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And the Lord appeared to him in that night, and said, I am the God of Abraam thy father; fear not, for I am with thee, and I will bless thee, and multiply thy seed for the sake of Abraam thy father.

And Isaac said to his son, What is this which thou hast quickly found? And he said, That which the Lord thy God presented before me.

And may God give thee of the dew of heaven, and of the fatness of the earth, and abundance of corn and wine.

And may my God bless thee, and increase thee, and multiply thee, and thou shalt become gatherings of nations.

And may he give thee the blessing of my father Abraam, even to thee and to thy seed after thee, to inherit the land of thy sojourning, which God gave to Abraam.

and dreamed, and behold a ladder fixed on the earth, whose top reached to heaven, and the angels of God ascended and descended on it.

And the Lord stood upon it, and said, I am the God of thy father Abraam, and the God of Isaac; fear not, the land on which thou liest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed.

And he was afraid, and said, How fearful is this place! this is none other than the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven.

And he called the name of that place, the House of God; and the name of the city before was Ulam-luz.

And Jacob vowed a vow, saying, If the Lord God will be with me, and guard me throughout on this journey, on which I am going, and give me bread to eat, and raiment to put on,

and bring me back in safety to the house of my father, then shall the Lord be for a God to me.

And this stone, which I have set up for a pillar, shall be to me a house of God; and of all whatsoever thou shalt give me, I will tithe a tenth for thee.

And when the Lord God saw that Lea was hated, he opened her womb; but Rachel was barren.

And Jacob was angry with Rachel, and said to her, Am I in the place of God, who has deprived thee of the fruit of the womb?

And Rachel said, God has given judgment for me, and hearkened to my voice, and has given me a son; therefore she called his name, Dan.

And Rachel said, God has helped me, and I contended with my sister and prevailed; and she called his name, Nephthalim.

And God hearkened to Lea, and she conceived, and bore Jacob a fifth son.

And Lea said, God has given me my reward, because I gave my maid to my husband; and she called his name Issachar, which is, Reward.

And Lea said, God has given me a good gift in this time; my husband will choose me, for I have born him six sons: and she called his name, Zabulon.

And God remembered Rachel, and God hearkened to her, and he opened her womb.