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Genesis 28
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– New American Standard Bible 1995 (NASB95)

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Jacob Is Sent Away

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Gen 28:1 - So Isaac^H3327 called^H7121 Jacob^H3290 and blessed^H1288 him and charged^H6680 him, and said^H559 to him, “You shall not take^H3947 a wife^H802 from the daughters^H1323 of Canaan.^H3667

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Gen 28:2 - “Arise,^H6965 go^H1980 to Paddan-aram,^H6307 to the house^H1004 of Bethuel^H1328 your mother’s^H517 father;^H1 and from there^H8033 take^H3947 to yourself a wife^H802 from the daughters^H1323 of Laban^H3837 your mother’s^H517 brother.^H251

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Gen 28:3 - “May [fn]God^H410 Almighty^H7706 bless^H1288 you and make^H6509 you fruitful^H6509 and multiply^H7235 you, that you may become^H1961 a company^H6951 of peoples.^H5971

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Gen 28:4 - “May He also give^H5414 you the blessing^H1293 of Abraham,^H85 to you and to your [fn]descendants^H2233 with you, that you may possess^H3423 the land^H776 of your sojournings,^H4033 which^H834 God^H430 gave^H5414 to Abraham.”^H85

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Gen 28:5 - Then Isaac^H3327 sent^H7971 Jacob^H3290 away,^H7971 and he went^H1980 to Paddan-aram^H6307 to Laban,^H3837 son^H1121 of Bethuel^H1328 the Aramean,^H761 the brother^H251 of Rebekah,^H7259 the mother^H517 of Jacob^H3290 and Esau.^H6215

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Gen 28:6 - Now 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 to himself a wife^H802 from there,^H8033 and that when he blessed^H1288 him he charged^H6680 him, saying,^H559 “You shall not take^H3947 a wife^H802 from the daughters^H1323 of Canaan,”^H3667

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Gen 28:7 - and that Jacob^H3290 had obeyed^H8085 his father^H1 and his mother^H517 and had gone^H1980 to Paddan-aram.^H6307

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Gen 28:8 - So Esau^H6215 saw^H7200 that the daughters^H1323 of Canaan^H3667 displeased^H7451 [fn]his father^H1 Isaac;^H3327

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Gen 28:9 - and Esau^H6215 went^H1980 to Ishmael,^H3458 and [fn]married,^H3947^H802 besides^H5921 the wives^H802 that he had, Mahalath^H4258 the daughter^H1323 of Ishmael,^H3458 Abraham’s^H85 son,^H1121 the sister^H269 of Nebaioth.^H5032

Jacob's Dream

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Gen 28:10 - Then Jacob^H3290 departed^H3318 from Beersheba^H884 and went^H1980 toward Haran.^H2771

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Gen 28:11 - He [fn]came^H6293 to [fn]a certain place^H4725 and spent^H3885 the night^H3885 there,^H8033 because^H3588 the sun^H8121 had set;^H935 and he took^H3947 one of the stones^H68 of the place^H4725 and put^H7760 it [fn]under his head,^H4763 and lay^H7901 down^H7901 in that place.^H4725

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Gen 28:12 - He had^H2492 a dream,^H2492 and behold,^H2009 a ladder^H5551 was set^H5324 on the earth^H776 with its top^H7218 reaching^H5060 to heaven;^H8064 and behold,^H2009 the angels^H4397 of God^H430 were ascending^H5927 and descending^H3381 on it.

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Gen 28:13 - And behold,^H2009 the LORD^H3068 stood^H5324 [fn]above^H5921 it and said,^H559 “I am the LORD,^H3068 the God^H430 of your father^H1 Abraham^H85 and the God^H430 of Isaac;^H3327 the land^H776 on which^H834 you lie,^H7901 I will give^H5414 it to you and to your [fn]descendants.^H2233

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Gen 28:14 - “Your [fn]descendants^H2233 will also be like the dust^H6083 of the earth,^H776 and you will [fn]spread^H6555 out to the west^H3220 and to the east^H6924 and to the north^H6828 and to the south;^H5045 and in you and in your [fn]descendants^H2233 shall all^H3605 the families^H4940 of the earth^H127 be blessed.^H1288

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Gen 28:15 - “Behold,^H2009 I am with you and will keep^H8104 you wherever^H3605^H834 you go,^H1980 and will bring^H7725 you back^H7725 to this^H2088 land;^H127 for I will not leave^H5800 you until^H5704^H834 I have done^H6213 what^H834 I have [fn]promised^H1696 you.”

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Gen 28:16 - Then Jacob^H3290 awoke^H3364 from his sleep^H8142 and said,^H559 “Surely^H403 the LORD^H3068 is in this^H2088 place,^H4725 and I did not know^H3045 it.”

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Gen 28:17 - He was afraid^H3372 and said,^H559 “How^H4100 awesome^H3372 is this^H2088 place!^H4725 This^H2088 is none^H369 other^H369 than^H3588^H518 the house^H1004 of God,^H430 and this^H2088 is the gate^H8179 of heaven.”^H8064

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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 his head^H4763 and set^H7760 it up as a pillar^H4676 and poured^H3332 oil^H8081 on its top.^H7218

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Gen 28:19 - He called^H7121 the name^H8034 of that place^H4725 [fn]Bethel;^H1008 however,^H199 [fn]previously^H7223 the name^H8034 of the city^H5892 had been Luz.^H3870

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Gen 28:20 - Then Jacob^H3290 made^H5087 a vow,^H5088 saying,^H559 “If^H518 God^H430 will be with me and will keep^H8104 me on this^H2088 journey^H1870 that I [fn]take,^H1980 and will give^H5414 me [fn]food^H3899 to eat^H398 and garments^H899 to wear,^H3847

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Gen 28:21 - and I return^H7725 to my father’s^H1 house^H1004 in [fn]safety,^H7965 then the LORD^H3068 will be my God.^H430

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Gen 28:22 - “This^H2088 stone,^H68 which^H834 I have set^H7760 up as a pillar,^H4676 will be God’s^H430 house,^H1004 and of all^H3605 that You give^H5414 me I will surely^H6237 give^H6237 a tenth^H6237 to You.”

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NASB95 Footnotes

(28:3)

Hebrew: El Shaddai

(28:4)

Literally: seed

(28:8)

Literally: in the eyes of his

(28:9)

Literally: took for his wife

(28:11)

Literally: lighted on

(28:11)

Literally: the place

(28:11)

Literally: at his head-place

Or, beside him

Literally: seed

Literally: seed

Literally: break through

(28:15)

Literally: spoken to

(28:18)

Literally: at his head-place

(28:19)

I.e. the house of God

(28:19)

Literally: at the first

(28:20)

Literally: go

(28:20)

Literally: bread

(28:21)

Literally: peace

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Genesis 28
NASB95
– New American Standard Bible 1995 (NASB95)