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class="outlineItem" href="/en/wol/b/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/1/28#h=236:429-238:0"><span class="altsize">13-15</span></a><span class="altsize">)</span></p></li></ul></li></ul></li></ul></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="1-28-1" data-section-citation="001028001001028001"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Genesis 28:1</span></h3><div class="group marginal"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Marginal References</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/1/28/691" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-692"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ge 24:34, 37; Ex 34:15, 16; 1Ki 11:1-3; 2Co 6:14</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-692" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-692" class="extract"></div></div></li></ul></div><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-rsg" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Research Guide</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p1496" data-pid="1496" class="se"></p> <div id="p1497" data-pid="1497"><p data-pid="1497" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204390/1766/0"><em>The Watchtower,</em></a></p><p data-pid="1497" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204390/1766/0">7/15/1995, p. 13</a></p> </div><p id="p1498" data-pid="1498" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204390/1767/0"><em>“All Scripture,”</em> p. 18</a></p> <p id="p1499" data-pid="1499" class="se"></p> </span></li><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p435" data-pid="435" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270001/433/0">w95 7/15 13;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270001/433/2"> si 18;</a></p> <p id="p436" data-pid="436" class="sx"></p> <p id="p539" data-pid="539" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020001/537/0">w73 497;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020001/537/2"> w52 190</a></p> <p id="p540" data-pid="540" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="1-28-2" data-section-citation="001028002001028002"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Genesis 28:2</span></h3><div class="group marginal"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Marginal References</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/1/28/692" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-693"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ge 29:16</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-693" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-693" class="extract"></div></div></li></ul></div><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p540" data-pid="540" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020001/538/0">w62 752;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020001/538/1"> w52 190</a></p> <p id="p541" data-pid="541" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="1-28-3" data-section-citation="001028003001028003"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Genesis 28:3</span></h3><div class="group marginal"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Marginal References</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/1/28/693" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-694"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ge 17:5; 46:15, 19; 1Ch 2:1, 2</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-694" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-694" class="extract"></div></div></li></ul></div><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p541" data-pid="541" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020001/539/0">w73 497;</a><span class="ni"> ns 76,</span><span class="ni"> 92</span></p> <p id="p542" data-pid="542" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="1-28-4" data-section-citation="001028004001028004"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Genesis 28:4</span></h3><div class="group footnote"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Footnotes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item footnote" data-extract-id="verseFootnote-205"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">*</span></span><span class="scalableui"><p id="p672" data-pid="672">Lit., “seed.”</p> </span></li></ul></div><div class="group marginal"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Marginal References</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/1/28/694" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-695"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ge 12:2, 3</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-695" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-695" class="extract"></div></div></li><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/1/28/695" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-696"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ge 12:7; 15:13; 17:1, 8; Heb 11:9</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-696" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-696" class="extract"></div></div></li></ul></div><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p542" data-pid="542" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020001/540/0">w73 497</a></p> <p id="p543" data-pid="543" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="1-28-5" data-section-citation="001028005001028005"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Genesis 28:5</span></h3><div class="group marginal"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Marginal References</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/1/28/696" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-697"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ge 25:20</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-697" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-697" class="extract"></div></div></li><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/1/28/697" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-698"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ge 24:29</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-698" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-698" class="extract"></div></div></li></ul></div><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p543" data-pid="543" class="sx"><span class="ni">im 53;</span><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020001/541/1"> w64 575</a></p> <p id="p544" data-pid="544" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="1-28-6" data-section-citation="001028006001028006"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Genesis 28:6</span></h3><div class="group marginal"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Marginal References</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/1/28/698" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-699"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ge 28:1; 2Co 6:14</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-699" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-699" class="extract"></div></div></li></ul></div><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-rsg" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Research Guide</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p1499" data-pid="1499" class="se"></p> <p id="p1500" data-pid="1500" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204390/1768/0"><em>“All