1 vocavit itaque Isaac Iacob
et benedixit praecepitque ei dicens
noli accipere coniugem de genere Chanaan
2 sed vade et proficiscere in Mesopotamiam Syriae
ad domum Bathuel patrem matris tuae
et accipe tibi inde uxorem de filiabus Laban avunculi tui
3 Deus autem omnipotens benedicat tibi
et crescere te faciat atque multiplicet ut sis in turbas populorum
4 et det tibi benedictiones Abraham et semini tuo post te
ut possideas terram peregrinationis tuae quam pollicitus est avo tuo
5 cumque dimisisset eum Isaac
profectus venit in Mesopotamiam Syriae
ad Laban filium Bathuel Syri fratrem Rebeccae matris suae
6 videns autem Esau quod benedixisset pater suus Iacob
et misisset eum in Mesopotamiam Syriae ut inde uxorem duceret
et quod post benedictionem praecepisset ei dicens
non accipies coniugem de filiabus Chanaan
7 quodque oboediens Iacob parentibus isset in Syriam
8 probans quoque quod non libenter aspiceret filias Chanaan pater suus
9 ivit ad Ismahelem
et duxit uxorem absque his quas
prius habebat
Maeleth filiam Ismahel filii Abraham sororem Nabaioth
10 igitur egressus Iacob de Bersabee pergebat Haran
11 cumque venisset ad quendam locum
et vellet in eo requiescere post solis occubitum
tulit de lapidibus qui iacebant
et subponens capiti suo dormivit in eodem loco
12 viditque in somnis scalam stantem super terram
et cacumen illius tangens caelum
angelos quoque Dei ascendentes et descendentes per eam
13 et Dominum innixum scalae dicentem sibi
ego sum Dominus Deus Abraham patris tui et Deus Isaac
terram in qua dormis tibi dabo et semini tuo
14 eritque germen tuum quasi pulvis terrae
dilataberis ad occidentem et orientem
septentrionem et meridiem
et benedicentur in te et in semine tuo cunctae tribus terrae
15 et ero custos tuus quocumque perrexeris
et reducam te in terram hanc
nec dimittam nisi conplevero universa quae dixi
16 cumque evigilasset Iacob de somno ait
vere Dominus est in loco isto et ego nesciebam
17 pavensque quam terribilis inquit est locus iste
non est hic aliud nisi domus Dei et porta caeli
18 surgens ergo mane tulit lapidem quem subposuerat capiti suo
et erexit in titulum fundens oleum desuper
19 appellavitque nomen urbis Bethel quae prius Luza vocabatur
20 vovit etiam votum dicens
si fuerit Deus mecum et custodierit me in via per quam ambulo
et dederit mihi panem ad vescendum
et vestem ad induendum
21 reversusque fuero prospere ad domum patris mei
erit mihi Dominus in Deum
22 et lapis iste quem erexi in titulum vocabitur Domus Dei
cunctorumque quae dederis mihi decimas offeram tibi
1 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. 2 Arise, go to Padan-aram, 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. 3 And God Almighty bless thee, and make thee fruitful, and multiply thee, that thou mayest be a multitude of people; 4 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. 5 And Isaac sent away Jacob: and he went to Padan-aram unto Laban, son of Bethuel the Syrian, the brother of Rebekah, Jacob’s and Esau’s mother.
6 ¶ When Esau saw that Isaac had blessed Jacob, and sent him away to Padan-aram, 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; 7 And that Jacob obeyed his father and his mother, and was gone to Padan-aram; 8 And Esau seeing that the daughters of Canaan pleased not Isaac his father; 9 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.
10 ¶ And Jacob went out from Beer-sheba, and went toward Haran. 11 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. 12 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. 13 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; 14 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. 15 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.
16 ¶ And Jacob awaked out of his sleep, and he said, Surely the LORD is in this place; and I knew it not. 17 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. 18 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. 19 And he called the name of that place Beth-el: but the name of that city was called Luz at the first. 20 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, 21 So that I come again to my father’s house in peace; then shall the LORD be my God: 22 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.