| International Standard Version | Holman Christian Standard Bible |
| 1Later, Isaac called Jacob and blessed him, instructing him, "Don't marry a wife from the local Canaanite women. | 1Isaac summoned Jacob, blessed him, and commanded him: "Don't take a wife from the Canaanite women. |
| 2Instead, get up, travel to Paddan-aram, and visit the household of Bethuel, your mother's father. Marry one of Laban's daughters, since he's your mother's brother. | 2Go at once to Paddan-aram, to the house of Bethuel, your mother's father. Marry one of the daughters of Laban, your mother's brother. |
| 3May God Almighty bless you and make you fruitful so that your descendants become a whole group of people. | 3May God Almighty bless you and make you fruitful and multiply you so that you become an assembly of peoples. |
| 4May he give you and your descendants the blessings that he gave Abraham. May you possess the land where you have lived that God gave to Abraham." | 4May God give you and your offspring the blessing of Abraham so that you may possess the land where you live as a foreigner, the land God gave to Abraham." |
| 5So Isaac sent Jacob off toward Paddan-aram to visit Bethuel's son Laban, the Aramean and brother of Rebekah, the mother of Jacob and Esau. | 5So Isaac sent Jacob to Paddan-aram, to Laban son of Bethuel the Aramean, the brother of Rebekah, the mother of Jacob and Esau. |
| 6Esau noticed that after Isaac had blessed Jacob as he was sending him off to Paddan-aram to marry a wife from there, he had instructed Jacob, "Don't marry a Canaanite woman." | 6Esau noticed that Isaac blessed Jacob and sent him to Paddan-aram to get a wife there. When he blessed him, Isaac commanded Jacob, "Do not marry a Canaanite woman." |
| 7After Jacob had obeyed his father and mother's instructions to set out for Paddan-aram, | 7And Jacob listened to his father and mother and went to Paddan-aram. |
| 8Esau realized that Canaan women didn't please his father Isaac, | 8Esau realized that his father Isaac disapproved of the Canaanite women, |
| 9so he went to Abraham's son Ishmael and married Ishmael's daughter Mahalath, who was the sister of Nebaioth. | 9so Esau went to Ishmael and married, in addition to his other wives, Mahalath daughter of Ishmael, Abraham's son. She was the sister of Nebaioth. |
| 10Meanwhile, Jacob had left Beer-sheba and was on his way to Haran. | 10Jacob left Beer-sheba and went toward Haran. |
| 11He reached a certain place and spent the night there, because the sun was setting. He found a stone there, used it for a pillow, and slept there for the night, | 11He reached a certain place and spent the night there because the sun had set. He took one of the stones from the place, put it there at his head, and lay down in that place. |
| 12when he had a dream! He saw a raised highway that had been built with its ending point on earth and its beginning point in heaven. God's angels were ascending and descending on it. | 12And he dreamed: A stairway was set on the ground with its top reaching heaven, and God's angels were going up and down on it. |
| 13And there was the LORD, standing above it and telling Jacob, "I am the LORD God of your grandfather Abraham. I'm Isaac's God, too. I'm giving you and your descendants the ground on which you're sleeping. | 13Yahweh was standing there beside him, saying, "I am Yahweh, the God of your father Abraham and the God of Isaac. I will give you and your offspring the land that you are now sleeping on. |
| 14Your descendants are going to become like the dust of the earth and spread out to the west, east, north, and south. All the families of the earth will be blessed through you and your descendants. | 14Your offspring will be like the dust of the earth, and you will spread out toward the west, the east, the north, and the south. All the peoples on earth will be blessed through you and your offspring. |
| 15Now pay attention! I'm here with you, and I'm going to be watching over you wherever you go. I'm going to bring you back to this land, because I won't ever leave you until I've accomplished what I've promised about you." | 15Look, I am with you and will watch over you wherever you go. I will bring you back to this land, for I will not leave you until I have done what I have promised you." |
| 16Then Jacob woke up during the night and told himself, "Surely, the LORD is in this place and I never knew it!" | 16When Jacob awoke from his sleep, he said, "Surely the LORD is in this place, and I did not know it." |
| 17In mounting terror, he cried out, "How scary this place is! This is nothing less than God's house and the gateway to heaven!" | 17He was afraid and said, "What an awesome place this is! This is none other than the house of God. This is the gate of heaven." |
| 18When Jacob got up early the next morning, he took the stone that he had used for his pillow, set it up as a pillar, drenched it with oil, | 18Early in the morning Jacob took the stone that was near his head and set it up as a marker. He poured oil on top of it |
| 19and named the place Beth-el, although previously the city had been named Luz. | 19and named the place Bethel, though previously the city was named Luz. |
| 20Then he made this solemn vow: "If God remains with me, watches over me throughout this journey that I'm taking, gives me food to eat and clothes to wear, | 20Then Jacob made a vow: "If God will be with me and watch over me on this journey, if He provides me with food to eat and clothing to wear, |
| 21and returns me safely to my father's house, then the LORD will be my God, | 21and if I return safely to my father's house, then the LORD will be my God. |
| 22this stone that I've erected in the form of a pillar will be God's house, and I'll give you a tenth of everything that you give to me." | 22This stone that I have set up as a marker will be God's house, and I will give to You a tenth of all that You give me." |
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