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Genesis 28 :: Amplified Bible (AMP)

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Jacob Is Sent Away

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So Isaac called Jacob and blessed him and charged him, and said to him, “You shall not marry one of the women of Canaan.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 28:2 - “[fn]Arise, go to Paddan-aram, to the house of Bethuel your mother’s father; and take from there as a wife for yourself one of the daughters of Laban your mother’s brother.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 28:3 - “May [fn]God Almighty bless you and make you fruitful and multiply you, so that you may become a [great] company of peoples.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 28:4 - “May He also give the blessing of Abraham to you and your descendants with you, that you may inherit the [promised] land of your sojournings, which He gave to Abraham.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 28:5 - Then Isaac sent Jacob away, and he went to Paddan-aram, to Laban, son of Bethuel the Aramean, the brother of Rebekah, the mother of Jacob and Esau.

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Now Esau noticed that Isaac had blessed Jacob and sent him to Paddan-aram to take a wife for himself from there, and that as he blessed him he gave him a prohibition, saying, “You shall not take a wife from the daughters of Canaan,”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 28:7 - and that Jacob obeyed his father and his mother and had gone to Paddan-aram.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 28:8 - So Esau realized that [his two wives] the daughters of Canaan displeased Isaac his father;

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 28:9 - and [to appease his parents] Esau went to [the family of] Ishmael and took as his wife, in addition to the wives he [already] had, Mahalath the daughter of Ishmael, Abraham’s son, the sister of Nebaioth [Ishmael’s firstborn son].

Jacob’s Dream

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Now Jacob left Beersheba [never to see his mother again] and traveled toward Haran.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 28:11 - And he came to a certain place and stayed overnight there because the sun had set. Taking one of the stones of the place, he put it under his head and lay down there [to sleep].

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 28:12 - He dreamed that there was a ladder (stairway) placed on the earth, and the top of it reached [out of sight] toward heaven; and [he saw] the angels of God ascending and descending on it [going to and from heaven].

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 28:13 - And behold, the LORD stood above and around him and said, “I am the LORD, the God of Abraham your [father’s] father and the God of Isaac; I will give to you and to your descendants the land [of promise] on which you are lying.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 28:14 - “Your descendants shall be as [countless as] the dust of the earth, and you shall spread abroad to the west and the east and the north and the south; and all the families (nations) of the earth shall be blessed through you and your [fn]descendants.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 28:15 - “Behold, I am with you and will keep [careful watch over you and guard] you wherever you may go, and I will bring you back to this [promised] land; for I will not leave you until I have done what I have promised you.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 28:16 - Then Jacob awoke from his sleep and he said, “Without any doubt the LORD is in this place, and I did not realize it.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 28:17 - So he was afraid and said, “How fearful and awesome is this place! This is none other than the house of God, and this is the gateway to heaven.”

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So Jacob got up early in the morning, and took the stone he had put under his head and he set it up as a pillar [that is, a monument to the vision in his dream], and he poured [olive] oil on the top of it [to [fn]consecrate it].

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 28:19 - He named that place Bethel (the house of God); the previous name of that city was Luz (Almond Tree).

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 28:20 - Then Jacob made a vow (promise), saying, “If God will be with me and will keep me on this journey that I take, and will give me food to eat and clothing to wear,

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 28:21 - and if [He grants that] I return to my father’s house in safety, then the LORD will be my God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 28:22 - “This stone which I have set up as a pillar (monument, memorial) will be God’s house [a sacred place to me], and of everything that You give me I will give the tenth to You [as an offering to signify my gratitude and dependence on You].”
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AMP Footnotes
The Hebrew verb “to stand” or “arise” is often used as an instruction to prepare to fulfill a command, somewhat similar to the military command “attention.”
Heb El Shaddai.
I.e. Jesus Christ (the Messiah) is a descendant of Jacob.
I.e. dedicate or declare something sacred for God’s purpose.
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Genesis Chapter 28 — Additional Translations:

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