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Text -- Genesis 28:6-22 (NET)
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28:6 Esau saw that Isaac had blessed Jacob and sent him off to Paddan Aram to find a wife there . As he blessed him, Isaac commanded him, “You must not marry a Canaanite woman .”
28:7 Jacob obeyed his father and mother and left for Paddan Aram .
28:8 Then Esau realized that the Canaanite women were displeasing to his father Isaac .
28:9 So Esau went to Ishmael and married Mahalath , the sister of Nebaioth and daughter of Abraham’s son Ishmael , along with the wives he already had.
Jacob’s Dream at Bethel
28:10 Meanwhile Jacob left Beer Sheba and set out for Haran .
28:11 He reached a certain place where he decided to camp because the sun had gone down . He took one of the stones and placed it near his head . Then he fell asleep in that place
28:12 and had a dream . He saw a stairway erected on the earth with its top reaching to the heavens . The angels of God were going up and coming down it
28:13 and the Lord stood at its top. He said , “I am the Lord , the God of your grandfather Abraham and the God of your father Isaac . I will give you and your descendants the ground you are lying on .
28:14 Your descendants will be like the dust of the earth , and you will spread out to the west , east , north , and south . All the families of the earth will pronounce blessings on one another using your name and that of your descendants .
28:15 I am with you! I will protect you wherever you go and will bring you back to this land . I will not leave you until I have done what I promised you!”
28:16 Then Jacob woke up and thought , “Surely the Lord is in this place , but I did not realize it!”
28:17 He was afraid and said , “What an awesome place this is! This is nothing else than the house of God ! This is the gate of heaven !”
28:18 Early in the morning Jacob took the stone he had placed near his head and set it up as a sacred stone . Then he poured oil on top of it.
28:19 He called that place Bethel , although the former name of the town was Luz .
28:20 Then Jacob made a vow , saying , “If God is with me and protects me on this journey I am taking and gives me food to eat and clothing to wear ,
28:21 and I return safely to my father’s home , then the Lord will become my God .
28:22 Then this stone that I have set up as a sacred stone will be the house of God , and I will surely give you back a tenth of everything you give me.”
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NET Notes -> Gen 28:6; Gen 28:6; Gen 28:6; Gen 28:8; Gen 28:8; Gen 28:8; Gen 28:9; Gen 28:11; Gen 28:11; Gen 28:11; Gen 28:11; Gen 28:11; Gen 28:12; Gen 28:12; Gen 28:12; Gen 28:13; Gen 28:13; Gen 28:14; Gen 28:14; Gen 28:14; Gen 28:14; Gen 28:15; Gen 28:16; Gen 28:16; Gen 28:18; Gen 28:18; Gen 28:18; Gen 28:18; Gen 28:18; Gen 28:19; Gen 28:19; Gen 28:20; Gen 28:21; Gen 28:22; Gen 28:22; Gen 28:22
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NET Notes: Gen 28:12 The Hebrew noun סֻלָּם (sullam, “ladder, stairway”) occurs only here in the OT, but there appears to b...
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NET Notes: Gen 28:14 Heb “and they will pronounce blessings by you, all the families of the earth, and by your offspring.”
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NET Notes: Gen 28:15 Heb “Look, I [am] with you.” The clause is a nominal clause; the verb to be supplied could be present (as in the translation) or future, &...
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NET Notes: Gen 28:18 Sacred stone. Such a stone could be used as a boundary marker, a burial stone, or as a shrine. Here the stone is intended to be a reminder of the stai...
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