Scripture,”</em> p. 18</a></p> <p id="p1501" data-pid="1501" class="se"></p> </span></li><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p436" data-pid="436" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270001/434/0">si 18</a></p> <p id="p437" data-pid="437" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="1-28-7" data-section-citation="001028007001028007"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Genesis 28:7</span></h3><div class="group marginal"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Marginal References</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/1/28/699" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-700"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ge 27:43</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-700" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-700" class="extract"></div></div></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="1-28-8" data-section-citation="001028008001028008"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Genesis 28:8</span></h3><div class="group marginal"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Marginal References</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/1/28/700" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-701"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ge 27:46</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-701" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-701" class="extract"></div></div></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="1-28-9" data-section-citation="001028009001028009"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Genesis 28:9</span></h3><div class="group marginal"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Marginal References</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/1/28/701" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-702"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ge 36:2, 3</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-702" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-702" class="extract"></div></div></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="1-28-10" data-section-citation="001028010001028010"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Genesis 28:10</span></h3><div class="group marginal"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Marginal References</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/1/28/702" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-703"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ge 11:31; 27:43</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-703" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-703" class="extract"></div></div></li></ul></div><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-rsg" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Research Guide</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p1501" data-pid="1501" class="se"></p> <p id="p1502" data-pid="1502" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204390/1769/0"><em>Insight,</em> Volume 1<em>,</em> pp. 529,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204390/1770/0"> 1243</a></p> <p id="p1503" data-pid="1503" class="se"></p> </span></li><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p437" data-pid="437" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270001/435/0">it-1 529,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270001/435/2"> 1243;</a></p> <p id="p438" data-pid="438" class="sx"></p> <p id="p544" data-pid="544" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020001/542/0">ad 103,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020001/542/1"> 207,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020001/542/2"> 862</a></p> <p id="p545" data-pid="545" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="1-28-11" data-section-citation="001028011001028011"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Genesis 28:11</span></h3><div class="group marginal"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Marginal References</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/1/28/703" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-704"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ge 28:18, 19</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-704" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-704" class="extract"></div></div></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="1-28-12" data-section-citation="001028012001028012"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Genesis 28:12</span></h3><div class="group footnote"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Footnotes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item footnote" data-extract-id="verseFootnote-206"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">*</span></span><span class="scalableui"><p id="p673" data-pid="673">Or “ladder.”</p> </span></li></ul></div><div class="group marginal"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Marginal References</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/1/28/704" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-705"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Joh 1:51; Heb 1:7, 14</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-705" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-705" class="extract"></div></div></li></ul></div><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-rsg" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Research Guide</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p1503" data-pid="1503" class="se"></p> <p id="p1504" data-pid="1504" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204390/1771/0"><em>Insight,</em> Volume 1<em>,</em> p. 650</a></p> <p id="p1505" data-pid="1505" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204390/1772/0"><em>Insight,</em> Volume 2<em>,</em> p. 189</a></p> <div id="p1506" data-pid="1506"><p data-pid="1506" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204390/1773/0"><em>The Watchtower,</em></a></p><p data-pid="1506" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204390/1773/0">1/15/2004, p. 28</a></p><p data-pid="1506" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204390/1774/0">10/15/2003, pp. 28-29</a></p> </div><p id="p1507" data-pid="1507" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204390/1775/0"><em>“All Scripture,”</em> p. 18</a></p> <p id="p1508" data-pid="1508" class="se"></p> </span></li><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p438" data-pid="438" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270001/436/0">it-1 650;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270001/436/2"> it-2 189;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270001/436/4"> w04 1/15 28;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270001/436/6"> w03 10/15 28-29;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270001/436/8"> si 18;</a></p> <p id="p439" data-pid="439" class="sx"></p> <p id="p545" data-pid="545" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020001/543/0">w83 6/15 25;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020001/543/2"> ad 1019;</a><span class="ni"> ns 76;</span><span class="ni"> w43 239</span></p> <p id="p546" data-pid="546" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="1-28-13" data-section-citation="001028013001028013"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Genesis 28:13</span></h3><div class="group footnote"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Footnotes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item footnote" data-extract-id="verseFootnote-207"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">*</span></span><span class="scalableui"><p id="p674" data-pid="674">Lit., “seed.”