Genesis 28

So Isaac called for Jacob, he blessed him and then he commanded him, saying to him,
“You shall not take a wife from the Canaanites. Rise, and go to the country of Aram,
To the house of Bethuel, your mother’s father, and from there take for yourself a wife,
From the daughters of Laban, your mother’s brother. May God Almighty bless you in life,
May he make you be fruitful and multiply, so that a host of people you become,
And may he give the blessing of Abraham to you and to your offspring yet to come,
So that you may inherit the land of your sojourning, which God gave to Abraham.”
So then Isaac sent Jacob off; he went to the country of Aram, to meet Laban,
Son of Bethuel the Aramean, brother of Rebekah, the mother of two:
Namely Jacob and Esau. Now Esau, when he saw that Isaac bid Jacob adieu,
And had blessed him and sent him to the country of Aram to take a wife from that sector,
Charging him, “You shall not take a wife from the Canaanites, so go elsewhere to select her,”
And that Jacob had heeded his father and mother and gone to the land of Aram,
Well then, Esau, he saw that women from Canaan did not make his father Isaac calm.
So Esau went to Ishmael and took to wife, in addition to those he’d betrothed,
One Mahalath, the daughter of Abraham’s son Ishmael, sister of Nebaioth.

Jacob left from Beersheva and set out for Haran, and came upon a certain place.
Since the sun had set, he spent the night there, and took a stone as a pillow for his face.
He lay his head upon it, and lay down there. He dreamt a ladder was set on the ground,
With its top in the heavens, and God’s messengers upon it were going up and down.
And here God was standing over him. He said, “I am the Lord, the God of Abraham
Your father and the God of Isaac. The land where you lie, to you and your seed I grant.
All your offspring will be like the dust of the earth, you shall burst forth north, south, east, and west.
All the clans of the earth shall bless themselves through you and also through your seed will be blessed.
I am with you, will watch over you wheresoever you go, bring you back to this soil
Indeed, I will not leave you until I have done what I’ve spoken to you (being loyal).”
Jacob woke from his sleep and said, “Surely, God is in this place, and I, I knew it not!”
He was awestruck and said, “How awesome is this place! It’s none other than a house of God,
And that’s heaven’s gate!” He started early, and took the stone on which he’d let his head drop,
And set it up as a standing pillar, a marker of stone, and poured oil on top.
And he named the place “Beth El” (“House of God”), although the city was named Luz formerly.
Jacob then made a vow, saying, “If God will be with me, and will keep watch over me
On this journey I’m making, and will give me food to eat, and also clothing to wear,
And if I return safely to my father’s house– then the Lord shall be my God, I swear.
And this stone I’ve set up as a pillar shall become a house of God for all to view,
And of everything that You give me, I shall set aside one tenth as a tithe for You.”