Bereshit 28

And Isaac called Jacob, and blessed him, and commanded him, and said to him: 'You shall not take a wife from the daughters of Canaan.

Arise, go to Paddan-Aram, to the house of Bethuel your grandfather, and take for yourself from there a wife from the daughters of Laban, your mother's brother.

And the Sufficient Power shall bless you, and make you grow, and multiply you; and there shall be from you a host of nations.

And He shall give you the blessing of Abraham — to you and to your offspring with you — to possess the land of your dwelling, which God gave to Abraham.'

And Isaac sent Jacob; and he went to Paddan-Aram, to Laban the son of Bethuel the Aramean, the brother of Rebekah, the mother of Jacob and Esau.

And Esau saw that Isaac had blessed Jacob, and had sent him to Paddan-Aram to take a wife for him from there — when he blessed him, and commanded him, saying: 'You shall not take a wife from the daughters of Canaan';

and that Jacob had accepted from his father and his mother, and had gone to Paddan-Aram.

And when Esau saw that the daughters of Canaan were evil in the sight of Isaac his father,

Esau went to Ishmael, and took Mahalath, the daughter of Ishmael the son of Abraham, the sister of Nebayot, in addition to his wives — and she became his wife.

Then Jacob went out from Beer-Sheba, to go to Haran.

And he came to the special place, and lodged there — for the sun had set. And he took of the stones of the place, and made it a pillow, and slept there.

And he saw a dream — and behold, a ladder set upon the earth, and its top approaching the sky; and behold, the angels of God ascending and descending upon it.

And behold, the light of God was standing before him, and He said: 'I am God, the God of Abraham your father, and the God of Isaac. The land upon which you are sleeping — to you I shall give it, and to your offspring.

And your offspring shall be like the dust of the earth; and you shall spread westward and eastward and northward and southward; and in you shall be blessed all the clans of the earth — and in your offspring.

And behold, I am with you, and I shall keep you wherever you walk; and I shall bring you back to this land — I shall not leave you until I have done for you what I have spoken to you.'

And Jacob awoke from his sleep, and said: 'Behold — the light of God is in this place, and I did not know.'

And he was afraid, and said: 'How awesome is this place! And this is none but the house of God, and this is the gate of the sky.'

And Jacob rose early in the morning, and took the stone which he had made a pillow, and set it up as a pillar; and he poured oil upon its top.

And he named that place Beth-El; and the name of the town had been Luz at first.

And Jacob vowed a vow, and said: 'If God shall be with me, and keep me in this way which I am going, and grant me bread to eat and a garment to wear,

and I return in peace to my father's house — then God shall be my Patron;

and this stone, which I have set up as a pillar, shall be for me the house of God; and of all that You grant me, I shall tithe to You.'