Genesis 2828GenesisIsaac and JacobLeeser Tanakh

Leeser TanakhBerean Standard Bible

1. Jacob’s Departure

2. 1ENGLEEAnd Isaac called Jacob, and blessed him, and charged him, and said unto him, Thou shalt not take a wife from the daughters of Canaan.BSBBSB: So Isaac called for Jacob and blessed him. “Do not take a wife from the Canaanite women,” he commanded.
3. 2ENGLEEArise, go to Padan-aram, to the house of Bethuel thy mother's father; and take thyself from there a wife of the daughters of Laban thy mother's brother.BSBBSB: “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.
4. 3ENGLEEAnd God, the Almighty, bless thee, and make thee fruitful, and multiply thee, that thou mayest become a multitude of people;BSBBSB: May God Almighty bless you and make you fruitful and multiply you, so that you may become a company of peoples.
5. 4ENGLEEAnd may he give thee the blessing of Abraham, to thee, and to thy seed with thee; that thou mayest inherit the land of thy sojourn, which God gave unto Abraham.BSBBSB: 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.”
6. 5ENGLEEAnd Isaac sent away Jacob, and he went to Padan-aram, unto Laban, the son of Bethuel the Syrian, the brother of Rebekah, the mother of Jacob and Esau.BSBBSB: 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.

7. Esau Marries Mahalath

8. 6ENGLEEAnd when Esau saw that Isaac had blessed Jacob, and sent him away to Padan-aram, to take himself from there a wife; and in blessing him had given him a charge, saying, Thou shalt not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan;BSBBSB: 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,”
9. 7ENGLEEAnd that Jacob had obeyed his father and his mother, and was gone to Padan-aram:BSBBSB: and that Jacob had obeyed his father and mother and gone to Paddan-aram.
10. 8ENGLEEThen saw Esau that the daughters of Canaan were evil in the eyes of Isaac his father;BSBBSB: And seeing that his father Isaac disapproved of the Canaanite women,
11. 9ENGLEEAnd Esau went unto Ishmael, and took Machalath the daughter of Ishmael, Abraham's son, the sister of Nebayoth in addition to his wives, to himself as wife.BSBBSB: 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.

12. Jacob’s Ladder

13. 10ENGLEEAnd Jacob went out from Beer-sheba, and went toward Charan.BSBBSB: Meanwhile Jacob left Beersheba and set out for Haran.
14. 11ENGLEEAnd he lighted upon a certain place, and tarried there all night, because the sun was set; and he took one of the stones of the place, and put it for his pillow, and laid himself down in that place.BSBBSB: 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.
15. 12ENGLEEAnd he dreamed, and behold a ladder was set up on the earth, and the top of it reached to heaven; and behold, angels of God were ascending and descending on it.BSBBSB: 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.
16. 13ENGLEEAnd, behold, the Lord stood above it, and said, I am the Lord, the God of Abraham thy father, and the God of Isaac: the land whereon thou liest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed;BSBBSB: 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.
17. 14ENGLEEAnd 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 thy seed shall all the families of the earth be blessed.BSBBSB: 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.
18. 15ENGLEEAnd, behold, I am with thee, and will keep thee whithersoever 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.BSBBSB: 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.”
19. 16ENGLEEAnd Jacob awakened out of his sleep, and he said, Surely the Lord is present in this place; and I knew it not.BSBBSB: When Jacob woke up, he said, “Surely the LORD is in this place, and I was unaware of it.”
20. 17ENGLEEAnd he was afraid, and said, How fearful is this place! this is none other but the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven.BSBBSB: 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!”

21. The Stone of Bethel

22. 18ENGLEEAnd Jacob rose up early in the morning, and took the stone that he had put for his pillow, and set it up for a pillar, and poured oil upon the top of it.BSBBSB: 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,
23. 19ENGLEEAnd he called the name of that place Beth-el; but Luz was the name of that city in former times.BSBBSB: and he called that place Bethel, though previously the city had been named Luz.
24. 20ENGLEEAnd Jacob made a vow, saying, If God will be with me, and will keep me on this way which I am going, and will give me bread to eat, and raiment to put on,BSBBSB: 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,
25. 21ENGLEEAnd I come again in peace to my father's house: then shall the Lord be my God;BSBBSB: so that I may return safely to my father’s house, then the LORD will be my God.
26. 22ENGLEEAnd this stone, which I have set for a pillar, shall be God's house; and of all that thou wilt give me I will surely give the tenth unto thee.BSBBSB: 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.”