1So Isaac summoned Jacob, blessed him, and commanded him, “Do not marry a Canaanite girl.

2Go at once to Paddan-aram, to the house of Bethuel, your mother’s father. Marry one of the daughters of Laban, your mother’s brother.

3May God Almighty bless you and make you fruitful and multiply you28:3 Gn 1:28 so that you become an assembly of peoples.28:3 Gn 48:4

4May God give you and your offspring the blessing of Abraham28:4 Gn 12:1–3 so that you may possess the land where you live as a foreigner, the land God gave to Abraham.”28:4 Gn 12:7; 15:18

5So Isaac sent Jacob to Paddan-aram, to Laban son of Bethuel the Aramean, the brother of Rebekah, the mother of Jacob and Esau.

10Jacob left Beer-sheba and went toward Haran.

11He reached a certain place and spent the night there because the sun had set. He took one of the stones from the place, put it there at his head, and lay down in that place.

12And he dreamed:28:12 Gn 41:1; Nm 12:6; Jb 33:15–16 A stairway was set on the ground with its top reaching the sky, and God’s angels were going up and down on it.28:12 Jn 1:51

13The Lord was standing there beside him,28:13 Or there above it saying, “I am the Lord,28:13 Gn 15:7; Ex 6:8 the God of your father Abraham and the God of Isaac. I will give you and your offspring the land on which you are lying.

14Your offspring will be like the dust of the earth,28:14 Gn 13:16 and you will spread out toward the west, the east, the north, and the south. All the peoples on earth will be blessed through you and your offspring.28:14 Gn 12:3

15Look, I am with you and will watch over you wherever you go. I will bring you back to this land,28:15 Gn 48:21; Dt 30:3; 1Kg 8:34; Zph 3:20 for I will not leave you until I have done what I have promised you.”