Genesis 28
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1 And so Isaac called for Jacob, and he blessed him, and he instructed him, saying: "Do not be willing to accept a mate from the family of Canaan.
2 But go, and journey to Mesopotamia of Syria, to the house of Bethuel, your mother's father, and there accept for yourself a wife from the daughters of Laban, your maternal uncle.
3 And may God almighty bless you, and may he cause you to increase and also to multiply, so that you may be influential among the people.
4 And may he give the blessings of Abraham to you, and to your offspring after you, so that you may possess the land of your sojourning, which he promised to your grandfather."
5 And when Isaac had dismissed him, setting out, he went to Mesopotamia of Syria, to Laban, the son of Bethuel, the Syrian, the brother to Rebekah, his mother.
6 But Esau, seeing that his father had blessed Jacob and had sent him into Mesopotamia of Syria, to take a wife from there, and that, after the blessing, he had instructed him, saying: 'You shall not accept a wife from the daughters of Canaan,'
7 and that Jacob, obeying his parents, had gone into Syria,
8 having evidence also that his father did not look with favor upon the daughters of Canaan,
9 he went to Ishmael, and he took as a wife, beside those he had before, Mahalath, the daughter of Ishmael, Abraham's son, the sister of Nebaioth.
10 Meanwhile Jacob, having departed from Beersheba, continued on to Haran.
11 And when he had arrived at a certain place, where he would rest after the setting of the sun, he took some of the stones that lay there, and placing them under his head, he slept in the same place.
12 And he saw in his sleep: a ladder standing upon the earth, with its top touching heaven, also, the Angels of God ascending and descending by it,
13 and the Lord, leaning upon the ladder, saying to him: "I am the Lord, the God of Abraham your father, and the God of Isaac. The land, in which you sleep, I will give to you and to your offspring.
14 And your offspring will be like the dust of the earth. You will spread abroad to the West, and to the East, and to the North, and to the Meridian. And in you and in your offspring, all the tribes of the earth shall be blessed.
15 And I will be your guardian wherever you will journey, and I will bring you back into this land. Neither will I dismiss you, until I have accomplished all that I have said."
16 And when Jacob had awakened from sleep, he said, "Truly, the Lord is in this place, and I did not know it."
17 And being terrified, he said: "How terrible this place is! This is nothing other than the house of God and the gateway of heaven."
18 Therefore, Jacob, arising in the morning, took the stone which he had placed under his head, and he set it up as monument, pouring oil over it.
19 And he called the name of the city, 'Bethel,' which before was called Luz.
20 And then he made a vow, saying: "If God will be with me, and will guard me along the way by which I walk, and will give me bread to eat and clothing to wear,
21 and if I will return prosperously to my father's house, then the Lord will be my God,
22 and this stone, which I have set up as a monument, will be called 'the House of God.' And from all the things that you will give to me, I will offer tithes to you."
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B'resheet (Gen) 28
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1So Yitzâchak called Yaâakov, and, after blessing him, charged him: âYou are not to choose a wife from the Hitti women. 2Go now to the home of Bâtuâel your motherâs father, and choose a wife there from the daughters of Lavan your motherâs brother. 3May El Shaddai bless you, make you fruitful and increase your descendants, until they become a whole assembly of peoples. 4And may he give you the blessing which he gave Avraham, you and your descendants with you, so that you will possess the land you will travel through, the land God gave to Avraham.â
(vii) 5So Yitzâchak sent Yaâakov away; and he went to Paddan-Aram, to Lavan, son of Bâtuâel the Arami, the brother of Rivkah Yaâakovâs and âEsavâs mother. 6Now âEsav saw that Yitzâchak had blessed Yaâakov and sent him away to Paddan-Aram to choose a wife from there, and that as he blessed him he charged him, âYou are not to choose a Kenaâani woman as your wife,â (Maftir) 7and that Yaâakov had listened to his father and mother and gone to Paddan-Aram. 8âEsav also saw that the Kenaâani women did not please Yitzâchak his father. 9So âEsav went to Yishmaâel and took, in addition to the wives he already had, Machalat the daughter of Yishmaâel Avrahamâs son, the sister of Nâvayot, to be his wife.
Haftarah Tolâdot: Malâakhi (Malachi) 1:1â2:7
Bârit Hadashah suggested readings for Parashah Tolâdot: Romans 9:6â16; Messianic Jews (Hebrews) 11:20; 12:14â17
Parashah 7: Vayetze (He went out) 28:10 â32:3(2)
10Yaâakov went out from Beâer-Sheva and traveled toward Haran. 11He came to a certain place and stayed the night there, because the sun had set. He took a stone from the place, put it under his head and lay down there to sleep. 12He dreamt that there before him was a ladder resting on the ground with its top reaching to heaven, and the angels of Adonai were going up and down on it. 13Then suddenly Adonai was standing there next to him; and he said, âI am Adonai, the God of Avraham your [grand]father and the God of Yitzâchak. The land on which you are lying I will give to you and to your descendants. 14Your descendants will be as numerous as the grains of dust on the earth. You will expand to the west and to the east, to the north and to the south. By you and your descendants all the families of the earth will be blessed. 15Look, I am with you. I will guard you wherever you go, and I will bring you back into this land, because I wonât leave you until I have done what I have promised you.â
16Yaâakov awoke from his sleep and said, âTruly, Adonai is in this place â and I didnât know it!â 17Then he became afraid and said, âThis place is fearsome! This has to be the house of God! This is the gate of heaven!â 18Yaâakov got up early in the morning, took the stone he had put under his head, set it up as a standing-stone, poured olive oil on its top 19and named the place Beit-El [house of God]; but the town had originally been called Luz.
20Yaâakov took this vow: âIf God will be with me and will guard me on this road that I am traveling, giving me bread to eat and clothes to wear, 21so that I return to my fatherâs house in peace, then Adonai will be my God; 22and this stone, which I have set up as a standing-stone, will be Godâs house; and of everything you give me, I will faithfully return one-tenth to you.â
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