Gen. 28:1‑29:35• 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.
2Arise, go to Padan-Aram, to the house of Bethuel thy mother's father; and take thee a wife thence of the daughters of Laban thy mother's brother.
3And God Almighty [El Shaddai] bless thee, and make thee fruitful, and multiply thee, that thou mayest be a company of peoples.
4And may he give thee the blessing of Abraham, to thee and to thy seed with thee; that thou mayest possess the land of thy sojournings, which God gave to Abraham.
5And Isaac sent away Jacob; and he went to Padan-Aram, to Laban son of Bethuel the Syrian, the brother of Rebekah, mother of Jacob and Esau.
6Now Esau saw that Isaac had blessed Jacob and sent him away to Padan-Aram, to take him a wife thence; and that as he blessed him he gave him a charge, saying, Thou shalt not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan;
7and [that] Jacob obeyed his father and his mother, and was gone to Padan-Aram.
8And Esau saw that the daughters of Canaan pleased not Isaac his father.
9And Esau went to Ishmael, and took, unto the wives which he had, Mahalath the daughter of Ishmael, Abraham's son, sister of Nebaioth, to be his wife.
10And Jacob went out from Beersheba, and went toward Haran.
11And he lighted on the place, and lodged there, because the sun was set. And he took of the stones of the place, and made his pillows, and lay down in that place.
12And he dreamed, and behold, a ladder set up on earth, and its top reached to the heavens. And behold, angels of God ascended and descended upon it.
13And behold, Jehovah stood above it, and said, I am Jehovah, God of Abraham thy father, and 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 break forth 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] whither thou goest, and will bring thee again into this land; for I will not leave thee till I have done that of which I have spoken to thee.
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 God's house, and this the gate of the heavens.
18And Jacob rose early in the morning, and took the stone that he made his pillows, and set it [for] a pillar and poured oil upon its top.
19And he called the name of that place Bethel; but the name of that city was Luz at first.
20And Jacob vowed a vow, saying, If God will be with me, and keep me on this road that I go, and give me bread to eat and raiment to put on,
21and I come again in peace to my father's house, then shall Jehovah be for God to me.
22And 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.
1And Jacob went on his journey , and came into the land of the sons of the east.
2And he looked, and, behold, a well in the fields, and, behold there, three flocks of sheep lying by it; for out of that well they watered the flocks, and the stone on the well's mouth was great.
3And when all the flocks were gathered there, they rolled the stone from the mouth of the well and watered the sheep, and put again the stone on the well's mouth in its place.
4And Jacob said to them, My brethren, whence [be] ye? And they said, Of Haran [are] we.
5And he said to them, Know ye Laban son of Nahor? And they said, We do know [him].
6And he said to them, [Is it] well with him? And they said, Well; and, behold, Rachel his daughter cometh 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 till all the flocks be gathered together, and they roll the stone from the well's mouth: then we water the sheep.
9While he was still speaking to them, Rachel came with her father's sheep, for she kept them.
10And it came to pass when Jacob saw Rachel 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 well's mouth, and watered the flock of Laban his mother's brother.
11And Jacob kissed Rachel, and lifted up his voice and wept.
12And Jacob told Rachel that he [was] her father's brother, and that he was Rebekah'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 of days.
15And Laban said to Jacob, Because thou [art] my brother, shouldest thou therefore 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 [was] Rachel .
17And the eyes of Leah [were] tender; but Rachel was beautiful of form and beautiful of countenance.
18And Jacob loved Rachel, and said, I will serve thee seven years for Rachel thy youngest daughter.
19And Laban said, 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 a few days, for his love to 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 maid-servant [for] maid-servant 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 with 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 first-born.
27Fulfill the week of this one; and we will give thee the other also for the service that thou shalt serve with me yet seven other years.
28And Jacob did so, and fulfilled the week; and he gave him Rachel his daughter to wife.
29And Laban gave to Rachel his daughter Bilhah his maid-servant for her maid-servant.
30And he went in to Rachel also, and he loved Rachel more than Leah, and 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 hath looked upon my affliction; for now my husband will love me.
33And she again conceived, and bore a son, and said, Because Jehovah hath heard that I [am] hated, he hath 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 from bearing. (Gen. 28:1‑29:35)