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 Paddan-aram , 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. 3And God Almighty bless thee , and make thee fruitful , and multiply thee , that thou mayest be a company of peoples ; 4and give thee the blessing of Abraham, to thee , and to thy seed with thee ; that thou mayest inherit the land of thy sojournings , which God gave unto Abraham. 5And Isaac sent away Jacob : and he went to Paddan-aram unto Laban , son of Bethuel the Syrian, the brother of Rebekah , Jacob ’s and Esau ’s mother.
Jacob's Dream at Bethel
6Now Esau saw that Isaac had blessed Jacob and sent him away to Paddan-aram , 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 ; 7and that Jacob obeyed his father and his mother, and was gone to Paddan-aram : 8and Esau saw that the daughters of Canaan pleased not Isaac his father; 9and Esau went unto 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 toward Haran . 11And he lighted upon a certain place , and tarried there all night , because the sun was set ; and he took one of the stones of the place , and put it under his head , and lay down in that place to sleep . 12And 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 .
Jacob's Response and Vow
13And , behold , Jehovah stood above it , and said, I am Jehovah , the 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 ; 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 whithersoever 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 . 16And Jacob awaked out of his sleep , and he 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 than the house of God , and this is the gate of heaven . 18And Jacob rose up early in the morning , and took the stone that he had put under his head , and set it up for a pillar , and poured oil upon the top of it . 19And he called the name of that place Beth-el : but the name of the city was Luz at the first . 20And 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 , 21so that I come again to my father’s house in peace , and Jehovah will be my God , 22then this stone, which I have set up for a pillar , shall be God ’s house : and of all that thou shalt give me I will surely give the tenth unto thee .