Study Desk

Now may God give you of the dew of heaven, And of the fatness of the earth, And an abundance of grain and new wine;

"May God Almighty bless you and make you fruitful and multiply you, so that you may become a multitude of peoples.

"May He also give you the blessing of Abraham, to you and to your descendants with you, so that you may possess the land where you live as a stranger, which God gave to Abraham."

And he had a dream, and behold, a ladder was set up on the earth with its top reaching to heaven; and behold, the angels of God were ascending and descending on it.

Then behold, the LORD was standing above it and said, "I am the LORD, the God of your father Abraham and the God of Isaac; the land on which you lie I will give to you and to your descendants.

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!"

Jacob also made a vow, saying, "If God will be with me and will keep me on this journey that I take, and give me food to eat and garments to wear,

and I return to my father's house in safety, then the LORD will be my God.

Then Jacob's anger burned 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 vindicated me, and has indeed heard my voice and has given me a son." Therefore she named him Dan.

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

Then Leah said, "God has given me my reward, because I gave my slave to my husband." So she named him Issachar.

Then Leah said, "God has endowed me with a good gift; finally my husband will acknowledge me as his wife, because I have borne him six sons." So she named him Zebulun.

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

So she conceived and gave birth to a son, and said, "God has taken away my disgrace."

and said to them, "I see your father's attitude, that it is not friendly toward me as it was before, but the God of my father has been with me.

"Yet your father has cheated me and changed my wages ten times; however, God did not allow him to do me harm.

"So God has taken away your father's livestock 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 memorial stone, where you made a vow to Me; now arise, leave this land, and return to the land of your birth.'"