Genesis 28
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Isaac sends Jacob to Padan-aram
Verse 1
WEB Isaac called Jacob, blessed him, and commanded him, “You shall not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan.
KJV And Isaac called Jacob, and blessed him, and charged him, and said unto him, Thou shalt not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan.
TSK blessed: ge 28:3,4, ge 27:4,27-33, ge 48:15, ge 49:28, de 33:1, jos 22:7; Thou shalt: ge 6:2, ge 24:3,37, ge 26:34,35, ge 27:46, ge 34:9,16, ex 34:15,16, 2co 6:14-16
Verse 2
WEB Arise, go to Paddan Aram, to the house of Bethuel your mother’s father. Take a wife from there from the daughters of Laban, your mother’s brother.
KJV Arise, go to Padanaram, to the house of Bethuel thy mother's father; and take thee a wife from thence of the daughters of Laban thy mother's brother.
TSK Arise: ho 12:12; Padan-aram: ge 28:5, ge 22:20-23, ge 24:10,15-24, ge 25:20, ge 29:1, ge 31:18, ge 32:10, ge 35:9, ge 46:15; Laban: ge 24:29,50
Verse 3
WEB May God Almighty bless you, and make you fruitful, and multiply you, that you may be a company of peoples,
KJV And God Almighty bless thee, and make thee fruitful, and multiply thee, that thou mayest be a multitude of people;
TSK God: ge 17:1-6, ge 22:17,18, ge 35:11, ge 43:14, ge 48:3, ex 6:3, ps 127:1, 2co 6:18, re 21:22; and make: ge 1:28, ge 9:1, ge 13:16, ge 24:60, ge 41:52, ps 127:3-5, ps 128:1-6
Verse 4
WEB and give you the blessing of Abraham, to you, and to your seed with you, that you may inherit the land where you travel, which God gave to Abraham.”
KJV And give thee the blessing of Abraham, to thee, and to thy seed with thee; that thou mayest inherit the land wherein thou art a stranger, which God gave unto Abraham.
TSK the blessing: ge 12:1-3,7, ge 15:5-7, ge 17:6-8, ge 22:17,18, ps 72:17, ro 4:7,8, ga 3:8,14, eph 1:3; wherein thou art a stranger: ge 17:8; which: ge 12:7, ge 13:14-17, ge 15:18-21, ps 39:12, ps 105:6-12, heb 11:9-13
Verse 5
WEB Isaac sent Jacob away. He went to Paddan Aram to Laban, son of Bethuel the Syrian, Rebekah’s brother, Jacob’s and Esau’s mother.
KJV And Isaac sent away Jacob: and he went to Padanaram unto Laban, son of Bethuel the Syrian, the brother of Rebekah, Jacob's and Esau's mother.
TSK No cross references.
Esau marries the daughter of Ishmael
Verse 6
WEB Now Esau saw that Isaac had blessed Jacob and sent him away to Paddan Aram, to take him a wife from there, and that as he blessed him he gave him a command, saying, “You shall not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan,”
KJV When Esau saw that Isaac had blessed Jacob, and sent him away to Padanaram, to take him a wife from thence; and that as he blessed him he gave him a charge, saying, Thou shalt not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan;
TSK Esau: ge 27:33
Verse 7
WEB and that Jacob obeyed his father and his mother, and was gone to Paddan Aram.
KJV And that Jacob obeyed his father and his mother, and was gone to Padanaram;
TSK And that Jacob obeyed his father and his mother, and was gone to Padanaram;: ge 27:43, ex 20:12, le 19:3, pr 1:8, pr 30:17, eph 6:1,3, col 3:20
Verse 8
WEB Esau saw that the daughters of Canaan didn’t please Isaac, his father.
KJV And Esau seeing that the daughters of Canaan pleased not Isaac his father;
TSK the daughters: ge 28:1, ge 24:3, ge 26:34,35; pleased not: 1sa 8:6
Verse 9
WEB Esau went to Ishmael, and took, besides the wives that he had, Mahalath the daughter of Ishmael, Abraham’s son, the sister of Nebaioth, to be his wife.
KJV Then went Esau unto Ishmael, and took unto the wives which he had Mahalath the daughter of Ishmael Abraham's son, the sister of Nebajoth, to be his wife.
TSK unto Ishmael: ge 25:13-17, ge 36:3,13,18; Mahalath: ge 36:3
Jacob's vision
Verse 11
WEB He came to a certain place, and stayed there all night, because the sun had set. He took one of the stones of the place, and put it under his head, and lay down in that place to sleep.
KJV And he lighted upon a certain place, and tarried there all night, because the sun was set; and he took of the stones of that place, and put them for his pillows, and lay down in that place to sleep.

Verse 12
WEB He dreamed. Behold, a stairway set upon the earth, and its top reached to heaven. Behold, the angels of God ascending and descending on it.
KJV And he dreamed, and behold a ladder set up on the earth, and the top of it reached to heaven: and behold the angels of God ascending and descending on it.
