Gen. 28:1‑29:35• 1And Isaac called Jacob, and blessed him, and charged him, and said to him, Thou shalt not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan.
2Arise, go to Padan-Aram, to the house of Bethuel thy mother's father, and take a wife thence of the daughters of Laban thy mother's brother.
3And the Almighty *God bless thee, and make thee fruitful and multiply thee, that thou mayest become a company of peoples.
4And may he give thee the blessing of Abraham, to thee and to thy seed with thee, in order that thou mayest possess the land of thy sojourning, which God gave to Abraham!
5And Isaac sent away Jacob; and he went to Padan-Aram, to Laban the son of Bethuel the Syrian, the brother of Rebecca, Jacob's and Esau's mother.
6And Esau saw that Isaac had blessed Jacob, and sent him away to Padan-Aram, to take a wife thence, blessing him, and giving him a charge saying, Thou shalt not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan;
7and that Jacob had obeyed his father and his mother, and was gone to Padan-Aram.
8And Esau saw that the daughters of Canaan were evil in the sight of Isaac his father.
9And Esau went to Ishmael, and took, besides the wives that he had, Mahalath the daughter of Ishmael Abraham's son, the sister of Nebaioth, to be his wife.
10And Jacob went out from Beer-sheba, and went towards Haran.
11And he lighted on a certain place, and lodged there, because the sun had set. And he took one of the stones of the place, and made it his pillow, and lay down in that place.
12And he dreamed, and behold, a ladder was set up on the earth, and the top of it reached to the heavens. And behold, angels of God ascended and descended upon it.
13And behold, Jehovah stood above it. And he said, I am Jehovah, the God of Abraham, thy father, and the God of Isaac: the land on which thou liest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed.
14And 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.
15And behold, I am with thee, and will keep thee in all places to which thou goest, and will bring thee again into this land; for I will not leave thee until I have done what I have spoken to thee of.
16And Jacob awoke from his sleep, and said, Surely Jehovah is in this place, and I knew it not.
17And 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.
18And Jacob rose early in the morning, and took the stone that he had made his pillow, and set it up for a pillar, and poured oil on the top of it.
19And he called the name of that place Beth-el; but the name of that city was Luz at the first.
20And Jacob vowed a vow, saying, If God will be with me, and keep me on this road that I go, and will give me bread to eat, and a garment to put on,
21and I come again to my father's house in peace--then shall Jehovah be my God.
22And this stone, which I have set up for a pillar, shall be God's house; and of all that thou wilt give me I will without fail give the tenth to thee.
1And Jacob continued his journey, and went into the land of the children of the east.
2And he looked, and behold, there was a well in the fields, and behold there, three flocks of sheep were lying by it; for out of that well they watered the flocks, and a great stone was at the mouth of the well.
3And when all the flocks were gathered there, they rolled the stone from the mouth of the well, and watered the sheep, and put the stone again on the mouth of the well in its place.
4And Jacob said to them, My brethren, whence are ye? And they said, Of Haran are we.
5And he said to them, Do ye know Laban the son of Nahor? And they said, We do know him.
6And he said to them, Is he well? And they said, He is well; and behold, there comes Rachel his daughter with the sheep.
7And he said, Behold, it is yet high day; it is not time that the cattle should be gathered together; water the sheep, and go, feed them.
8And they said, We cannot until all the flocks are gathered together, and they roll the stone from the mouth of the well, and we water the sheep.
9While he was still speaking to them, Rachel came with her father's sheep, for she was a shepherdess.
10And it came to pass when Jacob saw Rachel the daughter of Laban his mother's brother, and the sheep of Laban his mother's brother, that Jacob went near, and rolled the stone from the mouth of the well, and watered the sheep of Laban his mother's brother.
11And Jacob kissed Rachel, and lifted up his voice and wept.
12And Jacob told Rachel that he was a brother of her father, and that he was Rebecca's son; and she ran and told her father.
13And it came to pass when Laban heard the tidings of Jacob his sister's son, that he ran to meet him, and embraced him, and kissed him, and brought him to his house; and he told Laban all these things.
14And Laban said to him, Thou art indeed my bone and my flesh. And he abode with him a month's time.
15And Laban said to Jacob, Because thou art my brother, shouldest thou serve me for nothing? tell me, what shall be thy wages?
16And Laban had two daughters: the name of the elder was Leah, and the name of the younger, Rachel.
17And the eyes of Leah were tender; but Rachel was of beautiful form and beautiful countenance.
18And Jacob loved Rachel, and said, I will serve thee seven years for Rachel thy younger daughter.
19And Laban said, It is better that I give her to thee than that I should give her to another man: abide with me.
20And Jacob served seven years for Rachel; and they were in his eyes as single days, because he loved her.
21And Jacob said to Laban, Give me my wife, for my days are fulfilled, that I may go in to her.
22And Laban gathered together all the men of the place, and made a feast.
23And it came to pass in the evening, that he took Leah his daughter, and brought her to him; and he went in to her.
24And Laban gave to her Zilpah, his maidservant, to be maidservant to Leah his daughter.
25And it came to pass in the morning, that behold, it was Leah. And he said to Laban, What is this thou hast done to me? Have I not served thee for Rachel? Why then hast thou deceived me?
26And Laban said, It is not so done in our place, to give the younger before the firstborn.
27Fulfil the week with this one: then we will give thee the other one also, for the service that thou shalt serve me yet seven other years.
28And Jacob did so, and fulfilled the week with this one, and he gave him Rachel his daughter to be his wife.
29And Laban gave to Rachel his daughter, Bilhah, his maidservant, to be her maidservant.
30And he went in also to Rachel; and he loved also Rachel more than Leah. And he served with him yet seven other years.
31And when Jehovah saw that Leah was hated, he opened her womb; but Rachel was barren.
32And Leah conceived, and bore a son, and called his name Reuben; for she said, Because Jehovah has looked upon my affliction; for now my husband will love me.
33And she again conceived, and bore a son, and said, Because Jehovah has heard that I am hated, he has therefore given me this one also; and she called his name Simeon.
34And she again conceived, and bore a son, and said, Now this time will my husband be united to me, for I have borne him three sons; therefore was his name called Levi.
35And she again conceived, and bore a son, and said, This time will I praise Jehovah; therefore she called his name Judah. And she ceased to bear. (Gen. 28:1‑29:35)