| New King James Version | International Standard Version |
| 1Then Isaac called Jacob and blessed him, and charged him, and said to him: “You shall not take a wife from the daughters of Canaan. | 1Later, Isaac called Jacob and blessed him, instructing him, "Don't marry a wife from the local Canaanite women. |
| 2Arise, go to Padan Aram, to the house of Bethuel your mother’s father; and take yourself a wife from there of the daughters of Laban your mother’s brother. | 2Instead, get up, travel to Paddan-aram, and visit the household of Bethuel, your mother's father. Marry one of Laban's daughters, since he's your mother's brother. |
| 3“May God Almighty bless you, And make you fruitful and multiply you, That you may be an assembly of peoples; | 3May God Almighty bless you and make you fruitful so that your descendants become a whole group of people. |
| 4And give you the blessing of Abraham, To you and your descendants with you, That you may inherit the land In which you are a stranger, Which God gave to Abraham.” | 4May he give you and your descendants the blessings that he gave Abraham. May you possess the land where you have lived that God gave to Abraham." |
| 5So Isaac sent Jacob away, and he went to Padan Aram, to Laban the son of Bethuel the Syrian, the brother of Rebekah, the mother of Jacob and Esau. | 5So Isaac sent Jacob off toward Paddan-aram to visit Bethuel's son Laban, the Aramean and brother of Rebekah, the mother of Jacob and Esau. |
| 6Esau saw that Isaac had blessed Jacob and sent him away to Padan Aram to take himself a wife from there, and that as he blessed him he gave him a charge, saying, “You shall not take a wife from the daughters of Canaan,” | 6Esau noticed that after Isaac had blessed Jacob as he was sending him off to Paddan-aram to marry a wife from there, he had instructed Jacob, "Don't marry a Canaanite woman." |
| 7and that Jacob had obeyed his father and his mother and had gone to Padan Aram. | 7After Jacob had obeyed his father and mother's instructions to set out for Paddan-aram, |
| 8Also Esau saw that the daughters of Canaan did not please his father Isaac. | 8Esau realized that Canaan women didn't please his father Isaac, |
| 9So Esau went to Ishmael and took Mahalath the daughter of Ishmael, Abraham’s son, the sister of Nebajoth, to be his wife in addition to the wives he had. | 9so he went to Abraham's son Ishmael and married Ishmael's daughter Mahalath, who was the sister of Nebaioth. |
| 10Now Jacob went out from Beersheba and went toward Haran. | 10Meanwhile, Jacob had left Beer-sheba and was on his way to Haran. |
| 11So he came to a certain place and stayed there all night, because the sun had set. And he took one of the stones of that place and put it at his head, and he lay down in that place to sleep. | 11He reached a certain place and spent the night there, because the sun was setting. He found a stone there, used it for a pillow, and slept there for the night, |
| 12Then he dreamed, and behold, a ladder was set up on the earth, and its top reached to heaven; and there the angels of God were ascending and descending on it. | 12when he had a dream! He saw a raised highway that had been built with its ending point on earth and its beginning point in heaven. God's angels were ascending and descending on it. |
| 13And behold, the LORD stood above it and said: “I am the LORD God of Abraham your father and the God of Isaac; the land on which you lie I will give to you and your descendants. | 13And there was the LORD, standing above it and telling Jacob, "I am the LORD God of your grandfather Abraham. I'm Isaac's God, too. I'm giving you and your descendants the ground on which you're sleeping. |
| 14Also your descendants shall be as the dust of the earth; you shall spread abroad to the west and the east, to the north and the south; and in you and in your seed all the families of the earth shall be blessed. | 14Your descendants are going to become like the dust of the earth and spread out to the west, east, north, and south. All the families of the earth will be blessed through you and your descendants. |
| 15Behold, I am with you and will keep you wherever you go, and will bring you back to this land; for I will not leave you until I have done what I have spoken to you.” | 15Now pay attention! I'm here with you, and I'm going to be watching over you wherever you go. I'm going to bring you back to this land, because I won't ever leave you until I've accomplished what I've promised about you." |
| 16Then Jacob awoke from his sleep and said, “Surely the LORD is in this place, and I did not know it.” | 16Then Jacob woke up during the night and told himself, "Surely, the LORD is in this place and I never knew it!" |
| 17And he was afraid and said, “How awesome is this place! This is none other than the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven!” | 17In mounting terror, he cried out, "How scary this place is! This is nothing less than God's house and the gateway to heaven!" |
| 18Then Jacob rose early in the morning, and took the stone that he had put at his head, set it up as a pillar, and poured oil on top of it. | 18When Jacob got up early the next morning, he took the stone that he had used for his pillow, set it up as a pillar, drenched it with oil, |
| 19And he called the name of that place Bethel; but the name of that city had been Luz previously. | 19and named the place Beth-el, although previously the city had been named Luz. |
| 20Then Jacob made a vow, saying, “If God will be with me, and keep me in this way that I am going, and give me bread to eat and clothing to put on, | 20Then he made this solemn vow: "If God remains with me, watches over me throughout this journey that I'm taking, gives me food to eat and clothes to wear, |
| 21so that I come back to my father’s house in peace, then the LORD shall be my God. | 21and returns me safely to my father's house, then the LORD will be my God, |
| 22And this stone which I have set as a pillar shall be God’s house, and of all that You give me I will surely give a tenth to You.” | 22this stone that I've erected in the form of a pillar will be God's house, and I'll give you a tenth of everything that you give to me." |
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