1 S o Isaac called Jacob and blessed him and charged him, and said to him, “ You shall not take a wife from the daughters of Canaan.

So Isaac called Jacob and blessed him and commanded him, You shall not marry one of the women of Canaan.

2 A rise, 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.

Arise, go to Padan-aram, to the house of Bethuel your mother’s father, and take from there as a wife one of the daughters of Laban your mother’s brother.

3 M ay God Almighty bless you and make you fruitful and multiply you, that you may become a company of peoples.

May God Almighty bless you and make you fruitful and multiply you until you become a group of peoples.

4 M ay 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.”

May He give the blessing Abraham to you and your descendants with you, that you may inherit the land He gave to Abraham, in which you are a sojourner.

5 T hen 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.

Thus Isaac sent Jacob away. He went to Padan-aram, to Laban son of Bethuel the Aramean, the brother of Rebekah, Jacob and Esau’s mother.

6 N ow 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,”

Now Esau saw that Isaac had blessed Jacob and sent him to Padan-aram to take him a wife from there, and that as he blessed him, he gave him a charge, saying, You shall not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan;

7 a nd that Jacob had obeyed his father and his mother and had gone to Paddan-aram.

And that Jacob obeyed his father and his mother and had gone to Padan-aram.

8 S o Esau saw that the daughters of Canaan displeased his father Isaac;

Also Esau saw that the daughters of Canaan did not please Isaac his father.

9 a nd Esau went to Ishmael, and married, besides the wives that he had, Mahalath the daughter of Ishmael, Abraham’s son, the sister of Nebaioth. Jacob’s Dream

So Esau went to Ishmael and took to be his wife, to the wives he had, Mahalath daughter of Ishmael, Abraham’s son, the sister of Nebaioth.

10 T hen Jacob departed from Beersheba and went toward Haran.

And Jacob left Beersheba and went toward Haran.

11 H e 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.

And he came to a certain place and stayed there overnight, because the sun was set. Taking one of the stones of the place, he put it under his head and lay down there to sleep.

12 H e 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.

And he dreamed that there was a ladder set up on the earth, and the top of it reached to heaven; and the angels of God were ascending and descending on it!

13 A nd 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.

And behold, the Lord stood over and beside him and said, I am the Lord, the God of Abraham your father and the God of Isaac; I will give to you and to your descendants the land on which you are lying.

14 Y our 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.

And your offspring shall be as the dust or sand of the ground, and you shall spread abroad to the west and the east and the north and the south; and by you and your Offspring shall all the families of the earth be blessed and bless themselves.

15 B ehold, 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.”

And behold, I am with you and will keep (watch over you with care, take notice of) you wherever you may go, and I will bring you back to this land; for I will not leave you until I have done all of which I have told you.

16 T hen Jacob awoke from his sleep and said, “ Surely the Lord is in this place, and I did not know it.”

And Jacob awoke from his sleep and he said, Surely the Lord is in this place and I did not know it.

17 H e 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.”

He was afraid and said, How to be feared and reverenced is this place! This is none other than the house of God, and this is the gateway to heaven!

18 S o 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.

And Jacob rose early in the morning and took the stone he had put under his head, and he set it up for a pillar (a monument to the vision in his dream), and he poured oil on its top.

19 H e called the name of that place Bethel; however, previously the name of the city had been Luz.

And he named that place Bethel; but the name of that city was Luz at first.

20 T hen 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,

Then 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 food to eat and clothing to wear,

21 a nd I return to my father’s house in safety, then the Lord will be my God.

So that I may come again to my father’s house in peace, then the Lord shall be my God;

22 T his 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.”

And this stone which I have set up as a pillar (monument) shall be God’s house, and of all that You give me I will give the tenth to You.