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Genesis Chapter 28

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GENESIS

Genesis 28

1Isaac called Jacob, blessed him, and commanded 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 Paddan Aram, to the house of Bethuel your mother's father. Take a wife from there from the daughters of Laban, your mother's brother.
Genesis 25:20, Genesis 25:20, Hosea 12:12, Hosea 12:12, Genesis 35:9
3May God Almighty bless you, and make you fruitful, and multiply you, that you may be a company of peoples,
Genesis 48:3, Genesis 48:3, Genesis 35:11, Genesis 35:11, Genesis 9:1
4and give you the blessing of Abraham, to you, and to your seed with you, that you may inherit the land where you travel, which God gave to Abraham."
Galatians 3:14, Galatians 3:14, Genesis 12:7, Genesis 12:7, Ephesians 1:3
5Isaac sent Jacob away. He went to Paddan Aram to Laban, son of Bethuel the Syrian, Rebekah's brother, Jacob's and Esau's mother.
6Now Esau saw that Isaac had blessed Jacob and sent him away to Paddan Aram, to take him 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 that Jacob obeyed his father and his mother, and was gone to Paddan Aram.
Proverbs 30:17, Ephesians 6:3, Colossians 3:20, Leviticus 19:3, Exodus 20:12
8Esau 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
9Esau went to Ishmael, and took, besides the wives that he had, Mahalath the daughter of Ishmael, Abraham's son, the sister of Nebaioth, to be his wife.
Genesis 36:3, Genesis 36:3, Genesis 25:13, Genesis 25:17, Genesis 36:13
10Jacob went out from Beersheba, and went toward Haran.
Genesis 11:31, Genesis 32:10, Acts 7:2, Genesis 11:31, Genesis 32:10
11He came to a certain place, and stayed there all night, because the sun had set. He took one of the stones of the place, and put it under his head, and lay down in that place to sleep.
Genesis 28:18, 2 Corinthians 1:5, Matthew 8:20, Genesis 28:18, 2 Corinthians 1:5
12He dreamed. Behold, a stairway set upon the earth, and its top reached to heaven. Behold, the angels of God ascending and descending on it.
John 1:51, John 1:51, Genesis 32:1, Genesis 32:2, Numbers 12:6
13Behold, the Lord stood above it, and said, "I am the Lord, the God of Abraham your father, and the God of Isaac. The land whereon you lie, to you will I give it, and to your seed.
Genesis 13:15, Genesis 13:15, Genesis 35:12, Genesis 48:3, Genesis 35:12
14Your seed will be as the dust of the earth, and you will spread abroad to the west, and to the east, and to the north, and to the south. In you and in your seed will all the families of the earth be blessed.
Genesis 12:3, Genesis 12:3, Genesis 26:4, Genesis 26:4, Genesis 22:18
15Behold, I am with you, and will keep you, wherever 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
16Jacob awakened out of his sleep, and he said, "Surely the Lord is in this place, and I did not know it."
Joshua 5:15, Joshua 5:15, Exodus 15:11, Exodus 3:5, Exodus 15:11
17He was afraid, and said, "How dreadful is this place! This is none other than God's house, and this is the gate of heaven."
1 Timothy 3:15, 1 Timothy 3:15, Genesis 35:1, Genesis 35:13, Exodus 3:6
18Jacob rose up early in the morning, and took the stone that he had put under his head, and set it up for a pillar, and poured oil on its top.
Genesis 35:14, Genesis 35:14, Genesis 31:45, Leviticus 8:10, Leviticus 8:12
19He called the name of that place Bethel, but the name of the city was Luz at the first.
Hosea 12:4, Hosea 12:5, Hosea 12:4, Hosea 12:5, Genesis 35:1
20Jacob 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
21so that I come again to my father's house in peace, and the Lord will be my God,
Judges 11:31, Judges 11:31, Deuteronomy 26:17, Deuteronomy 26:17, 2 Samuel 19:24
22then this stone, which I have set up for a pillar, will be God's house. Of all that you will 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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