¶ And Isaac called Jacob, and blessed¹ him, and charged him, and said unto him, Thou shalt² not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan.

Arise³, go to Padanaram⁴, to the house of Bethuel thy mother's father; and take thee a wife from thence of the daughters of Laban⁵ thy mother's brother.

And God⁶ Almighty bless thee, and make⁷ thee fruitful, and multiply thee, that thou mayest be a multitude⁸ of people;

And give thee the blessing⁹ of Abraham, to thee, and to thy seed with thee; that thou mayest inherit the land wherein thou art a stranger¹⁰, which¹¹ God gave unto Abraham.

And Isaac sent away Jacob¹²: and he went to Padanaram¹³ unto Laban, son of Bethuel the Syrian, the brother of Rebekah, Jacob's and Esau's mother.

¶ When Esau¹⁴ saw that Isaac had blessed Jacob, and sent him away to Padanaram, to take him a wife from thence; and that as he blessed him he gave him a charge, saying, Thou¹⁵ shalt not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan;

¹⁶And that Jacob obeyed his father and his mother, and was gone to Padanaram;

And Esau seeing that the daughters¹⁷ of Canaan pleased not¹⁸ Isaac his father;

Then went Esau unto Ishmael¹⁹, and took unto the wives which he had Mahalath²⁰ the daughter of Ishmael Abraham's son, the sister²¹ of Nebajoth, to be his wife.

¶²²And Jacob went out from Beersheba, and went toward Haran.

And he lighted upon a certain place, and tarried there all night, because the sun was set; and he took²³ of the stones of that place, and put them²⁴ for his pillows, and lay down in that place to sleep.

And he dreamed²⁵, and behold a ladder²⁶ set up on the earth, and the top of it reached to heaven: and behold the angels of God ascending and descending on it.

And, behold, the LORD stood²⁷ above it, and said, I am²⁸ the LORD God of Abraham thy father, and the God of Isaac: the land²⁹ whereon thou liest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed;

And thy seed³⁰ shall be as the dust of the earth, and thou shalt spread abroad³¹ to the west, and to the east, and to the north, and to the south: and in thee³² and in thy seed shall all the families of the earth be blessed.

And, behold, I am³³ with thee, and will keep³⁴ thee in all places whither thou goest, and will bring³⁵ thee again into this land; for I³⁶ will not leave thee, until³⁷ I have done that which I have spoken to thee of.

¶ And Jacob awaked out of his sleep, and he said, Surely the LORD is in this place; and I³⁸ knew it not.

And he was³⁹ afraid, and said, How dreadful is this place! this is none other but the house⁴⁰ of God, and this is the gate of heaven.

And Jacob rose up⁴¹ early in the morning, and took⁴² the stone that he had put for his pillows, and set it⁴³ up for a pillar, and poured⁴⁴ oil upon the top of it.

And he called the name⁴⁵ of that place Bethel⁴⁶: but the name of that city was called Luz at the first.

¶ And Jacob vowed⁴⁷ a vow, saying, If God⁴⁸ will be with me, and will keep me in this way that I go, and will give⁴⁹ me bread to eat, and raiment to put on,

So that I come⁵⁰ again to my father's house in peace; then⁵¹ shall the LORD be my God:

And this stone, which I have set for a pillar, shall be God's⁵² house: and of all that thou shalt give me I will⁵³ surely give the tenth unto thee.