e-Ministries   
   by Jon Justvig   
   June 26, 2014   
          
   Issue #: 33   
      
   Let us open our Bible to Genesis chapter 28 starting in verse 1   
      
   Gen 28:1  And Isaac called Jacob, and blessed him, and charged him, and said   
   unto him, Thou shalt not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan.  Gen 28:2    
   Arise, go to Padanaram, to the house of Bethuel thy mother's father; and take   
   thee a wife from thence of the daughters of Laban thy mother's brother.    
   Gen 28:3  And God Almighty bless thee, and make thee fruitful, and multiply   
   thee, that thou mayest be a multitude of people;    
      
   The same blessing that Abraham received, the blessing to be fruitful and   
   multiply.  We see that the ascendants since Abraham has God's favor and   
   blessing.   
      
   Gen 28:4  And give thee the blessing of Abraham, to thee, and to thy seed with   
   thee; that thou mayest inherit the land wherein thou art a stranger, which God   
   gave unto Abraham.    
   Gen 28:5  And Isaac sent away Jacob: and he went to Padanaram unto Laban, son   
   of Bethuel the Syrian, the brother of Rebekah, Jacob's and Esau's mother.  Gen   
   28:6  When Esau saw that Isaac had blessed Jacob, and sent him away to   
   Padanaram, to take him a wife from thence; and that as he blessed him he gave   
   him a charge, saying, Thou shalt not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan;    
   Gen 28:7  And that Jacob obeyed his father and his mother, and was gone to   
   Padanaram;    
   Gen 28:8  And Esau seeing that the daughters of Canaan pleased not Isaac his   
   father;    
   Gen 28:9  Then went Esau unto Ishmael, and took unto the wives which he had   
   Mahalath the daughter of Ishmael Abraham's son, the sister of Nebajoth, to be   
   his wife.    
   Gen 28:10  And Jacob went out from Beersheba, and went toward Haran.  Gen   
   28:11  And he lighted upon a certain place, and tarried there all night,   
   because the sun was set; and he took of the stones of that place, and put them   
   for his pillows, and lay down in that place to sleep.  Gen 28:12  And he   
   dreamed, and behold a ladder set up on the earth, and the top of it reached to   
   heaven: and behold the angels of God ascending and descending on it.    
      
   This is a place where man fell.  When man decided to try to build something to   
   reach heaven.  Jacob had a dream to build a ladder on earth to reach Heaven.   
      
   Gen 28:13  And, behold, the LORD stood above it, and said, I am the LORD God   
   of Abraham thy father, and the God of Isaac: the land whereon thou liest, to   
   thee will I give it, and to thy seed;    
   Gen 28:14  And thy seed shall be as the dust of the earth, and thou shalt   
   spread abroad 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.  Gen 28:15  And, 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 of.    
   Gen 28:16  And Jacob awaked out of his sleep, and he said, Surely the LORD is   
   in this place; and I knew it not.    
   Gen 28:17  And he was afraid, and said, How dreadful is this place! this is   
   none other but the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven.  Gen 28:18    
   And Jacob rose up early in the morning, and took the stone that he had put for   
   his pillows, and set it up for a pillar, and poured oil upon the top of it.    
   Gen 28:19  And he called the name of that place Bethel: but the name of that   
   city was called Luz at the first.    
   Gen 28:20  And Jacob vowed a vow, saying, If God will be with me, and will   
   keep me in this way that I go, and will give me bread to eat, and raiment to   
   put on,   
      
   Gen 28:21  So that I come again to my father's house in peace; then shall the   
   LORD be my God:    
   Gen 28:22  And this stone, which I have set for a pillar, shall be God's   
   house: and of all that thou shalt give me I will surely give the tenth unto   
   thee.    
      
   We'll continue to read scripture at a later date.  I hope you have enjoyed   
   this as I have enjoyed it.   
      
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