Standard Bible |
| 1And Isaac called Jacob, and blessed him, and charged him, and said unto him, Thou shalt not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan. | 1Isaac summoned Jacob, blessed him, and commanded him: "Don't take a wife from the Canaanite women. |
| 2Arise, go to Padanaram, to the house of Bethuel thy mother's father; and take thee a wife from thence of the daughters of Laban thy mother's brother. | 2Go at once to Paddan-aram, to the house of Bethuel, your mother's father. Marry one of the daughters of Laban, your mother's brother. |
| 3And God Almighty bless thee, and make thee fruitful, and multiply thee, that thou mayest be a multitude of people; | 3May God Almighty bless you and make you fruitful and multiply you so that you become an assembly of peoples. |
| 4And give thee the blessing of Abraham, to thee, and to thy seed with thee; that thou mayest inherit the land wherein thou art a stranger, which God gave unto Abraham. | 4May God give you and your offspring the blessing of Abraham so that you may possess the land where you live as a foreigner, the land God gave to Abraham." |
| 5And Isaac sent away Jacob: and he went to Padanaram unto Laban, son of Bethuel the Syrian, the brother of Rebekah, Jacob's and Esau's mother. | 5So Isaac sent Jacob to Paddan-aram, to Laban son of Bethuel the Aramean, the brother of Rebekah, the mother of Jacob and Esau. |
| 6When Esau saw that Isaac had blessed Jacob, and sent him away to Padanaram, to take him a wife from thence; and that as he blessed him he gave him a charge, saying, Thou shalt not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan; | 6Esau noticed that Isaac blessed Jacob and sent him to Paddan-aram to get a wife there. When he blessed him, Isaac commanded Jacob, "Do not marry a Canaanite woman." |
| 7And that Jacob obeyed his father and his mother, and was gone to Padanaram; | 7And Jacob listened to his father and mother and went to Paddan-aram. |
| 8And Esau seeing that the daughters of Canaan pleased not Isaac his father; | 8Esau realized that his father Isaac disapproved of the Canaanite women, |
| 9Then went Esau unto Ishmael, and took unto the wives which he had Mahalath the daughter of Ishmael Abraham's son, the sister of Nebajoth, to be his wife. | 9so Esau went to Ishmael and married, in addition to his other wives, Mahalath daughter of Ishmael, Abraham's son. She was the sister of Nebaioth. |
| 10And Jacob went out from Beersheba, and went toward Haran. | 10Jacob left Beer-sheba and went toward Haran. |
| 11And 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 pillows, and lay down in that place to sleep. | 11He reached a certain place and spent the night there because the sun had set. He took one of the stones from the place, put it there at his head, and lay down in that place. |
| 12And he dreamed, 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. | 12And he dreamed: A stairway was set on the ground with its top reaching heaven, and God's angels were going up and down on it. |
| 13And, behold, the LORD stood above 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 give it, and to thy seed; | 13Yahweh was standing there beside him, saying, "I am Yahweh, the God of your father Abraham and the God of Isaac. I will give you and your offspring the land that you are now sleeping on. |
| 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. | 14Your offspring will be like the dust of the earth, and you will spread out toward the west, the east, the north, and the south. All the peoples on earth will be blessed through you and your offspring. |
| 15And, behold, I am with thee, and will keep thee in all places whither thou goest, and will bring thee again into this land; for I will not leave thee, until I have done that which I have spoken to thee of. | 15Look, I am with you and will watch over you wherever you go. I will bring you back to this land, for I will not leave you until I have done what I have promised you." |
| 16And Jacob awaked out of his sleep, and he said, Surely the LORD is in this place; and I knew it not. | 16When Jacob awoke from his sleep, he said, "Surely the LORD is in this place, and I did not know it." |
| 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 heaven. | 17He was afraid and said, "What an awesome place this is! This is none other than the house of God. This is the gate of heaven." |
| 18And Jacob rose up early in the morning, and took the stone that he had put for his pillows, and set it up for a pillar, and poured oil upon the top of it. | 18Early in the morning Jacob took the stone that was near his head and set it up as a marker. He poured oil on top of it |
| 19And he called the name of that place Bethel: but the name of that city was called Luz at the first. | 19and named the place Bethel, though previously the city was named Luz. |
| 20And Jacob vowed 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 raiment to put on, | 20Then Jacob made a vow: "If God will be with me and watch over me on this journey, if He provides me with food to eat and clothing to wear, |
| 21So that I come again to my father's house in peace; then shall the LORD be my God: | 21and if I return safely to my father's house, then the LORD will be my God. |
| 22And this stone, which I have set for a pillar, shall be God's house: and of all that thou shalt give me I will surely give the tenth unto thee. | 22This stone that I have set up as a marker will be God's house, and I will give to You a tenth of all that You give me." |
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