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I pray that God Almighty will bless you. I pray that he will give you many children, so that your descendants become a large nation of people. May God bless you and your descendants with the good things that he promised to Abraham. The land that he promised to give to Abraham will then belong to you. That is the land where you now live as a foreign person.’

Isaac sent Jacob away and Jacob went to Paddan Aram. He went to stay with Laban, who was the son of Bethuel, the Aramean. Laban was the brother of Rebekah. Rebekah was the mother of Jacob and Esau.

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May God Almighty[a](A) bless(B) you and make you fruitful(C) and increase your numbers(D) until you become a community of peoples. May he give you and your descendants the blessing given to Abraham,(E) so that you may take possession of the land(F) where you now reside as a foreigner,(G) the land God gave to Abraham.” Then Isaac sent Jacob on his way,(H) and he went to Paddan Aram,(I) to Laban son of Bethuel the Aramean,(J) the brother of Rebekah,(K) who was the mother of Jacob and Esau.

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 28:3 Hebrew El-Shaddai