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God giue thee therefore of the dewe of heauen, and the fatnesse of the earth, and plentie of wheate and wine.

And God all sufficient blesse thee, and make thee to encrease, and multiplie thee, that thou mayest be a multitude of people,

And giue thee the blessing of Abraham, euen to thee & to thy seede with thee, that thou mayest inherite the lande (wherein thou art a stranger,) which God gaue vnto Abraham.

Then he dreamed, & behold, there stoode a ladder vpon the earth, and the top of it reached vp to heauen: and loe, the Angels of God went vp and downe by it.

And behold, the Lord stoode aboue it, & sayd, I am the Lord God of Abraham thy father, and the God of Izhak: the land, vpon the which thou sleepest, wil I giue thee and thy seede.

And he was afraid, & said, How fearefull is this place! this is none other but the house of God, and this is the gate of heauen.

Then Iaakob vowed a vowe, saying, If God will be with me, and will keepe me in this iourney which I go, & wil giue me bread to eate, and clothes to put on:

So that I come againe vnto my fathers house in safetie, then shal the Lord be my God.

Then said Rahel, God hath giuen sentence on my side, and hath also heard my voyce, and hath giuen mee a sonne: therefore called shee his name, Dan.

And God heard Leah and shee conceiued, and bare vnto Iaakob the fift sonne.

Then said Leah, God hath giuen me my reward, because I gaue my mayde to my husband, and she called his name Issachar.

Then Leah said, God hath endued me with a good dowrie: nowe will mine husbande dwell with me, because I haue borne him sixe sonnes: & she called his name Zebulun.

And God remembred Rahel, and God heard her, and opened her wombe.

So she conceiued & bare a sonne, and said, God hath taken away my rebuke.

Then Laban sayde, Goe to, woulde God it might be according to thy saying.

Then sayde hee vnto them, I see your fathers countenance, that it is not towardes me as it was wont, and the God of my father hath bene with me.

But your father hath deceiued me, & changed my wages tenne times: but God suffred him not to hurt me.

Thus hath God taken away your fathers substance, and giuen it me.

And the Angel of God sayde to mee in a dreame, Iaakob. And I answered, Lo, I am here.

I am the God of Beth-el, where thou anoyntedst the pillar, where thou vowedst a vowe vnto me. Nowe arise, get thee out of this countrey and returne vnto ye land where thou wast borne.