TSK he dreamed: ge 15:1,12, ge 20:3,6,7, ge 37:5-11, ge 40:1-41, nu 12:6, job 4:12-21, job 33:15,16, da 2:1-49, da 4:1-37, da 7:1, mt 1:20, mt 2:12,13,19, heb 1:1; ladder: ge 32:1,2, 2ch 16:9, isa 41:10, joh 1:51, 2ti 4:16,17, heb 1:14
Verse 13
WEB Behold, Yahweh stood above it, and said, “I am Yahweh, the God of Abraham your father, and the God of Isaac. The land whereon you lie, to you will I give it, and to your seed.
KJV And, behold, the LORD stood above it, and said, I am the LORD God of Abraham thy father, and the God of Isaac: the land whereon thou liest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed;
TSK the Lord stood: ge 35:1,6,7, ge 48:3; I am: ge 15:1, ge 17:6,7, ge 26:24, ge 31:42, ge 32:9, ge 46:3, ex 3:6,15,16, mt 22:32, heb 11:16; the land: ge 28:4, ge 12:7, ge 13:15, ge 35:12,15,17, ps 105:11, eze 37:24,25, ac 7:5
Verse 14
WEB Your seed will be as the dust of the earth, and you will spread abroad to the west, and to the east, and to the north, and to the south. In you and in your seed will all the families of the earth be blessed.
KJV And thy seed shall be as the dust of the earth, and thou shalt spread abroad to the west, and to the east, and to the north, and to the south: and in thee and in thy seed shall all the families of the earth be blessed.
TSK thy seed: ge 13:16, ge 32:12, ge 35:11,12, nu 23:10, ac 3:25, re 7:4,9; to the west: ge 13:14, de 12:20, mt 8:11; and in thee: ge 12:3, ge 18:18, ge 22:18, ge 26:4, ps 72:17, ac 3:25, ga 3:8,16, eph 1:3
Verse 15
WEB Behold, I am with you, and will keep you, wherever you go, and will bring you again into this land. For I will not leave you, until I have done that which I have spoken of to you.”
KJV And, behold, I am with thee, and will keep thee in all places whither thou goest, and will bring thee again into this land; for I will not leave thee, until I have done that which I have spoken to thee of.
TSK I am: ge 28:20,21, ge 26:24, ge 31:3, ge 32:9, ge 39:2,21, ge 46:4, ex 3:12, jud 6:16, ps 46:7,11, isa 7:14, isa 8:10, isa 41:10, isa 43:2, jer 1:19, mt 18:20, mt 28:20, ro 8:31,32, 1ti 4:8; keep: ge 48:16, ps 121:5-8; bring: ge 35:6,7; for I: de 31:6, jos 1:5, 1ki 8:57, joh 10:28,29, heb 13:5,6, jude 1:1; until: nu 23:19, jos 23:14-16, mt 24:35
The stone of Beth-el
Verse 16
WEB Jacob awakened out of his sleep, and he said, “Surely Yahweh is in this place, and I didn’t know it.”
KJV And Jacob awaked out of his sleep, and he said, Surely the LORD is in this place; and I knew it not.
TSK and I: ex 3:5, ex 15:11, jos 5:15, 1sa 3:4-7, job 9:11, job 33:14, ps 68:35, isa 8:13
Verse 17
WEB He was afraid, and said, “How dreadful is this place! This is none other than God’s house, and this is the gate of heaven.”
KJV And he was afraid, and said, How dreadful is this place! this is none other but the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven.
TSK he was: ex 3:6, jud 13:22, mt 17:6, lu 2:9, lu 8:35, re 1:17; the house: ge 28:22, ge 35:1-13, 2ch 5:14, ec 5:1, 1ti 3:15, heb 10:21, 1pe 4:17
Verse 18
WEB Jacob rose up early in the morning, and took the stone that he had put under his head, and set it up for a pillar, and poured oil on its top.
KJV And Jacob rose up early in the morning, and took the stone that he had put for his pillows, and set it up for a pillar, and poured oil upon the top of it.
TSK rose up: ge 22:3, ps 119:60, ec 9:10; set it: ge 31:13,45, ge 35:14,20, jos 24:26,27, 1sa 7:12, 2sa 18:18, isa 19:19; poured: le 8:10-12, nu 7:1
Jacob's vow
Verse 20
WEB Jacob vowed a vow, saying, “If God will be with me, and will keep me in this way that I go, and will give me bread to eat, and clothing to put on,
KJV And Jacob vowed a vow, saying, If God will be with me, and will keep me in this way that I go, and will give me bread to eat, and raiment to put on,
TSK vowed: ge 31:13, le 27:1-34, nu 6:1-20, nu 21:2,3, jud 11:30,31, 1sa 1:11,28, 1sa 14:24, 2sa 15:8, ne 9:1-10, ps 22:25, ps 56:12, ps 61:5,8, ps 66:13, ps 76:11, ps 116:14,18, ps 119:106, ps 132:2, ec 5:1-7, isa 19:21, joh 1:16, ac 18:18, ac 23:12-15; will give: 1ti 6:8
Verse 22
WEB then this stone, which I have set up for a pillar, will be God’s house. Of all that you will give me I will surely give the tenth to you.”
KJV And this stone, which I have set for a pillar, shall be God's house: and of all that thou shalt give me I will surely give the tenth unto thee.
TSK God's: ge 28:17, ge 12:8, ge 21:33, ge 33:20, ge 35:1,15; I will: ge 14:20, le 27:30-33, de 14:22,23