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God Almighty bless you and make you fruitful and multiply you, that you may become a company of peoples.

May he give the blessing of Abraham to you and to your offspring with you, that you may take possession of the land of your sojournings that God gave to Abraham!"

And he dreamed, and behold, there was a ladder set up on the earth, and the top of it reached to heaven. And behold, the angels of God were ascending and descending on it!

And behold, the Lord stood above it and said, "I am the Lord , the God of Abraham your father and the God of Isaac. The land on which you lie I will give to you and to your offspring.

And he was afraid and said, "How awesome is this place! This is none other than the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven."

Then Jacob made a vow, saying, "If God will be with me and will keep me in this way that I go, and will give me bread to eat and clothing to wear,

so that I come again to my father's house in peace, then the Lord shall be my God,

Jacob's anger was kindled against Rachel, and he said, "Am I in the place of God, who has withheld from you the fruit of the womb?"

Then Rachel said, "God has judged me, and has also heard my voice and given me a son." Therefore she called his name Dan.

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

Leah said, "God has given me my wages because I gave my servant to my husband." So she called his name Issachar.

Then Leah said, "God has endowed me with a good endowment; now my husband will honor me, because I have borne him six sons." So she called his name Zebulun.

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

She conceived and bore a son and said, "God has taken away my reproach."

and said to them, "I see that your father does not regard me with favor as he did before. But the God of my father has been with me.

yet your father has cheated me and changed my wages ten times. But God did not permit him to harm me.

Thus God has taken away the livestock of your father and given them to me.

Then the angel of God said to me in the dream, ‘Jacob,' and I said, ‘Here I am!'

I am the God of Bethel, where you anointed a pillar and made a vow to me. Now arise, go out from this land and return to the land of your kindred.'"

All the wealth that God has taken away from our father belongs to us and to our children. Now then, whatever God has said to you, do."