Genesis 28 — FBV
28Verse 1Isaac called for Jacob and blessed him. “Don't marry a Canaanite woman,” he ordered him.Verse 2“Leave right away and go to Paddan-aram, to the home of Bethuel, your mother's father. Find yourself a wife there—a daughter of Laban, your mother's brother.Verse 3God Almighty bless you and may your descendants be so numerous that you become the ancestor of many nations.Verse 4May he grant you and your descendants the same blessing he gave to Abraham, so that you may take over the land where you now live as a foreigner, the land God gave to Abraham.”Verse 5So Isaac sent Jacob on his way. He traveled to Paddan-aram, to Laban, son of Bethuel the Aramean. Laban was the brother of Rebekah, the mother of Jacob and Esau.Verse 6Esau found out that Isaac had blessed Jacob and had sent him to Paddan-aram to find a wife there, and that when he blessed him he ordered him, “Don't marry a Canaanite woman.”Verse 7He also discovered that Jacob had done what his father and mother told him and had left for Paddan-aram.Verse 8This made Esau realize how much his father disliked Canaanite women.Verse 9So he went to Ishmael's family and married an additional wife—Mahalath, the daughter of Ishmael, Abraham's son, the sister of Nebaioth.Verse 10In the meantime Jacob had set off from Beersheba on his way to Haran.Verse 11He arrived after sunset at a particular place and stopped there for the night. He picked up a stone, put it under his head, lay down and went to sleep.Verse 12He dreamed he saw a stairway that started on earth, and the top reached all the way into heaven. He saw God's angels going up and down on it.Verse 13Then he saw the Lord standing over him,+who said, “I am the Lord, the God of your father Abraham, and the God of Isaac. I'm giving you and your descendants the land you're lying on.Verse 14Your descendants will be as numerous as the dust of the earth, and will spread out west and east, and north and south. Everyone on earth will be blessed by your descendants.Verse 15Listen! I am with you and will take care of you wherever you go. I will bring you back to this country. I won't leave you because I'm going to do what I've promised you.”Verse 16When Jacob woke up he said to himself, “The Lord is right here, in this place, and I didn't realize it!”+Verse 17He became frightened and said, “This is a scary place! It must be the house of God and the entrance to heaven.”Verse 18When Jacob got up in the morning he took the stone he'd put under his head and set it upright as a stone pillar and poured some olive oil on it.Verse 19He named the place “Bethel,”+(previously it was called Luz).Verse 20Jacob also made a solemn promise, saying, “God, if you will be with me, and take care of me on my journey, and give me food to eat and clothes to wearVerse 21so I can return safely to my father's home, then you Lord will be my God.Verse 22This stone pillar that I've set up will be the house of God,+and I will give you one tenth of all you give me.”