Verse 14
Genesis 28:14
New Living Translation
14
Your descendants will be as numerous as the dust of the earth! They will spread out in all directions — to the west and the east, to the north and the south. And all the families of the earth will be blessed through you and your descendants.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וְ/הָיָ֤ה זַרְעֲ/ךָ֙ כַּ/עֲפַ֣ר הָ/אָ֔רֶץ וּ/פָרַצְתָּ֛ יָ֥מָּ/ה וָ/קֵ֖דְמָ/ה וְ/צָפֹ֣נָ/ה וָ/נֶ֑גְבָּ/ה וְ/נִבְרֲכ֥וּ בְ/ךָ֛ כָּל מִשְׁפְּחֹ֥ת הָ/אֲדָמָ֖ה וּ/בְ/זַרְעֶֽ/ךָ
English Translation
And your offspring shall be as the dust of the earth, and you shall spread out to the west and to the east and to the north and to the south, and in you shall be blessed all the families of the earth and in your offspring.
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Chapter 28 Context
1
So Isaac called for Jacob, blessed him, and said, “You must not marry any of these Canaanite women.
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Instead, go at once to Paddan-aram, to the house of your grandfather Bethuel, and marry one of your...
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May God (Elohim) Almighty bless you and give you many children. And may your descendants multiply an...
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May God (Elohim) pass on to you and your descendants the blessings he promised to Abraham. May you o...
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5
So Isaac sent Jacob away, and he went to Paddan-aram to stay with his uncle Laban, his mother’s brot...
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Esau knew that his father, Isaac, had blessed Jacob and sent him to Paddan-aram to find a wife, and...
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He also knew that Jacob had obeyed his parents and gone to Paddan-aram.
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It was now very clear to Esau that his father did not like the local Canaanite women.
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9
So Esau visited his uncle Ishmael’s family and married one of Ishmael’s daughters, in addition to th...
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10
Meanwhile, Jacob left Beersheba and traveled toward Haran.
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11
At sundown he arrived at a good place to set up camp and stopped there for the night. Jacob found a...
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12
As he slept, he dreamed of a stairway that reached from the earth up to heaven. And he saw the angel...
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13
At the top of the stairway stood the LORD, and he said, “I am the LORD, the God (Elohim) of your gra...
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14
Your descendants will be as numerous as the dust of the earth! They will spread out in all direction...
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What’s more, I am with you, and I will protect you wherever you go. One day I will bring you back to...
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16
Then Jacob awoke from his sleep and said, “Surely the LORD is in this place, and I wasn’t even aware...
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But he was also afraid and said, “What an awesome place this is! It is none other than the house of...
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18
The next morning Jacob got up very early. He took the stone he had rested his head against, and he s...
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19
He named that place Bethel (which means “house of God (Elohim)”), although it was previously called...
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Then Jacob made this vow: “If God (Elohim) will indeed be with me and protect me on this journey, an...
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and if I return safely to my father’s home, then the LORD will certainly be my God (Elohim).
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And this memorial pillar I have set up will become a place for worshiping God (Elohim), and I will p...
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