Genesis 28:1-22
And Isaac called Jacob, and blessed him, and charged him, and said unto him, Thou shalt not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan.Arise, go to Padanaram, 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.And God Almighty bless thee, and make thee fruitful, and multiply thee, that thou mayest be a multitude of people;And give thee the blessing of Abraham, to thee, and to thy seed with thee; that thou mayest inherit the land wherein thou art a stranger, which God gave unto Abraham.And Isaac sent away Jacob: and he went to Padanaram unto Laban, son of Bethuel the Syrian, the brother of Rebekah, Jacob’s and Esau’s mother.When Esau saw that Isaac had blessed Jacob, and sent him away to Padanaram, 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;And that Jacob obeyed his father and his mother, and was gone to Padanaram;And Esau seeing that the daughters of Canaan pleased not Isaac his father;Then went Esau unto Ishmael, and took unto the wives which he had Mahalath the daughter of Ishmael Abraham’s son, the sister of Nebajoth, to be his wife.And Jacob went out from Beersheba, and went toward Haran.And he lighted upon a certain place, and tarried there all night, because the sun was set; and he took of the stones of that place, and put[ them for] his pillows, and lay down in that place to sleep.And 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.And, behold, the LORD stood above 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 give it, and to thy seed;And 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.And, behold, I[ am] with thee, and will keep thee in all[ places] whither 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.And Jacob awaked out of his sleep, and he said, Surely the LORD is in this place; and I knew[ it] not.And 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 heaven.And Jacob rose up early in the morning, and took the stone that he had put[ for] his pillows, and set it up[ for] a pillar, and poured oil upon the top of it.And he called the name of that place Bethel: but the name of that city[ was called] Luz at the first.And 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,So that I come again to my father’s house in peace; then shall the LORD be my God:And this stone, which I have set[ for] a pillar, shall be God’s house: and of all that thou shalt give me I will surely give the tenth unto thee.
Genesis 29:18-28
And Jacob loved Rachel; and said, I will serve thee seven years for Rachel thy younger daughter.And Laban said,[ It is] better that I give her to thee, than that I should give her to another man: abide with me.And Jacob served seven years for Rachel; and they seemed unto him[ but] a few days, for the love he had to her.And Jacob said unto Laban, Give[ me] my wife, for my days are fulfilled, that I may go in unto her.And Laban gathered together all the men of the place, and made a feast.And it came to pass in the evening, that he took Leah his daughter, and brought her to him; and he went in unto her.And Laban gave unto his daughter Leah Zilpah his maid[ for] an handmaid.And it came to pass, that in the morning, behold, it[ was] Leah: and he said to Laban, What[ is] this thou hast done unto me? did not I serve with thee for Rachel? wherefore then hast thou beguiled me?And Laban said, It must not be so done in our country, to give the younger before the firstborn.Fulfil her week, and we will give thee this also for the service which thou shalt serve with me yet seven other years.And Jacob did so, and fulfilled her week: and he gave him Rachel his daughter to wife also.
