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And the Lord leaning upon the ladder saying to him: I am the Lord God of Abraham thy father, and the God of Isaac: The land, wherein thou sleepest, I will give to thee and to thy seed.

And trembling, he said: How terrible is this place? this is no other but the house of God, and the gate of heaven.

And he made a vow, saying: If God shall be with me, and shall keep me in the way, by which I walk, and shall give me bread to eat, and raiment to put on,

And I shall return prosperously to my father’s house: the Lord shall be my God:

And this stone, which I have set up for a title, shall be called the house of God: and of all things that thou shalt give to me, I will offer tithes to thee.

And Jacob being angry with her, answered: Am I as God, who hath deprived thee of the fruit of thy womb?

For whom Rachel said: God hath compared me with my sister, and I have prevailed: and she called him Nephthali.

And God heard her prayers; and she conceived: and bore a fifth son:

And said: God hath given me a reward, because I gave my handmaid to my husband. And she called his name Issachar.

And said: God hath endowed me with a good dowry; this turn also my husband will be with me, because I have borne him six sons: and therefore she called his name Zabulon.

And she conceived, and bore a son, saying: God hath taken away my reproach.

Laban said to him: Let me find favour in thy sight: I have learned, by experience, that God hath blessed me for thy sake.

And said to them: I see your father’s countenance is not towards me as yesterday and the other day: but the God of my father hath been with me.

Yea your father hath also overreached me, and hath changed my wages ten times: and yet God hath not suffered him to hurt me.

And God hath taken your father’s substance, and given it to me.

And the angel of God said to me in my sleep: Jacob. And I answered: Here I am.

I am the God of Bethel, where thou didst anoint the stone, and make a vow to me. Now therefore arise, and go out of this land, and return into thy native country.

But God hath taken our father’s riches, and delivered them to us, and to our children: wherefore, do all that God hath commanded thee.

And he saw in a dream God, saying to him: Take heed thou speak not any thing harshly against Jacob.

It is in my power to return thee evil; but the God of your father said to me yesterday: Take heed thou speak not any thing harshly against Jacob.