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Therefore God giue thee of the dew of heauen, and the fatnesse of the earth, and plenty of corne and wine.

And God Almighty blesse thee, and make thee fruitfull, and multiply thee, that thou mayest be a multitude of people:

And giue thee the blessing of Abraham, to thee and to thy seede with thee, that thou mayest inherit the lande wherein thou art a stranger, which God gaue vnto Abraham.

And he dreamed, and beholde, a ladder set vp on the earth, and the top of it reached to heauen: and beholde the Angels of God ascending and descending on it.

And behold, the LORD stood aboue it, and said, I am the LORD God of Abraham thy father, and the God of Isaac: the land whereon thou liest, to thee will I giue it, and to thy seede.

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 heauen.

And Iacob vowed a vow, saying, If God will be with me, and will keepe me in this way that I goe, and will giue me bread to eate, and raiment to put on,

So that I come againe to my fathers house in peace: then shall the LORD be my God.

And Rachel said, God hath iudged me, and hath also heard my voyce, and hath giuen me a sonne; therefore called she his name Dan.

And God hearkened vnto Leah, and she conceiued, and bare Iacob the fift sonne.

And Leah said, God hath giuen mee my hire, because I haue giuen my mayden to my husband: and she called his name Issachar.

And Leah said, God hath endued me with a good dowry: Now will my husband dwel with me, because I haue borne him sixe sonnes: and shee called his name Zebulun.

And God remembred Rachel, and God hearkened to her, and opened her wombe.

And shee conceiued and bare a sonne, and said; God hath taken away my reproch:

And said vnto them, I see your fathers countenance, that it is not toward mee as before: but the God of my father hath bene with me.

And your father hath deceiued mee, and changed my wages ten times: but God suffered him not to hurt me.

Thus God hath taken away the cattell of your father, and giuen them to mee.

And the Angel of God spake vnto me in a dreame, saying, Iacob; And I said, Here am I.

I am the God of Bethel, where thou annoyntedst the pillar, and where thou vowedst a vow vnto mee: now arise, get thee out from this land, and returne vnto the land of thy kindred.

For all the riches which God hath taken from our father, that is ours, and our childrens: now then whatsoeuer God hath said vnto thee, doe.