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And Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing wherewith his father blessed him:
and Esau said in his heart, The days of mourning for my father are at hand;
then will I slay my brother Jacob. 42 And these words of Esau her elder son
were told to Rebekah: and she sent and called Jacob her younger son, and said
unto him, Behold, thy brother Esau, as touching thee, doth comfort himself,
purposing to kill thee. 43 Now therefore, my son, obey my voice; and arise,
flee thou to Laban my brother to Haran; 44 And tarry with him a few days, until
thy brother's fury turn away; 45 Until thy brother's anger turn away from thee,
and he forget that which thou hast done to him: then I will send, and fetch
thee from thence: why should I be deprived also of you both in one day? 46 And
Rebekah said to Isaac, I am weary of my life because of the daughters of Heth:
if Jacob take a wife of the daughters of Heth, such as these which are of the
daughters of the land, what good shall my life do me?
1And Isaac called
Jacob, and blessed him, and charged him, and said unto him, Thou shalt not take
a wife of the daughters of Canaan. 2 Arise, go to Padanaram, to the house of
Bethuel thy mother's father; and take thee a wife from thence of the daughters
of Laban thy mother's brother. 3 And God Almighty bless thee, and make thee
fruitful, and multiply thee, that thou mayest be a multitude of people; 4 And
give thee the blessing of Abraham, to thee, and to thy seed with thee; that
thou mayest inherit the land wherein thou art a stranger, which God gave unto
Abraham. 5 And Isaac sent away Jacob: and he went to Padanaram unto Laban, son
of Bethuel the Syrian, the brother of Rebekah, Jacob's and Esau's mother.
6 When Esau 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, Thou
shalt not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan; 7 And that Jacob obeyed his
father and his mother, and was gone to Padanaram; 8 And Esau seeing that the
daughters of Canaan pleased not Isaac his father; 9 Then went Esau 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.
10 And Jacob went out
from Beersheba, and went toward Haran. 11 And he lighted upon a certain place,
and tarried 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. 12 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. 13 And, behold, the LORD stood above it, and said, I am the LORD 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; 14 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. 15 And, behold, I am with thee, and will keep thee in all
places whither 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.
16 And Jacob awaked out
of his sleep, and he said, Surely the LORD is in this place; and I knew it not.
17 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. 18 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. 19 And he called the
name of that place Bethel: but the name of that city was called Luz at the
first. 20 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 raiment to put on,
21 So that I come again to my father's house in peace; then shall the LORD be
my God: 22 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 unto thee.