Genesis 28 :: Legacy Standard Bible (LSB)

Jacob Is Sent to Laban

So Isaac^H3327 called^H7121 Jacob^H3290 and blessed^H1288 him and commanded^H6680 him and said^H559 to him, “You shall not take^H3947 a wife^H802 from the daughters^H1323 of Canaan^H3667.

Gen 28:2

Gen 28:2“Arise, go to Paddan-aram, to the house of Bethuel your mother’s father; and from there take to yourself a wife from the daughters of Laban your mother’s brother.

Gen 28:3

Gen 28:3“May [fn]God Almighty bless you and make you fruitful and multiply you, that you may become an assembly of peoples.

Gen 28:4

Gen 28:4“May He also give you the blessing of Abraham, to you and to your seed with you, that you may possess the land of your sojournings, which God gave to Abraham.”

Gen 28:5

Gen 28:5Then 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.

Gen 28:6

And Esau^H6215 saw^H7200 that Isaac^H3327 had blessed^H1288 Jacob^H3290 and sent^H7971 him away^H7971 to Paddan-aram^H6307 to take^H3947 for himself a wife^H802 from there^H8033, and that when he blessed^H1288 him he commanded^H6680 him, saying^H559, “You shall not take^H3947 a wife^H802 from the daughters^H1323 of Canaan^H3667,”

Gen 28:7

Gen 28:7and that Jacob had listened to his father and his mother and had gone to Paddan-aram.

Gen 28:8

Gen 28:8So Esau saw that the daughters of Canaan were displeasing in the [fn]sight of his father Isaac;

Gen 28:9

Gen 28:9and Esau went to Ishmael and took Mahalath, the daughter of Ishmael, Abraham’s son, the sister of Nebaioth, to be his wife, besides the wives that he had.

Jacob’s Dream

Gen 28:10

Then Jacob^H3290 departed^H3318 from Beersheba^H884 and went^H1980 toward Haran^H2771.

Gen 28:11

Gen 28:11And he reached [fn]a certain place and spent the night there because the sun had set; and he took one of the stones of the place and put it [fn]under his head and lay down in that place.

Gen 28:12

Gen 28:12Then he had a dream, and behold, a [fn]ladder stood on the earth with its top touching heaven; and behold, the angels of God were ascending and descending on it.

Gen 28:13

Gen 28:13And behold, Yahweh stood [fn]above it and said, “I am Yahweh, the God of your father Abraham and the God of Isaac; the land on which you lie, I will give it to you and to your seed.

Gen 28:14

Gen 28:14“And your seed will also be like the dust of the earth, and you will [fn]spread out to the west and to the east and to the north and to the south; and in you and in your seed all the families of the earth shall be blessed.

Gen 28:15

Gen 28:15“Behold, I am with you and will keep you wherever you go. And I will bring you back to this land; for I will not forsake you until I have done what I have [fn]promised you.”

Gen 28:16

Gen 28:16Then Jacob awoke from his sleep and said, “Surely Yahweh is in this place, and I did not know it.”

Gen 28:17

Gen 28:17And he was afraid and said, “How fearsome is this place! This is none other than the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven.”

Gen 28:18

So Jacob^H3290 rose^H7925 early^H7925 in the morning^H1242 and took^H3947 the stone^H68 that he had put^H7760 [fn]under^H4763 his head^H4763 and set^H7760 it up as a pillar^H4676 and poured^H3332 oil^H8081 on its top^H7218.

Gen 28:19

Gen 28:19And he called the name of that place [fn]Bethel; however, [fn]previously the name of the city had been Luz.

Gen 28:20

Gen 28:20Then Jacob made a vow, saying, “If God will be with me and will keep me on this journey on which I am going, and will give me [fn]food to eat and garments to wear,

Gen 28:21