Verse 18
Genesis 28:18
GOD'S WORD Translation
18
Jacob 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.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יַּשְׁכֵּ֨ם יַעֲקֹ֜ב בַּ/בֹּ֗קֶר וַ/יִּקַּ֤ח אֶת הָ/אֶ֨בֶן֙ אֲשֶׁר שָׂ֣ם מְרַֽאֲשֹׁתָ֔י/ו וַ/יָּ֥שֶׂם אֹתָ֖/הּ מַצֵּבָ֑ה וַ/יִּצֹ֥ק שֶׁ֖מֶן עַל רֹאשָֽׁ/הּ
English Translation
And Jacob rose early in the morning and took the stone that he had put at his head and set it up as a pillar and poured oil on its top.
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Chapter 28 Context
1
Isaac called Jacob, blessed him, and commanded him, “You shall not take a wife of the daughters of C...
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Arise, go to Paddan Aram, to the house of Bethuel your mother’s father. Take a wife from there from...
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3
May God (Elohim) Almighty bless you, and make you fruitful, and multiply you, that you may be a comp...
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and give you the blessing of Abraham, to you, and to your offspring with you, that you may inherit t...
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5
Isaac sent Jacob away. He went to Paddan Aram to Laban, son of Bethuel the Syrian, Rebekah’s brother...
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6
Now Esau saw that Isaac had blessed Jacob and sent him away to Paddan Aram, to take him a wife from...
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and that Jacob obeyed his father and his mother, and was gone to Paddan Aram.
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8
Esau saw that the daughters of Canaan didn’t please Isaac, his father.
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9
Esau went to Ishmael, and took, besides the wives that he had, Mahalath the daughter of Ishmael, Abr...
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10
Jacob went out from Beersheba, and went toward Haran.
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11
He came to a certain place, and stayed there all night, because the sun had set. He took one of the...
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12
He dreamed. Behold, a stairway set upon the earth, and its top reached to heaven. Behold, the angels...
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13
Behold, Yahweh stood above it, and said, “I am Yahweh, the God (Elohim) of Abraham your father, and...
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14
Your offspring will be as the dust of the earth, and you will spread abroad to the west, and to the...
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15
Behold, I am with you, and will keep you, wherever you go, and will bring you again into this land....
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16
Jacob awakened out of his sleep, and he said, “Surely Yahweh is in this place, and I didn’t know it....
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17
He was afraid, and said, “How dreadful is this place! This is none other than God (Elohim)’s house,...
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18
Jacob rose up early in the morning, and took the stone that he had put under his head, and set it up...
19
He called the name of that place Bethel, but the name of the city was Luz at the first.
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20
Jacob vowed a vow, saying, “If God (Elohim) will be with me, and will keep me in this way that I go,...
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so that I come again to my father’s house in peace, and Yahweh will be my God (Elohim),
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then this stone, which I have set up for a pillar, will be God (Elohim)’s house. Of all that you wil...
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