Genesis 28 NIV ISV Parallel

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1So Isaac called for Jacob and blessed him. Then he commanded him: "Do not marry a Canaanite woman.

1Later, Isaac called Jacob and blessed him, instructing him, "Don't marry a wife from the local Canaanite women.

2Go at once to Paddan Aram, to the house of your mother's father Bethuel. Take a wife for yourself there, from among the daughters of Laban, your mother's brother.

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.

3May God Almighty bless you and make you fruitful and increase your numbers until you become a community of peoples.

3May God Almighty bless you and make you fruitful so that your descendants become a whole group of people.

4May he give you and your descendants the blessing given to Abraham, so that you may take possession of the land where you now reside as a foreigner, the land God gave to Abraham."

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."

5Then Isaac sent Jacob on his way, and he went to Paddan Aram, to Laban son of Bethuel the Aramean, the brother of Rebekah, who was the mother of Jacob and Esau.

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.

6Now Esau learned that Isaac had blessed Jacob and had sent him to Paddan Aram to take a wife from there, and that when he blessed him he commanded him, "Do not marry a Canaanite woman,"

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."

7and that Jacob had obeyed his father and mother and had gone to Paddan Aram.

7After Jacob had obeyed his father and mother's instructions to set out for Paddan-aram,

8Esau then realized how displeasing the Canaanite women were to his father Isaac;

8Esau realized that Canaan women didn't please his father Isaac,

9so he went to Ishmael and married Mahalath, the sister of Nebaioth and daughter of Ishmael son of Abraham, in addition to the wives he already had.

9so he went to Abraham's son Ishmael and married Ishmael's daughter Mahalath, who was the sister of Nebaioth.

10Jacob left Beersheba and set out for Harran.

10Meanwhile, Jacob had left Beer-sheba and was on his way to Haran.

11When he reached a certain place, he stopped for the night because the sun had set. Taking one of the stones there, he put it under his head and lay down to sleep.

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,

12He had a dream in which he saw a stairway resting on the earth, with its top reaching to heaven, and the angels of God were ascending and descending on it.

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.

13There above it stood the LORD, and he said: "I am the LORD, the God of your father Abraham and the God of Isaac. I will give you and your descendants the land on which you are lying.

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.

14Your descendants will be like the dust of the earth, and you will spread out to the west and to the east, to the north and to the south. All peoples on earth will be blessed through you and 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.

15I am with you and will watch over you wherever you go, and I will bring you back to this land. I will not leave you until I have done what I have promised you."

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."

16When Jacob awoke from his sleep, he thought, "Surely the LORD is in this place, and I was not aware of it."

16Then Jacob woke up during the night and told himself, "Surely, the LORD is in this place and I never knew it!"

17He was afraid and said, "How awesome is this place! This is none other than the house of God; this is the gate of heaven."

17In mounting terror, he cried out, "How scary this place is! This is nothing less than God's house and the gateway to heaven!"

18Early the next morning Jacob took the stone he had placed under his head and set it up as a pillar and poured oil on top of it.

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,

19He called that place Bethel, though the city used to be called Luz.

19and named the place Beth-el, although previously the city had been named Luz.

20Then Jacob made a vow, saying, "If God will be with me and will watch over me on this journey I am taking and will give me food to eat and clothes to wear

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,

21so that I return safely to my father's household, then the LORD will be my God

21and returns me safely to my father's house, then the LORD will be my God,

22and this stone that I have set up as a pillar will be God's house, and of all that you give me I will give you a tenth."

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."

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