¹ Yitschaq (Isaac) called Yaakov (Jacob), blessed him, and gave him instructions, saying: "Yourself must not marry a woman from the daughters of <span class="ytc-term" data-term="Kena'an" title="Means 'lowland' or 'merchant.' Son of <span class="ytc-term" data-term="Cham" title="Means 'hot' or 'burnt.' The second son of Nuach (Noah). Father of Kush (Ethiopia/Africa), Mitsrayim (Egypt), Phut (Libya/North Africa), and Kena'an. Ancestor...">Cham, grandson of Nuach. Ancestor of the Canaanite nations who occupied the land promised to Yashar'el. Pronounced: Keh...">Kena'an (Canaan)." ² Get up and go to Paddan Aram (Paddan Aram) to the house of Bethuel (Bethuel), yourself's mother's father. Marry a woman from there, one of the daughters of Laban (Laban), yourself's mother's brother. ³ May El Shaddai (The Almighty) bless yourself, make yourself fruitful, and multiply yourself's descendants so that yourself may become a community of peoples. ⁴ May he give yourself and yourself's descendants the blessing of Avraham (Abraham), so that yourself may inherit the land where yourself are now a stranger—the land Yahuah (Yah) gave to Avraham. ⁵ Then Yitschaq sent Yaakov away. He went to Paddan Aram to Laban, the son of Bethuel the Aramiy (Aramean) and the brother of Rivqah (Rebekah), who was the mother of Yaakov and Esau (Esau). ⁶ Esau saw that Yitschaq had blessed Yaakov and sent him to Paddan Aram to find a wife. He also saw that as Yitschaq blessed him, he gave him a command, saying: "Yourself must not marry a woman from the daughters of <span class="ytc-term" data-term="Kena'an" title="Means 'lowland' or 'merchant.' Son of <span class="ytc-term" data-term="Cham" title="Means 'hot' or 'burnt.' The second son of Nuach (Noah). Father of Kush (Ethiopia/Africa), Mitsrayim (Egypt), Phut (Libya/North Africa), and Kena'an. Ancestor...">Cham, grandson of Nuach. Ancestor of the Canaanite nations who occupied the land promised to Yashar'el. Pronounced: Keh...">Kena'an." ⁷ He saw that Yaakov had listened to his father and mother and had gone to Paddan Aram. ⁸ Esau realized that the daughters of <span class="ytc-term" data-term="Kena'an" title="Means 'lowland' or 'merchant.' Son of <span class="ytc-term" data-term="Cham" title="Means 'hot' or 'burnt.' The second son of Nuach (Noah). Father of Kush (Ethiopia/Africa), Mitsrayim (Egypt), Phut (Libya/North Africa), and Kena'an. Ancestor...">Cham, grandson of Nuach. Ancestor of the Canaanite nations who occupied the land promised to Yashar'el. Pronounced: Keh...">Kena'an didn't please his father, Yitschaq. ⁹ So Esau went to Yishma'el (Ishmael) and married Mahalath (Mahalath), in addition to the wives he already had. She was the daughter of Yishma'el, Avraham's son, and the sister of Nevayoth (Nebaioth). ¹⁰ Yaakov left Be'er-Shaba (Beersheba) and traveled toward Charan (Haran). ¹¹ He reached a certain place and stayed there for the night because the sun had set. He took one of the stones from that place, put it under his head, and lay down there to sleep. ¹² He had a dream: he saw a ladder set up on the earth with its top reaching to heaven, and look, the malak (messengers) of Yahuah (Yah) were going up and down it. ¹³ Look, Yahuah (Yah) stood beside him and said: "I am Yahuah, the Yahuah (Yah) of yourself's father Avraham and the Yahuah (Yah) of Yitschaq. I will give the land yourself are lying on to yourself and yourself's descendants. ¹⁴ Yourself's descendants will be like the dust of the earth, and yourself will spread out to the west, the east, the north, and the south. All the families of the earth will be blessed through yourself and yourself's offspring. ¹⁵ Look, I'm with yourself and will protect yourself wherever yourself goes. I'll bring yourself back to this land; I won't leave yourself until I've done everything I promised yourself." ¹⁶ When Yaakov woke up from his sleep, he said: "Surely Yahuah (Yah) is in this place, and I didn't even know it!" ¹⁷ He was afraid and said: "This place is so awe-inspiring! This is nothing less than the house of Yahuah (Yah); this is the gate of heaven."