1 S o Isaac called Jacob and prayed that good would come to him. He said to him, “Do not marry one of the daughters of Canaan.

Isaac called Jacob, blessed him, and commanded him, “You shall not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan.

2 G et ready, and go to the house of your mother’s father Bethuel in Paddan-aram. Take a wife for yourself from the daughters of your mother’s brother Laban.

Arise, go to Paddan Aram, to the house of Bethuel your mother’s father. Take a wife from there from the daughters of Laban, your mother’s brother.

3 M ay the All-powerful God bring good to you and give you many children until you become many nations.

May God Almighty bless you, and make you fruitful, and multiply you, that you may be a company of peoples,

4 M ay He give you and your children after you the same gift that He gave Abraham. May He give you the land that He gave Abraham, the land where you are now a stranger.”

and give you the blessing of Abraham, to you, and to your offspring with you, that you may inherit the land where you travel, which God gave to Abraham.”

5 T hen Isaac sent Jacob away. And he went to Paddan-aram, to Laban, the son of Bethuel the Syrian, the brother of Rebekah, Jacob and Esau’s mother.

Isaac sent Jacob away. He went to Paddan Aram to Laban, son of Bethuel the Syrian, Rebekah’s brother, Jacob’s and Esau’s mother.

6 N ow Esau saw that Isaac had prayed for good to come to Jacob and that he had sent him away to Paddan-aram to find a wife. Esau knew that his father had prayed for good to come to Jacob and said, “Do not marry one of the daughters of Canaan,”

Now Esau saw that Isaac had blessed Jacob and sent him away to Paddan Aram, to take him a wife from there, and that as he blessed him he gave him a command, saying, “You shall not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan,”

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

and that Jacob obeyed his father and his mother, and was gone to Paddan Aram.

8 E sau knew that the daughters of Canaan did not please his father Isaac.

Esau saw that the daughters of Canaan didn’t please Isaac, his father.

9 S o Esau went to Ishmael, and married Mahalath the daughter of Abraham’s son Ishmael, the sister of Nebaioth. He added her to the wives he already had. Jacob’s Dream

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

10 J acob left Beersheba and went toward Haran.

Jacob went out from Beersheba, and went toward Haran.

11 H e came to a certain place and stayed the night there, because the sun had gone down. He took one of the stones there and put it under his head for a pillow.

He came to a certain place, and stayed there all night, because the sun had set. He took one of the stones of the place, and put it under his head, and lay down in that place to sleep.

12 A nd he had a dream. He saw steps going up from the earth to heaven. He saw the angels of God going up and down these steps.

He dreamed. Behold, a stairway set upon the earth, and its top reached to heaven. Behold, the angels of God ascending and descending on it.

13 A nd he saw the Lord standing above them. He said, “I am the Lord, the God of your father Abraham, and the God of Isaac. I will give to you and your children after you the land where you are lying.

Behold, Yahweh stood above it, and said, “I am Yahweh, the God of Abraham your father, and the God of Isaac. The land whereon you lie, to you will I give it, and to your offspring.

14 T hey will be like the dust of the earth. You will spread out to the west and the east and the north and the south. Good will come to all the families of the earth because of you and your children.

Your offspring will be as the dust of the earth, and you will spread abroad to the west, and to the east, and to the north, and to the south. In you and in your offspring will all the families of the earth be blessed.

15 S ee, I am with you. I will care for you everywhere you go. And I will bring you again to this land. For I will not leave you until I have done all the things I promised you.”

Behold, I am with you, and will keep you, wherever you go, and will bring you again into this land. For I will not leave you, until I have done that which I have spoken of to you.”

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

Jacob awakened out of his sleep, and he said, “Surely Yahweh is in this place, and I didn’t know it.”

17 H e was afraid and said, “This place is so different! This is none other than the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven.”

He was afraid, and said, “How dreadful is this place! This is none other than God’s house, and this is the gate of heaven.”

18 S o Jacob got up early in the morning. He took the stone he had used as a pillow, and set it up as a pillar. He poured oil on the top of it.

Jacob rose up early in the morning, and took the stone that he had put under his head, and set it up for a pillar, and poured oil on its top.

19 H e gave that place the name Bethel. Its name had been Luz before.

He called the name of that place Bethel, but the name of the city was Luz at the first.

20 T hen Jacob made a promise. He said, “If God will be with me and take care of me as I go, and if He will give me food to eat and clothes to wear,

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 clothing to put on,

21 s o that I return in peace to my father’s house, then the Lord will be my God.

so that I come again to my father’s house in peace, and Yahweh will be my God,

22 I have set up this stone as a pillar to be God’s house. And I will give You a tenth part of all You give to me.”

then this stone, which I have set up for a pillar, will be God’s house. Of all that you will give me I will surely give a tenth to you.”