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"1": "So Isaac summoned Jacob, blessed him and told him, “You must not marry a Canaanite woman. ",
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"2": "{Instead} you must go right away to {the region of} Paddan Aram, to the home of your mother’s father, Bethuel, and marry one of your uncle Laban’s daughters.\n\n\\ts\\* ",
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"3": "I pray that God, {who is} all-powerful, will bless you and give you many children and increase {the number of} your descendants, so that you become {the ancestor of} many people groups. ",
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"4": "I {also} pray that he will bless you and your descendants the same way that he blessed Abraham, so that you will own this land where you have been living as a foreigner, {the same land} which God gave to him.”\n\n\\ts\\* ",
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"5": "Then Isaac sent Jacob {on his way}, so Jacob started traveling to Laban{’s house which was} in {the region of} Paddan Aram. {Laban was} the son of Bethuel the Aramean and {also} the brother of Rebekah, {who was} Jacob and Esau’s mother.\n\n\\ts\\*\n\\s1 Esau Marries Another Wife\n\\sr 28:6-9\n\\p",
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"6": "Now Esau had seen Isaac bless Jacob and send him to {the region of} Paddan Aram to marry a woman from there. As Isaac was blessing him, {Esau heard} him tell Jacob to not marry a Canaanite woman. ",
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"7": "{Esau also saw that} Jacob obeyed their father and mother and started traveling to Paddan Aram.\n\n\\ts\\* ",
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"8": "That is when Esau realized that his father Isaac did not approve of {his sons marrying} Canaanite women. ",
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"9": "So in addition to the {two} wives he already had, Esau went to {the family of} Abraham’s son Ishmael and married Ishmael’s daughter Mahalath, whose brother was Nebaioth.\n\n\\ts\\*\n\\s1 Jacob Dreams about a Stairway to Heaven\n\\sr 28:10-22\n\\p",
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"10": "{After} Jacob left from {his family’s home} {in the city of} Beersheba, he started traveling to {the city of} Haran. ",
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"11": "{That evening} he reached a {good} place {to sleep}, so he stopped there {for the night} because the sun had set. He chose {one} of the stones that was there and used it as a pillow. Then he lay down and went to sleep.\n\n\\ts\\* ",
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"12": "While he was dreaming, he saw a stairway. The bottom of the stairway was on the ground and its top reached up to heaven, and he saw God’s angels going up and coming down on the stairway. ",
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"13": "And there standing at the top {of the stairway} was Yahweh, and he said {to Jacob}, “I {am} Yahweh, the God whom your ancestors Abraham and Isaac serve. I will give you and your descendants this land that you are lying on.\n\n\\ts\\* ",
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"14": "They will be {as numerous} as the dust {specks} on the ground, so that they live throughout this land in every direction. Because of you and your descendants, I will bless all the families in the world. ",
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"15": "Remember that I {will always be} with you. I will protect you wherever you go, and I will lead you back to this land. In fact, I will never leave you and I will do everything that I have promised you {that I will do}.”\n\n\\ts\\*\n\\p",
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"16": "Suddenly Jacob woke up from his dream and exclaimed {to himself}, “Yahweh definitely lives in this place, but I did not know {it} {before now}!” ",
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"17": "He was afraid, so he {also} exclaimed, “This is a terrifying place! This can only be God’s house! It {must be} the entrance to heaven!”\n\n\\ts\\*\n\\p",
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"18": "Early the next morning Jacob got up, took the stone that he had used as a pillow and set it up {on its end} to mark the place {where God had appeared to him}. Then he poured {some} {olive} oil on top of the stone {to dedicate the place to God}. ",
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"19": "He named that place Bethel, {which means “house of God.”} Previously the name of that town had been Luz.\n\n\\ts\\*\n\\p",
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"20": "Then Jacob made a vow {to God} and said, “God, if {you,} will stay with me and protect me as I travel on this journey and if you provide me food to eat and clothes to wear, ",
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"21": "so that I return safely to my father’s home, then Yahweh, {you} will be the God whom I serve. ",
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"22": "This stone that I have set up will be your house and mark the place {that you appeared to me}, and I will give back to you a tenth of everything that you give to me.”\n\n\\ts\\*",
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