| Holman Christian Standard Bible | NET Bible |
| 1Isaac summoned Jacob, blessed him, and commanded him: "Don't take a wife from the Canaanite women. | 1So Isaac called for Jacob and blessed him. Then he commanded him, "You must not marry a Canaanite woman! |
| 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. | 2Leave immediately for Paddan Aram! Go to the house of Bethuel, your mother's father, and find yourself a wife there, among the daughters of Laban, your mother's brother. |
| 3May God Almighty bless you and make you fruitful and multiply you so that you become an assembly of peoples. | 3May the sovereign God bless you! May he make you fruitful and give you a multitude of descendants! Then you will become a large nation. |
| 4May God give you and your offspring the blessing of Abraham so that you may possess the land where you live as a foreigner, the land God gave to Abraham." | 4May he give you and your descendants the blessing he gave to Abraham so that you may possess the land God gave to Abraham, the land where you have been living as a temporary resident." |
| 5So Isaac sent Jacob to Paddan-aram, to Laban son of Bethuel the Aramean, the brother of Rebekah, the mother of Jacob and Esau. | 5So Isaac sent Jacob on his way, and he went to Paddan Aram, to Laban son of Bethuel the Aramean and brother of Rebekah, the mother of Jacob and Esau. |
| 6Esau noticed that Isaac blessed Jacob and sent him to Paddan-aram to get a wife there. When he blessed him, Isaac commanded Jacob, "Do not marry a Canaanite woman." | 6Esau saw that Isaac had blessed Jacob and sent him off to Paddan Aram to find a wife there. As he blessed him, Isaac commanded him, "You must not marry a Canaanite woman." |
| 7And Jacob listened to his father and mother and went to Paddan-aram. | 7Jacob obeyed his father and mother and left for Paddan Aram. |
| 8Esau realized that his father Isaac disapproved of the Canaanite women, | 8Then Esau realized that the Canaanite women were displeasing to his father Isaac. |
| 9so Esau went to Ishmael and married, in addition to his other wives, Mahalath daughter of Ishmael, Abraham's son. She was the sister of Nebaioth. | 9So Esau went to Ishmael and married Mahalath, the sister of Nebaioth and daughter of Abraham's son Ishmael, along with the wives he already had. |
| 10Jacob left Beer-sheba and went toward Haran. | 10Meanwhile Jacob left Beer Sheba and set out for 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. | 11He reached a certain place where he decided to camp because the sun had gone down. He took one of the stones and placed it near his head. Then he fell asleep in that place |
| 12And he dreamed: A stairway was set on the ground with its top reaching heaven, and God's angels were going up and down on it. | 12and had a dream. He saw a stairway erected on the earth with its top reaching to the heavens. The angels of God were going up and coming down it |
| 13Yahweh was standing there beside him, saying, "I am Yahweh, the God of your father Abraham and the God of Isaac. I will give you and your offspring the land that you are now sleeping on. | 13and the LORD stood at its top. He said, "I am the LORD, the God of your grandfather Abraham and the God of your father Isaac. I will give you and your descendants the ground you are lying on. |
| 14Your offspring will be like the dust of the earth, 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. | 14Your descendants will be like the dust of the earth, and you will spread out to the west, east, north, and south. All the families of the earth will pronounce blessings on one another using your name and that of your descendants. |
| 15Look, I am with you and will watch over you wherever you go. I will bring you back to this land, for I will not leave you until I have done what I have promised you." | 15I am with you! I will protect you wherever you go and will bring you back to this land. I will not leave you until I have done what I promised you!" |
| 16When Jacob awoke from his sleep, he said, "Surely the LORD is in this place, and I did not know it." | 16Then Jacob woke up and thought, "Surely the LORD is in this place, but I did not realize it!" |
| 17He was afraid and said, "What an awesome place this is! This is none other than the house of God. This is the gate of heaven." | 17He was afraid and said, "What an awesome place this is! This is nothing else than the house of God! This is the gate of heaven!" |
| 18Early in the morning Jacob took the stone that was near his head and set it up as a marker. He poured oil on top of it | 18Early in the morning Jacob took the stone he had placed near his head and set it up as a sacred stone. Then he poured oil on top of it. |
| 19and named the place Bethel, though previously the city was named Luz. | 19He called that place Bethel, although the former name of the town was Luz. |
| 20Then Jacob made a vow: "If God will be with me and watch over me on this journey, if He provides me with food to eat and clothing to wear, | 20Then Jacob made a vow, saying, "If God is with me and protects me on this journey I am taking and gives me food to eat and clothing to wear, |
| 21and if I return safely to my father's house, then the LORD will be my God. | 21and I return safely to my father's home, then the LORD will become my God. |
| 22This stone that I have set up as a marker will be God's house, and I will give to You a tenth of all that You give me." | 22Then this stone that I have set up as a sacred stone will be the house of God, and I will surely give you back a tenth of everything you give me." |
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