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1. Jacob’s Departure

2. 1GNVThen Izhak called Iaakob and blessed him, and charged him, and sayde vnto him, Take not a wife of 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. 2GNVArise, get thee to Padan Aram to the house of Bethuel thy mothers father, and thence take thee a wife of the daughters of Laban thy mothers 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. 3GNVAnd God all sufficient blesse thee, and make thee to encrease, and multiplie thee, that thou mayest be 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. 4GNVAnd giue thee the blessing of Abraham, euen to thee and to thy seede with thee, that thou mayest inherite the lande (wherein thou art a stranger,) which God gaue vnto 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. 5GNVThus Izhak sent forth Iaakob, and he went to Padan Aram vnto Laban sonne of Bethuel the Aramite, brother to Rebekah, Iaakobs and Esaus mother.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. 6GNVWhen Esau sawe that Izhak had blessed Iaakob, and sent him to Padan Aram, to set him a wife thence, and giuen him a charge when he blessed him, 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. 7GNVAnd that Iaakob 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. 8GNVAlso Esau seeing that the daughters of Canaan displeased Izhak his father,BSBBSB: And seeing that his father Isaac disapproved of the Canaanite women,
11. 9GNVThen went Esau to Ishmael, and tooke vnto the wiues, which he had, Mahalath the daughter of Ishmael Abrahams sonne, the sister of Nabaioth, to be his 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. 10GNVNow Iaakob departed from Beer-sheba, and went to Haran,BSBBSB: Meanwhile Jacob left Beersheba and set out for Haran.
14. 11GNVAnd he came vnto a certaine place, and taried there al night, because the sunne was downe, and tooke of the stones of the place, and layde vnder his head and slept in the same 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. 12GNVThen he dreamed, and behold, there stoode a ladder vpon the earth, and the top of it reached vp to heauen: and loe, the Angels of God went vp and downe by 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. 13GNVAnd behold, the Lord stoode aboue it, and sayd, I am the Lord God of Abraham thy father, and the God of Izhak: the land, vpon the which thou sleepest, wil I giue thee and thy seede.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. 14GNVAnd thy seede 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 seede 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. 15GNVAnd lo, I am with thee, and wil keepe thee whithersoeuer thou goest, and will bring thee againe into this lande: for I will not forsake thee vntill I haue performed that, that I haue promised thee.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. 16GNVThen Iaakob awoke out of his sleepe, and sayde, Surely the Lord is in this place, and I was not aware.BSBBSB: When Jacob woke up, he said, “Surely the LORD is in this place, and I was unaware of it.”
20. 17GNVAnd he was afraid, and said, How fearefull is this place! this is none other but the house of God, and this is the gate of heauen.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. 18GNVThen Iaakob rose vp early in the morning, and tooke the stone that hee had layde vnder his head, and set it vp as a pillar, and powred oyle vpon 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. 19GNVAnd he called ye name of that place Bethel: notwithstanding the name of the citie was at the first called Luz.BSBBSB: and he called that place Bethel, though previously the city had been named Luz.
24. 20GNVThen Iaakob vowed a vowe, saying, If God will be with me, and will keepe me in this iourney which I go, and wil giue me bread to eate, and clothes 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. 21GNVSo that I come againe vnto my fathers house in safetie, 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. 22GNVAnd this stone, which I haue set vp as a pillar, shall be Gods house: and of all that thou shalt giue me, wil I giue the tenth vnto 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.”