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Genesis 28

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  1. 1And Isaac called Jacob, and blessed him, and charged him, and said unto him, Thou shalt not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan.25 cross-references: Genesis 24:3, Genesis 28:3–4, Genesis 27:46, Genesis 24:37, Genesis 6:2
  2. 2Arise, 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.20 cross-references: Genesis 25:20, Hosea 12:12, Genesis 35:9, Genesis 24:29, Genesis 24:10
  3. 3And God Almighty bless thee, and make thee fruitful, and multiply thee, that thou mayest be a multitude of people;44 cross-references: Genesis 48:3, Genesis 35:11, Genesis 9:1, Genesis 13:16, Genesis 1:28
  4. 4And 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.26 cross-references: Galatians 3:14, Genesis 12:7, Ephesians 1:3, Genesis 15:18–21, Galatians 3:8
  5. 5And 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. 6When 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;6 cross-references: Genesis 27:33, Genesis 28:1
  7. 7And that Jacob obeyed his father and his mother, and was gone to Padan–aram;12 cross-references: Proverbs 30:17, Ephesians 6:3, Colossians 3:20, Leviticus 19:3, Exodus 20:12
  8. 8And Esau seeing that the daughters of Canaan pleased not Isaac his father;11 cross-references: Genesis 24:3, Genesis 26:34–35, 1 Samuel 8:6, Genesis 28:1
  9. 9Then 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.11 cross-references: Genesis 36:3, Genesis 25:13–17, Genesis 36:13, Genesis 26:34, Genesis 36:18
  10. 10And Jacob went out from Beer–sheba, and went toward Haran.13 cross-references: Genesis 11:31, Genesis 32:10, Acts 7:2, Hosea 12:12, Acts 25:13
  11. 11And 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.6 cross-references: Genesis 28:18, 2 Corinthians 1:5, Matthew 8:20, Genesis 31:46
  12. 12And 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.39 cross-references: John 1:51, Genesis 32:1–2, Numbers 12:6, Job 33:15–16, Genesis 15:1
  13. 13And, 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;80 cross-references: Genesis 13:15, Genesis 35:12, Genesis 48:3, Genesis 26:24, Genesis 12:7
  14. 14And 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.47 cross-references: Genesis 12:3, Genesis 26:4, Genesis 22:18, Genesis 13:14, Genesis 13:16
  15. 15And, 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.51 cross-references: Joshua 1:5, Isaiah 41:10, Deuteronomy 31:6, Jeremiah 1:19, Genesis 26:24
  16. 16And Jacob awaked out of his sleep, and he said, Surely the Lord is in this place; and I knew it not.14 cross-references: Joshua 5:15, Exodus 15:11, Exodus 3:5, Job 33:14, Job 9:11
  17. 17And 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.17 cross-references: 1 Timothy 3:15, Genesis 35:1–13, Exodus 3:6, Ecclesiastes 5:1, 2 Chronicles 5:14
  18. 18And 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.22 cross-references: Genesis 35:14, Genesis 31:45, Leviticus 8:10–12, Genesis 31:13, Genesis 35:20
  19. 19And he called the name of that place Beth–el: but the name of that city was called Luz at the first.26 cross-references: Hosea 12:4–5, Genesis 35:1, Genesis 48:3, Genesis 12:8, Judges 1:22–26
  20. 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 raiment to put on,49 cross-references: 1 Timothy 6:8, 2 Samuel 15:8, Psalms 66:13, Genesis 31:13, John 1:16
  21. 21So that I come again to my father’s house in peace; then shall the Lord be my God:11 cross-references: Judges 11:31, Deuteronomy 26:17, 2 Samuel 19:24, 2 Samuel 15:8, Exodus 15:2
  22. 22And 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.24 cross-references: Genesis 35:7, Genesis 14:20, Deuteronomy 14:22–23, Leviticus 27:30–33, Genesis 35:1

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People in Genesis 28

God, Jacob, Isaac, Esau, Canaan, Abraham, Bethuel, Laban, Rebekah, Ishmael, Bashemath, Nebajoth

Places in Genesis 28

Paddan-aram, Beersheba, Haran, Luz, Bethel

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