Study Desk

It is in the power of my hand to do you harm. But the God of your fathers spoke to me last night, saying, Watch out for yourself that you do not speak with Jacob from good to evil.

Except the God of my father, the God of Abraham and the Fear of Isaac, had been for me, truly now you would have sent me away empty. God has seen my affliction and the toil of my hand, and last night He judged.

If you will not afflict my daughters, and if you will not take wives above my daughters, no man is with us. Behold! God is a witness between you and me.

The God of Abraham, the God of Nahor, the God of their father, let judge between us. And Jacob swore by the Fear of his father Isaac.

And Jacob went on his way, and the angels of God met him.

And when he saw them, Jacob said, This is the camp of God. And he called the name of that place, Two Camps.

And Jacob said, Oh God of my father Abraham and God of my father Isaac, Jehovah, who said to me, Go back to your land and to your kindred and I will deal well with you.

And He said, Your name shall no longer be called Jacob, but Israel, because you have wrestled with God and with men, and have prevailed.

And Jacob called the name of the place Face of God, because I saw God face to face, and my life is delivered.

And he lifted up his eyes and saw the women and the children. And he said, Who are these with you? And he said, The children with whom God has favored your servant.

And Jacob said, No, please, if I now have found favor in your eyes, take my present from my hands. For I have seen your face, like seeing the face of God; and you are pleased with me.

Please take my blessing which has been brought to you, because God has favored me, and because I have all things. And he urged him; and he accepted.

And he set up an altar there. And he called it, El, the God of Israel.

And God said to Jacob, Rise up, go to Bethel and live there. And make an altar there to God, who appeared to you when you fled before your brother Esau.

And let us rise up and go up to Bethel. And I will make an altar there to God, who answered me in the day of my distress. And He was with me in the way in which I went.

And they pulled up stakes . And the terror of God was on the cities all around them, and they did not pursue the sons of Jacob.

And he built an altar there and called the place Elbethel; because God revealed Himself to him there when he fled from the face of his brother.

And God appeared to Jacob again when he came out of Padan-aram, and He blessed him.

And God said to him, Your name is Jacob; your name will not any more be called Jacob, but Israel will be your name. And He called his name Israel.

And God said to him, I am God Almighty; be fruitful and multiply. A nation and a company of nations shall be from you. And kings shall go forth from your loins.