Thematic Bible
Genesis 28:1 (show verse)
Then Isaac called Jacob and blessed him and charged him, saying, Thou shalt not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan.
Genesis 28:2 (show verse)
Arise, go to Padanaram to the house of Bethuel, thy mother's father, and take thee a wife from there of the daughters of Laban, thy mother's brother.
Genesis 28:3 (show verse)
And may God Almighty bless thee and make thee fruitful and multiply thee that thou may be a congregation of peoples
Genesis 28:4 (show verse)
and give thee the blessing of Abraham, to thee and to thy seed with thee; that thou may inherit the land in which thou art a stranger, which God gave unto Abraham.
Genesis 28:5 (show verse)
Thus Isaac sent Jacob away, and he went to Padanaram unto Laban, son of Bethuel the Aramean, the brother of Rebekah, Jacob's and Esau's mother.
Genesis 28:6 (show verse)
And Esau saw how Isaac had blessed Jacob and sent him away to Padanaram, to take a wife from there for himself, and that as he blessed him, he gave him a charge, saying, Thou shalt not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan,
Genesis 28:7 (show verse)
and that Jacob had hearkened unto his father and his mother and had gone to Padanaram;
Genesis 28:8 (show verse)
and Esau, seeing that the daughters of Canaan did not please Isaac his father,
Genesis 28:9 (show verse)
Esau went unto Ishmael and took unto the wives which he had, Mahalath, the daughter of Ishmael, Abraham's son, the sister of Nebajoth, to be his wife.
Genesis 28:10 (show verse)
And Jacob went out from Beersheba and went toward Haran.
Genesis 28:11 (show verse)
And he found a certain place and slept there all night because the sun was set; and he took of the stones of that place and put them for his pillows and lay down in that place to sleep.
Genesis 28:12 (show verse)
And he dreamed, and behold a ladder set up on the earth, and the top of it reached to heaven; and behold the angels of God ascending and descending on it.
Genesis 28:13 (show verse)
And, behold, the LORD stood above it and said, I AM the God of Abraham, thy father, and the God of Isaac; the land upon which thou dost lie, to thee will I give it and to thy seed;
Genesis 28:14 (show verse)
and thy seed shall be as the dust of the earth, and thou shalt multiply to the west and to the east and to the Aquilon and to the Negev; and in thee and in thy seed shall all the families of the earth be blessed.
Genesis 28:15 (show verse)
And, behold, I am with thee and will keep thee in all places where thou goest and will bring thee again into this land; for I will not leave thee until I have done that which I have spoken to thee of.
Genesis 28:16 (show verse)
And Jacob awakened out of his sleep, and he said, Surely the LORD is in this place, and I knew it not.
Genesis 28:17 (show verse)
And he was afraid and said, How dreadful is this place! this is none other but the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven.
Genesis 28:18 (show verse)
And Jacob rose up early in the morning and took the stone that he had put for his pillows and set it up for a pillar and poured oil upon the top of it.
Genesis 28:19 (show verse)
And he called the name of that place Bethel, since the name of that city was called Luz at first.
Genesis 28:20 (show verse)
And 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
Genesis 28:21 (show verse)
so that I come again to my father's house in peace, then shall the LORD be my God;
Genesis 28:22 (show verse)
and this stone, which I have set for a pillar, shall be God's house; and of all that thou shalt give me I will surely give the tenth part unto thee.