Genesis 28
Study sheet, King James Version, with the original-language words this chapter turns on.
The text
1And Isaac called Jacob, and blessed him, and charged him, and said unto him, Thou shalt not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan.
2Arise, 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.
3And God Almighty bless thee, and make thee fruitful, and multiply thee, that thou mayest be a multitude of people;
4And 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.
5And 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.
6When 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;
7And that Jacob obeyed his father and his mother, and was gone to Padanaram;
8And Esau seeing that the daughters of Canaan pleased not Isaac his father;
9Then 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.
10And Jacob went out from Beersheba, and went toward Haran.
11And 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.
12And 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.
13And, 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;
14And 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.
15And, 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.
16And Jacob awaked out of his sleep, and he said, Surely the LORD is in this place; and I knew it not.
17And 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.
18And 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.
19And he called the name of that place Bethel: but the name of that city was called Luz at the first.
20And 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,
21So that I come again to my father's house in peace; then shall the LORD be my God:
22And 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.
Words in this chapter
Definitions are Strong's own wording from his Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Counts are how often each word appears in this chapter, from the tagged text.
- אֵתʼêthH85313× in this chapter
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
- יַעֲקֹבYaʻăqôbH32909× in this chapter
Jaakob, the Israelitish patriarch
- אֲשֶׁרʼăsherH8349× in this chapter
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.
- אֱלֹהִיםʼĕlôhîymH4308× in this chapter
gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative
- הָלַךְhâlakH19807× in this chapter
to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)
- לָקַחlâqachH39477× in this chapter
to take (in the widest variety of applications)
- אֵלʼêlH4137× in this chapter
near, with or among; often in general, to
- מָקוֹםmâqôwmH47256× in this chapter
properly, a standing, i.e. a spot; but used widely of a locality (general or specific); also (figuratively) of a condition (of body or mind)
- אָמַרʼâmarH5596× in this chapter
to say (used with great latitude)
- אִשָּׁהʼishshâhH8026× in this chapter
a woman
- אָבʼâbH15× in this chapter
father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application
- בָרַךְbârakH12885× in this chapter
to kneel; by implication to bless God (as an act of adoration), and (vice-versa) man (as a benefit); also (by euphemism) to curse (God or the king, as treason)
- בַּתbathH13235× in this chapter
a daughter (used in the same wide sense as other terms of relationship, literally and figuratively)
- הָיָהhâyâhH19615× in this chapter
to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
- זֶהzehH20885× in this chapter
the masculine demonstrative pronoun, this or that
- יִצְחָקYitschâqH33275× in this chapter
Jitschak (or Isaac), son of Abraham
- כִּיkîyH35885× in this chapter
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
- נָתַןnâthanH54145× in this chapter
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
- עַלʻalH59215× in this chapter
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
- בַּיִתbayithH10044× in this chapter
a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
- הִנֵּהhinnêhH20094× in this chapter
lo!
- זֶרַעzeraʻH22334× in this chapter
seed; figuratively, fruit, plant, sowing-time, posterity
- יְהֹוָהYᵉhôvâhH30684× in this chapter
Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
- לֹאlôʼH38084× in this chapter
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
- אֵםʼêmH5174× in this chapter
a mother (as the bond of the family); in a wide sense (both literally and figuratively (like father))
- עֵשָׂוʻÊsâvH62154× in this chapter
Esav, a son of Isaac, including his posterity
- פַּדָּןPaddânH63074× in this chapter
Paddan or Paddan-Aram, a region of Syria
- אֲרָםʼĂrâmH7584× in this chapter
Aram or Syria, and its inhabitants; also the name of the son of Shem, a grandson of Nahor, and of an Israelite
- אֶרֶץʼeretsH7764× in this chapter
the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
- שׂוּםsûwmH77604× in this chapter
to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)
- אַבְרָהָםʼAbrâhâmH854× in this chapter
Abraham, the later name of Abram
- כֹּלkôlH36053× in this chapter
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
- כְּנַעַןKᵉnaʻanH36673× in this chapter
Kenaan, a son a Ham; also the country inhabited by him
- אִםʼimH5183× in this chapter
used very widely as demonstrative, lo!; interrogative, whether?; or conditional, if, although; also Oh that!, when; hence, as a negative, not
- אָנֹכִיʼânôkîyH5953× in this chapter
I
- אֶבֶןʼebenH683× in this chapter
a stone
- שָׁםshâmH80333× in this chapter
there (transferring to time) then; often thither, or thence
- בֵּית־אֵלBêyth-ʼÊlH10082× in this chapter
Beth-El, a place in Palestine
- בֵּןbênH11212× in this chapter
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.)
- אֲדָמָהʼădâmâhH1272× in this chapter
soil (from its general redness)