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Genesis Chapter 28

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GENESIS

Genesis 28

1And Isaac called Jacob, and blessed him, and commanded him. And he said to him, You shall not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan.
Genesis 24:3, Genesis 24:3, Genesis 28:3, Genesis 28:4, Genesis 27:46
2Arise, go to Padan-aram, to the house of Bethuel your mother's father. And take a wife from there of the daughters of Laban your mother's brother.
Genesis 25:20, Genesis 25:20, Hosea 12:12, Hosea 12:12, Genesis 35:9
3And may God almighty bless you, and make you fruitful, and multiply you, so that you may be a multitude of peoples.
Genesis 48:3, Genesis 48:3, Genesis 35:11, Genesis 35:11, Genesis 9:1
4And may He give you the blessing of Abraham, to you and to your seed with you, so that you may inherit the land in which you are a stranger, which God gave to Abraham.
Galatians 3:14, Galatians 3:14, Genesis 12:7, Genesis 12:7, Ephesians 1:3
5And Isaac sent Jacob away. And he went to Padan-aram, to Laban, son of Bethuel the Syrian, the brother of Rebekah, the mother of Jacob and Esau.
6And Esau saw that Isaac had blessed Jacob and had sent him away to Padan-aram in order to take a wife from there, and that as he blessed him he gave him a command, saying, You shall not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan;
Genesis 27:33, Genesis 28:1, Genesis 27:33, Genesis 28:1
7and Jacob obeyed his father and his mother, and had gone to Padan-aram;
Proverbs 30:17, Ephesians 6:3, Colossians 3:20, Leviticus 19:3, Exodus 20:12
8and when Esau saw that the daughters of Canaan did not please Isaac his father;
Genesis 24:3, Genesis 24:3, Genesis 26:34, Genesis 26:35, Genesis 26:34
9then Esau went to Ishmael, and took Mahalath the daughter of Ishmael, Abraham's son, the sister of Nebajoth, to the wives which he had for his wife.
Genesis 36:3, Genesis 36:3, Genesis 25:13, Genesis 25:17, Genesis 36:13
10And Jacob went out from Beer-sheba, and went toward Haran.
Genesis 11:31, Genesis 32:10, Acts 7:2, Genesis 11:31, Genesis 32:10
11And he came on a certain place, and stayed there all night, because the sun had set. And he took of the stones of that place, and placed them at his head. And he lay down in that place to sleep.
Genesis 28:18, 2 Corinthians 1:5, Matthew 8:20, Genesis 28:18, 2 Corinthians 1:5
12And he dreamed. And behold! A ladder was set up on the earth, and the top of it reached to Heaven! And behold! The angels of God were ascending and descending on it!
John 1:51, John 1:51, Genesis 32:1, Genesis 32:2, Numbers 12:6
13And behold! The LORD stood above it, and said, I am Jehovah, the God of Abraham your father, and the God of Isaac! The land on which you lie I will give to you and to your seed.
Genesis 13:15, Genesis 13:15, Genesis 35:12, Genesis 48:3, Genesis 35:12
14And your seed shall be like the dust of the earth, and you shall spread abroad to the west, and to the east, and to the north, and to the south. And in you and in your seed shall all the families of the earth be blessed.
Genesis 12:3, Genesis 12:3, Genesis 26:4, Genesis 26:4, Genesis 22:18
15And, behold, I am with you, and will keep you in every place where you go, and will bring you again into this land. For I will not leave you until I have done that which I have spoken of to you.
Joshua 1:5, Joshua 1:5, Isaiah 41:10, Isaiah 41:10, Deuteronomy 31:6
16And Jacob awakened from his sleep. And he said, Surely the LORD is in this place, and I did not know.
Joshua 5:15, Joshua 5:15, Exodus 15:11, Exodus 3:5, Exodus 15:11
17And he was afraid, and said, How fearful is this place! This is nothing but the house of God, and this is the gate of Heaven!
1 Timothy 3:15, 1 Timothy 3:15, Genesis 35:1, Genesis 35:13, Exodus 3:6
18And Jacob rose up early in the morning, and took the stone which he had put at his head, and set it as a memorial pillar, and poured oil on the top of it.
Genesis 35:14, Genesis 35:14, Genesis 31:45, Leviticus 8:10, Leviticus 8:12
19And he called the name of that place The House of God. But the name of that city was Luz at first.
Hosea 12:4, Hosea 12:5, Hosea 12:4, Hosea 12:5, Genesis 35:1
20And 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 clothing to put on,
1 Timothy 6:8, 1 Timothy 6:8, 2 Samuel 15:8, 2 Samuel 15:8, Psalms 66:13
21and I come again to my father's house in peace, then shall the Jehovah be my God.
Judges 11:31, Judges 11:31, Deuteronomy 26:17, Deuteronomy 26:17, 2 Samuel 19:24
22And this stone which I have set for a pillar shall be God's house. And of all that You shall give me, I will surely give the tenth to You.
Genesis 35:7, Genesis 35:7, Genesis 14:20, Genesis 14:20, Deuteronomy 14:22

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