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And, behold, Jehovah stood above it and said, I am Jehovah the God of your father Abraham, and the God of Isaac; the land on which you are lying, I will give it to you and to your seed.

And he was afraid, and said, How fearful is this place! This is nothing except the house of God, and this is the door to Heaven.

And he called the name of that place, The House of God. And yet the name of the city was at first Luz.

And Jacob vowed a vow, saying, If God is with me and keeps me in this way which I am going, and gives to me bread to eat and clothing to wear,

and I return in peace to the house of my father, then Jehovah shall be my God,

and this stone which I have placed as a memorial pillar shall become the house of God; and all which You shall give to me, I will tithe the tenth to You.

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

And Rachel said, With struggles of God I have wrestled with my sister; yea, I have been able. And she called his name Naphtali.

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

And Leah said, God has given my hire; I gave my slave-girl to my husband. And she called his name Issachar.

And Leah said, God has given me a good present. This time my husband will live with me, because I have borne six sons to him. 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 she said, God has taken away my reproach.

And he said to them, I see your father's face, that it is not toward me as before. But the God of my father has been with me.

And your father has cheated me and has changed my wages ten times. And God has not let him do evil to me.

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

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

I am the God of Bethel, there where you anointed the pillar, where you vowed a vow to Me. Now rise up; go out of this land and go back to the land of your kindred.

For all the wealth which God has taken from our father, it is for us and for our sons. And now all that which God has said to you, do.

And God came to Laban the Syrian in a dream of the night, and said to him, Watch out for yourself, that you not speak with Jacob from good to evil.