Genesis 28:6-22
Genesis 28:6-22 (GNT)
6Esau learned that Isaac had blessed Jacob and sent him away to
Mesopotamia to find a wife. He also learned that when Isaac blessed him,
he commanded him not to marry a Canaanite woman. 7He found out that Jacob
had obeyed his father and mother and had gone to Mesopotamia. 8Esau then
understood that his father Isaac did not approve of Canaanite women. 9So
he went to Ishmael son of Abraham and married his daughter Mahalath, who
was the sister of Nebaioth. 10Jacob left Beersheba and started toward
Haran. 11At sunset he came to a holy place and camped there. He lay down
to sleep, resting his head on a stone. 12He dreamed that he saw a stairway
reaching from earth to heaven, with angels going up and coming down on it.
13And there was the Lord standing beside him. I am the Lord, the God of
Abraham and Isaac, he said. I will give to you and to your descendants
this land on which you are lying. 14They will be as numerous as the specks
of dust on the earth. They will extend their territory in all directions,
and through you and your descendants I will bless all the nations.
15Remember, I will be with you and protect you wherever you go, and I will
bring you back to this land. I will not leave you until I have done all
that I have promised you. 16Jacob woke up and said, The Lord is here! He
is in this place, and I didn't know it! 17He was afraid and said, What a
terrifying place this is! It must be the house of God; it must be the gate
that opens into heaven. 18Jacob got up early next morning, took the stone
that was under his head, and set it up as a memorial. Then he poured olive
oil on it to dedicate it to God. 19He named the place Bethel. (The town
there was once known as Luz.) 20Then Jacob made a vow to the Lord: If you
will be with me and protect me on the journey I am making and give me food
and clothing, 21and if I return safely to my father's home, then you will
be my God. 22This memorial stone which I have set up will be the place
where you are worshiped, and I will give you a tenth of everything you
give me.
God bless you.
6Esau learned that Isaac had blessed Jacob and sent him away to
Mesopotamia to find a wife. He also learned that when Isaac blessed him,
he commanded him not to marry a Canaanite woman. 7He found out that Jacob
had obeyed his father and mother and had gone to Mesopotamia. 8Esau then
understood that his father Isaac did not approve of Canaanite women. 9So
he went to Ishmael son of Abraham and married his daughter Mahalath, who
was the sister of Nebaioth. 10Jacob left Beersheba and started toward
Haran. 11At sunset he came to a holy place and camped there. He lay down
to sleep, resting his head on a stone. 12He dreamed that he saw a stairway
reaching from earth to heaven, with angels going up and coming down on it.
13And there was the Lord standing beside him. I am the Lord, the God of
Abraham and Isaac, he said. I will give to you and to your descendants
this land on which you are lying. 14They will be as numerous as the specks
of dust on the earth. They will extend their territory in all directions,
and through you and your descendants I will bless all the nations.
15Remember, I will be with you and protect you wherever you go, and I will
bring you back to this land. I will not leave you until I have done all
that I have promised you. 16Jacob woke up and said, The Lord is here! He
is in this place, and I didn't know it! 17He was afraid and said, What a
terrifying place this is! It must be the house of God; it must be the gate
that opens into heaven. 18Jacob got up early next morning, took the stone
that was under his head, and set it up as a memorial. Then he poured olive
oil on it to dedicate it to God. 19He named the place Bethel. (The town
there was once known as Luz.) 20Then Jacob made a vow to the Lord: If you
will be with me and protect me on the journey I am making and give me food
and clothing, 21and if I return safely to my father's home, then you will
be my God. 22This memorial stone which I have set up will be the place
where you are worshiped, and I will give you a tenth of everything you
give me.
God bless you.
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