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Genesis 28
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949
1And Isaac calleth unto Jacob, and blesseth him, and commandeth him, and saith to him, `Thou dost not take a wife of the daughters of Caanan;
1Then Isaac sent for Jacob, and blessing him, said, Do not take a wife from among the women of Canaan;
2rise, go to Padan-Aram, to the house of Bethuel, thy mother's father, and take for thyself from thence a wife, of the daughters of Laban, thy mother's brother;
2But go to Paddan-aram, to the house of Bethuel, your mother's father, and there get yourself a wife from the daughters of Laban, your mother's brother.
3and God Almighty doth bless thee, and make thee fruitful, and multiply thee, and thou hast become an assembly of peoples;
3And may God, the Ruler of all, give you his blessing, giving you fruit and increase, so that you may become an army of peoples.
4and He doth give to thee the blessing of Abraham, to thee and to thy seed with thee, to cause thee to possess the land of thy sojournings, which God gave to Abraham.'
4And may God give you the blessing of Abraham, to you and to your seed, so that the land of your wanderings, which God gave to Abraham, may be your heritage.
5And Isaac sendeth away Jacob, and he goeth to Padan-Aram, unto Laban, son of Bethuel the Aramaean, brother of Rebekah, mother of Jacob and Esau.
5So Isaac sent Jacob away: and he went to Paddan-aram, to Laban, son of Bethuel the Aramaean, the brother of Rebekah, the mother of Jacob and Esau.
6And Esau seeth that Isaac hath blessed Jacob, and hath sent him to Padan-Aram to take to himself from thence a wife--in his blessing him that he layeth a charge upon him, saying, Thou dost not take a wife from the daughters of Canaan--
6So when Esau saw that Isaac had given Jacob his blessing, and sent him away to Paddan-aram to get a wife for himself there, blessing him and saying to him, Do not take a wife from among the women of Canaan;
7that Jacob hearkeneth unto his father and unto his mother, and goeth to Padan-Aram--
7And that Jacob had done as his father and mother said and had gone to Paddan-aram;
8and Esau seeth that the daughters of Canaan are evil in the eyes of Isaac his father,
8It was clear to Esau that his father had no love for the women of Canaan,
9and Esau goeth unto Ishmael, and taketh Mahalath, daughter of Ishmael, Abraham's son, sister of Nebajoth, unto his wives, to himself, for a wife.
9So Esau went to Ishmael and took Mahalath, the daughter of Abraham's son Ishmael, the sister of Nebaioth, to be his wife in addition to the wives he had.
10And Jacob goeth out from Beer-Sheba, and goeth toward Haran,
10So Jacob went out from Beer-sheba to go to Haran.
11and he toucheth at a <FI>certain<Fi> place, and lodgeth there, for the sun hath gone in, and he taketh of the stones of the place, and maketh <FI>them<Fi> his pillows, and lieth down in that place.
11And coming to a certain place, he made it his resting-place for the night, for the sun had gone down; and he took one of the stones which were there, and putting it under his head he went to sleep in that place.
12And he dreameth, and lo, a ladder set up on the earth, and its head is touching the heavens; and lo, messengers of God are going up and coming down by it;
12And he had a dream, and in his dream he saw steps stretching from earth to heaven, and the angels of God were going up and down on them.
13and lo, Jehovah is standing upon it, and He saith, `I <FI>am<Fi> Jehovah, God of Abraham thy father, and God of Isaac; the land on which thou art lying, to thee I give it, and to thy seed;
13And he saw the Lord by his side, saying, I am the Lord, the God of Abraham your father, and the God of Isaac: I will give to you and to your seed this land on which you are sleeping.
14and thy seed hath been as the dust of the land, and thou hast broken forth westward, and eastward, and northward, and southward, and all families of the ground have been blessed in thee and in thy seed.
14Your seed will be like the dust of the earth, covering all the land to the west and to the east, to the north and to the south: you and your seed will be a name of blessing to all the families of the earth.
15`And lo, I <FI>am<Fi> with thee, and have kept thee whithersoever thou goest, and have caused thee to turn back unto this ground; for I leave thee not till that I have surely done that which I have spoken to thee.'
15And truly, I will be with you, and will keep you wherever you go, guiding you back again to this land; and I will not give you up till I have done what I have said to you.
16And Jacob awaketh out of his sleep, and saith, `Surely Jehovah is in this place, and I knew not;'
16And Jacob, awaking from his sleep, said, Truly, the Lord is in this place and I was not conscious of it.
17and he feareth, and saith, `How fearful <FI>is<Fi> this place; this is nothing but a house of God, and this a gate of the heavens.'
17And fear came on him, and he said, This is a holy place; this is nothing less than the house of God and the doorway of heaven.
18And Jacob riseth early in the morning, and taketh the stone which he hath made his pillows, and maketh it a standing pillar, and poureth oil upon its top,
18And early in the morning Jacob took the stone which had been under his head, and put it up as a pillar and put oil on it.
19and he calleth the name of that place Bethel, <FI>house of God,<Fi> and yet, Luz <FI>is<Fi> the name of the city at the first.
19And he gave that place the name of Beth-el, but before that time the town was named Luz.
20And Jacob voweth a vow, saying, `Seeing God is with me, and hath kept me in this way which I am going, and hath given to me bread to eat, and a garment to put on--
20Then Jacob took an oath, and said, If God will be with me, and keep me safe on my journey, and give me food and clothing to put on,