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Genesis 28 : Jacob goes to Laban's place
Isaac calls Jacob and tells him not to marry a Canaanite woman, instead go to Mesopotamia and marry one of his relatives. Jacob listens to his father and goes towards Haran.
Esau comes to know of this and realizes that Isaac doesn't approve of his Canaanite wives. So he marries Ishmael's daughter Mahalath.
In the meantime, Jacob is on his journey and one day at sunset, while he is taking rest at a place, he sees a dream - he sees a ladder reaching from earth to heaven and angels going up and down the ladder. He sees the Lord standing beside him. The Lord says - "I am the LORD, the God of Abraham and Isaac, I will give to you and to your descendants this land on which you are lying. Your descendants will be numerous and I will bless them and bless the whole world through them."
Jacob wakes up in a fright and realizes that God was with him. He thanks God. The next morning, he takes the stone under his head and sets it up as a memorial, pours oil on it and dedicates it to God. He names the place Bethel. Jacob makes a vow to God "If you protect me on my journey on the way to Haran and back to my father house, if you bless me as you have promised me, I will give you a tenth of everything you give me."
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