Jacob’s Departure 1 DBY And Isaac called Jacob, and blessed him, and charged him, and said to him, Thou shalt not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan. BSB BSB: So Isaac called for Jacob and blessed him. “Do not take a wife from the Canaanite women,” he commanded.
2 DBY Arise, go to Padan-Aram, to the house of Bethuel thy mother's father, and take a wife thence of the daughters of Laban thy mother's brother. BSB BSB: “Go at once to Paddan-aram, to the house of your mother’s father Bethuel, and take a wife from among the daughters of Laban, your mother’s brother.
3 DBY And the Almighty God bless thee, and make thee fruitful and multiply thee, that thou mayest become a company of peoples. BSB BSB: May God Almighty bless you and make you fruitful and multiply you, so that you may become a company of peoples.
4 DBY And may he give thee the blessing of Abraham, to thee and to thy seed with thee, in order that thou mayest possess the land of thy sojourning, which God gave to Abraham! BSB BSB: And may He give the blessing of Abraham to you and your descendants, so that you may possess the land where you dwell as a foreigner, the land God gave to Abraham.”
5 DBY And Isaac sent away Jacob; and he went to Padan-Aram, to Laban the son of Bethuel the Syrian, the brother of Rebecca, Jacob's and Esau's mother. BSB BSB: So Isaac sent Jacob to Paddan-aram, to Laban son of Bethuel the Aramean, the brother of Rebekah, who was the mother of Jacob and Esau.
Esau Marries Mahalath 6 DBY And Esau saw that Isaac had blessed Jacob, and sent him away to Padan-Aram, to take a wife thence, blessing him, and giving him a charge saying, Thou shalt not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan; BSB BSB: Now Esau learned that Isaac had blessed Jacob and sent him to Paddan-aram to take a wife there, commanding him, “Do not marry a Canaanite woman,”
7 DBY and that Jacob had obeyed his father and his mother, and was gone to Padan-Aram. BSB BSB: and that Jacob had obeyed his father and mother and gone to Paddan-aram.
8 DBY And Esau saw that the daughters of Canaan were evil in the sight of Isaac his father. BSB BSB: And seeing that his father Isaac disapproved of the Canaanite women,
9 DBY And 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. BSB BSB: Esau went to Ishmael and married Mahalath, the sister of Nebaioth and daughter of Abraham’s son Ishmael, in addition to the wives he already had.
Jacob’s Ladder 10 DBY And Jacob went out from Beer-sheba, and went towards Haran. BSB BSB: Meanwhile Jacob left Beersheba and set out for Haran.
11 DBY And he lighted on a certain place, and lodged there, because the sun had set. And he took one of the stones of the place, and made it his pillow, and lay down in that place. BSB BSB: On reaching a certain place, he spent the night there because the sun had set. And taking one of the stones from that place, he put it under his head and lay down to sleep.
12 DBY And he dreamed, and behold, a ladder was set up on the earth, and the top of it reached to the heavens. And behold, angels of God ascended and descended upon it. BSB BSB: And Jacob had a dream about a ladder that rested on the earth with its top reaching up to heaven, and God’s angels were going up and down the ladder.
13 DBY And behold, Jehovah stood above it. And he said, I am Jehovah, the God of Abraham, thy father, and the God of Isaac: the land on which thou liest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed. BSB BSB: And there at the top the LORD was standing and saying, “I am the LORD, the God of your father Abraham and the God of Isaac. I will give you and your descendants the land on which you now lie.
14 DBY And thy seed shall be as the dust of the earth, and thou shalt spread abroad to the west, and to the east, and to the north, and to the south; and in thee and in thy seed shall all the families of the earth be blessed. BSB BSB: Your descendants will be like the dust of the earth, and you will spread out to the west and east and north and south. All the families of the earth will be blessed through you and your offspring.
15 DBY And behold, I am with thee, and will keep thee in all places to which thou goest, and will bring thee again into this land; for I will not leave thee until I have done what I have spoken to thee of. BSB BSB: Look, I am with you, and I will watch over you wherever you go, and I will bring you back to this land. For I will not leave you until I have done what I have promised you.”
16 DBY And Jacob awoke from his sleep, and said, Surely Jehovah is in this place, and I knew it not. BSB BSB: When Jacob woke up, he said, “Surely the LORD is in this place, and I was unaware of it.”
17 DBY 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. BSB BSB: And he was afraid and said, “How awesome is this place! This is none other than the house of God; this is the gate of heaven!”
The Stone of Bethel 18 DBY And Jacob rose early in the morning, and took the stone that he had made his pillow, and set it up for a pillar, and poured oil on the top of it. BSB BSB: Early the next morning, Jacob took the stone that he had placed under his head, and he set it up as a pillar. He poured oil on top of it,
19 DBY And he called the name of that place Beth-el; but the name of that city was Luz at the first. BSB BSB: and he called that place Bethel, though previously the city had been named Luz.
20 DBY And Jacob vowed a vow, saying, If God will be with me, and keep me on this road that I go, and will give me bread to eat, and a garment to put on, BSB BSB: Then Jacob made a vow, saying, “If God will be with me and watch over me on this journey, and if He will provide me with food to eat and clothes to wear,
21 DBY and I come again to my father's house in peace — then shall Jehovah be my God. BSB BSB: so that I may return safely to my father’s house, then the LORD will be my God.
22 DBY And this stone, which I have set up for a pillar, shall be God's house; and of all that thou wilt give me I will without fail give the tenth to thee. BSB BSB: And this stone I have set up as a pillar will be God’s house, and of all that You give me I will surely give You a tenth.”