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And God give thee of the dew of heaven, And of the fatness of the earth, And plenty of corn and new wine.

And the Almighty God bless thee, and make thee fruitful and multiply thee, that thou mayest become a company of peoples.

And may he give thee the blessing of Abraham, to thee and to thy seed with thee, in order that thou mayest possess the land of thy sojourning, which God gave to Abraham!

And he dreamed, and behold, a ladder was set up on the earth, and the top of it reached to the heavens. And behold, angels of God ascended and descended upon it.

And behold, Jehovah stood above it. And he said, I am Jehovah, the God of Abraham, thy father, and the God of Isaac: the land on which thou liest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed.

And 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.

And Jacob vowed a vow, saying, If God will be with me, and keep me on this road that I go, and will give me bread to eat, and a garment to put on,

and I come again to my father's house in peace—then shall Jehovah be my God.

And Rachel said, God has done me justice, and has also heard my voice, and given me a son; therefore she called his name Dan.

And Rachel said, Wrestlings of God have I wrestled with my sister, and have prevailed; and she called his name Naphtali.

And God hearkened to Leah, and she conceived, and bore Jacob a fifth son.

And Leah said, God has given me my hire, because I have given my maidservant to my husband; and she called his name Issachar.

and Leah said, God has endowed me with a good dowry; this time will my husband dwell with me, because I have borne him six sons. And she called his name Zebulun.

And God remembered Rachel, and God listened to her, and opened her womb.

And she conceived, and bore a son, and said, God has taken away my reproach.

and said to them, I see your father's countenance, that it is not toward me as previously; but the God of my father has been with me.

And your father has mocked me, and has changed my wages ten times; but God suffered him not to hurt me.

And God has taken away the cattle of your father, and given [them] to me.

And the Angel of God said to me in a dream, Jacob! And I said, Here am I.

I am the God of Bethel, where thou anointedst the pillar, where thou vowedst a vow to me. Now arise, depart out of this land, and return to the land of thy kindred.