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1Isaac called in Jacob, then gave him a blessing, and said:
5Isaac then sent Jacob to stay with Rebekah's brother Laban, the son of Bethuel the Aramean.
6Esau found out that his father Isaac had blessed Jacob and had warned him not to marry any of the Canaanite women. He also learnt that Jacob had been sent to find a wife in northern Syria[#28.6 : See the note at 24.10.]
7and that he had obeyed his father and mother.
8Esau already had several wives, but he realized at last how much his father hated the Canaanite women.
9So he married Ishmael's daughter Mahalath, who was the sister of Nebaioth and the granddaughter of Abraham.[#28.9 : Ishmael's eldest son (see 25.13).]
10Jacob left the town of Beersheba and started out for Haran.
11At sunset he stopped for the night and went to sleep, resting his head on a large rock.
12In a dream he saw a ladder that reached from earth to heaven, and God's angels were going up and down on it.[#28.12 : Or “stairway”.; #Jn 1.51.]
13The LORD was standing beside the ladder and said:[#28.13 : Or “Jacob” or “the stairway” (see the note at 28.12).; #Gn 13.14,15.]
16Jacob woke up suddenly and thought, “The LORD is in this place, and I didn't even know it.”
17Then Jacob became frightened and said, “This is a fearsome place! It must be the house of God and the ladder to heaven.”[#28.17 : See the note at 28.12.]
18When Jacob got up early the next morning, he took the rock that he had used for a pillow and stood it up for a place of worship. Then he poured olive oil on the rock to dedicate it to God,
19and he named the place Bethel. Before that it had been named Luz.[#28.19 : In Hebrew “Bethel” means “House of God”.]
20Jacob solemnly promised God, “If you go with me and watch over me as I travel, and if you give me food and clothes
21and bring me safely home again, you will be my God.
22This rock will be your house, and I will give back to you a tenth of everything you give me.”