Genesis 28:1

1And Isaac called Iacob, and blessed him, and charged him, and saide vnto
him, Thou shalt not take a wife, of the daughters of Canaan.
2Arise, goe to Padan Aram, to the house of Bethuel thy mothers father, and
take thee a wife from thence, of the daughters of Laban thy mothers
brother.
3And God Almighty blesse thee, and make thee fruitfull, and multiply thee,
that thou mayest be a multitude of people:
4And giue thee the blessing of Abraham, to thee and to thy seede with thee,
that thou mayest inherit the lande wherein thou art a stranger, which God
gaue vnto Abraham.
5And Isaac sent away Iacob, and hee went to Padan-Aram vnto Laban,
sonne of Bethuel the Syrian, the brother of Rebekah, Iacobs and Esaus
mother.
6¶ When Esau sawe that Isaac had blessed Iacob, and sent him away to
Padan-Aram, to take him a wife from thence; and that as he blessed him, he
gaue him a charge, saying, Thou shalt not take a wife of the daughters of
Canaan;
7And that Iacob obeyed his father, and his mother, and was gone to Padan-
Aram;
8And Esau seeing that the daughters of Canaan pleased not Isaac his father.
9Then went Esau vnto Ishmael, and tooke vnto the wiues which hee had,
Mahalath the daughter of Ishmael Abrahams sonne, the sister of Nebaioth,
to be his wife.
10¶ And Iacob went out from Beer-sheba, and went toward Haran.
11And hee lighted vpon a certaine place, and taried there all night, because
the sunne was set: and hee tooke of the stones of that place, and put them
for his pillowes, and lay downe in that place to sleepe.
12And he dreamed, and beholde, a ladder set vp on the earth, and the top
of it reached to heauen: and beholde the Angels of God ascending and
descending on it.
13And behold, the LORD stood aboue it, and said, I am the LORD God of
Abraham thy father, and the God of Isaac: the land whereon thou liest, to
thee will I giue it, and to thy seede.
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 keepe thee in all places whither thou
goest, and will bring thee againe into this land: for I will not leaue thee,
vntill I haue done that which I haue spoken to thee of.
16¶ And Iacob awaked out of his sleepe, and he said, Surely the LORD 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 heauen.
18And Iacob rose vp earely in the morning, and tooke the stone that hee
had put for his pillowes, and set it vp for a pillar, and powred oile vpon the
top of it.
19And hee called the name of that place Beth-el: but the name of that citie
was called Luz, at the first.
20And Iacob vowed a vow, saying, If God will be with me, and will keepe me
in this way that I goe, and will giue me bread to eate, and raiment to put on,
21So that I come againe to my fathers house in peace: then shall the LORD
be my God.
22And this stone which I haue set for a pillar, shall be Gods house: and of
all that thou shalt giue me, I will surely giue the tenth vnto thee.