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And it came to pass that because Jacob had taken the birthright, and the holy garments, and the blessing from Esau that Esau hated Jacob;
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And because of the blessing wherewith his father blessed him, Esau said in his heart: The days of mourning for my father are at hand; then will I slay my brother Jacob.
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And these words of Esau, her elder son, were told to Rebekah by the angel of YHVHa, and she sent and called Jacob, her younger son.
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¶ And it came to pass that when Rebekah did see Jacob, she did say unto him: Surely Esau, thy brother, doth comfort his pity by plotting to kill thee!
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Now, therefore, my son, obey my voice and arise; flee thou to Laban, my brother, to Haran, and tarry with him a few daysa, until the fury of thy brother subsides;
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For in time shall the anger of thy brother turn away from thee, and he shall forget that which thou hast done to him; then I will send and fetch thee from thence.
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¶ And it came to pass that Rebekah went unto her husband, Isaac, saying: I am dreading to my very life that my son might take to marriage of the daughters of Heth;
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If Jacob take a wife of the daughters of Heth, such as these which are of the daughters of the land, what good shall my life be unto me?
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For have I not taught my sons of YHVHa? and these women worship the elohimb made of the hands of men.
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And Isaac called Jacob, and blessed him, and charged him, saying unto him: Thou shalt not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan as thy brother Esau hath done.
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Arise, go to Padan-arama, to the house of Bethuel, thy mother's father, and from amongst these take thee a wife from thence of the daughters of thy mother's brother, Laban.
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And Elohim Shaddaia shall bless thee, and make thee fruitful, and multiply thee, that thou shall be a great company of people,
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And then shall thou be given of Elohima the blessings of our father, Abraham, to thee and to thy seed with thee, that thou mayest inherit the land wherein thou art a stranger, which Elohim did give us, being the very seed of Abraham.
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And Isaac sent away Jacob; and he went to Padan-aram unto Laban, son of Bethuel, the Syrian, the brother of Rebekah, the mother of Jacob and Esau.
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¶ And it came to pass that Esau saw that Isaac had blessed Jacob again, sending him away to Padan-aram to take him a wife from thence,
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And that their father had blessed him, commanding him, saying: Thou shalt not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan, and that Jacob obeyed their father and mother and was gone to Padan-aram.
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And it came to pass that Esau, seeing that the daughters of Canaan pleased not Isaac his father, went unto the seed of Ishmael with his wives to take unto himself another wife.
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And it came to pass that Esau took Mahalath, a daughter of Ishmael, a son of Abraham, the sister of Nebajoth, to be his wife, and she too was not of the Covenanta, she being of the seedb of Sarah, but not of Abrahamc as was Isaac, Jacob, and Esau.
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¶ And it came to pass that Jacob went out from Bearsheba and went toward Haran; and when the sun was set he did find a suitable place to tarried all the night;
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And he took a certain stonea from the ground, placing it beneath his head for a pillow, and lay down in that place to sleep.
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And it came to pass that he dreamed a dream and beheld a vision: and he saw a ladder set up upon the foundationa, stretching from the earth unto the heavens, Yashar-Elb, even the straight path unto Ha’Elohimc;
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And the ladder had ten and twelve steps, making for twenty-two steps in all:
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And three of the ten were Mothers and Fathers from which the winda and the fire of the Spirit, and water with its mercyb came out;
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And the other seven of the ten were in duplication, being the seven days and the seven seasonsa;
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And twelve were the heavens themselves, and were the signs given mankind, and their passions, thrusting forth in all directiona.
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And all these were a treea deeply rooted into the earth and stretching upwards into the heavens:
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And the tree was a flame, yet it did not burn; for this was the fire of the judgmenta, with the very flames rolling to the North and to the South, and sealed unto the East and the West.
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And loa, he did see the malakb of Elohim, and even the very Melek Olumc ascending and descending the straight pathd, speaking in the tongues of the cherubime.
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And behold, YHVH stood above, saying: I am Ahyeh Asher Ahyeha, the Creatora; YHVH, the Elohim of Abraham, thy father, and the Elohim of Isaac; the land whereon thou liest, to thee will I give it and to thy seed:
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And thy seed shall be as the dust of the earth; and thou shalt spread abroada 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.
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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.
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¶ And when Jacob awoke from out of his sleep he said: Surely YHVH Elohima is in this place; and I knew it not.
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And he was sore afraid and said: How formidable is this place! This is none other but the house of Elohima, and this place is a gate or portal to the heavens!
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¶ And Jacob rose up early in the morning, and took the seer or holy stonea that he had used for his pillows, and set it up for a pillar, and poured special oils upon the top of it.
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And he named that place Bethela, for that place was the house of Ha’Elohim.
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And Jacob on that very spot he made an oath, saying: If Elohim will be with me, and will keepa me in this way that I go, and will give me bread to eat and raiment to put on, that I come again to the house of my father in peace, then shall YHVH be my Elohim;
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And where I place this stone, which I have set for a pillar, shall be built a temple, the House of Elohim, for YHVH and for El Elyona and for Shekinahb:
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And of all that Ha’Elohim shall give me, I will surely give a tenth back unto these.