</p> </span></li></ul></div><div class="group marginal"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Marginal References</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/1/28/705" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-706"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ge 26:24, 25</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-706" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-706" class="extract"></div></div></li><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/1/28/706" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-707"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ge 12:7; 28:4; Ps 105:9-11</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-707" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-707" class="extract"></div></div></li></ul></div><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p546" data-pid="546" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020001/544/0">w62 362;</a><span class="ni"> ns 76;</span><span class="ni"> w47 85;</span><span class="ni"> w43 239</span></p> <p id="p547" data-pid="547" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="1-28-14" data-section-citation="001028014001028014"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Genesis 28:14</span></h3><div class="group footnote"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Footnotes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item footnote" data-extract-id="verseFootnote-208"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">*</span></span><span class="scalableui"><p id="p675" data-pid="675">Lit., “seed.”</p> </span></li><li class="item footnote" data-extract-id="verseFootnote-209"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">*</span></span><span class="scalableui"><p id="p676" data-pid="676">Lit., “seed.”</p> </span></li><li class="item footnote" data-extract-id="verseFootnote-210"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">*</span></span><span class="scalableui"><p id="p677" data-pid="677">Or “will obtain a blessing for themselves.”</p> </span></li></ul></div><div class="group marginal"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Marginal References</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/1/28/707" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-708"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ge 13:14, 16; 1Ki 4:20</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-708" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-708" class="extract"></div></div></li><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/1/28/708" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-709"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ge 18:18; 22:15, 18</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-709" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-709" class="extract"></div></div></li></ul></div><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p547" data-pid="547" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020001/545/0">po 95;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020001/545/3"> w65 655;</a><span class="ni"> im 192;</span><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020001/545/5"> w62 201,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020001/545/6"> 362;</a><span class="ni"> ns 76;</span><span class="ni"> na46 13</span></p> <p id="p548" data-pid="548" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="1-28-15" data-section-citation="001028015001028015"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Genesis 28:15</span></h3><div class="group marginal"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Marginal References</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/1/28/709" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-710"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ge 35:6</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-710" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-710" class="extract"></div></div></li><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/1/28/710" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-711"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ge 31:3; Nu 23:19; Jos 23:14; Heb 6:18</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-711" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-711" class="extract"></div></div></li></ul></div><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-rsg" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Research Guide</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p1508" data-pid="1508" class="se"></p> <div id="p1509" data-pid="1509"><p data-pid="1509" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204390/1776/0"><em>The Watchtower,</em></a></p><p data-pid="1509" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204390/1776/0">3/15/2013, p. 21</a></p> </div><p id="p1510" data-pid="1510" class="se"></p> </span></li><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p439" data-pid="439" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270001/437/0">w13 3/15 21</a></p> <p id="p440" data-pid="440" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="1-28-17" data-section-citation="001028017001028017"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Genesis 28:17</span></h3><div class="group marginal"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Marginal References</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/1/28/711" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-712"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ps 47:2</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-712" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-712" class="extract"></div></div></li><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/1/28/712" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-713"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ge 35:1</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-713" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-713" class="extract"></div></div></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="1-28-18" data-section-citation="001028018001028018"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Genesis 28:18</span></h3><div class="group marginal"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Marginal References</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/1/28/713" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-714"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ge 31:13</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-714" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-714" class="extract"></div></div></li></ul></div><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-rsg" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Research Guide</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p1510" data-pid="1510" class="se"></p> <p id="p1511" data-pid="1511" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204390/1777/0"><em>Insight,</em> Volume 1<em>,</em> p. 113</a></p> <p id="p1512" data-pid="1512" class="se"></p> </span></li><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p440" data-pid="440" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270001/438/0">it-1 113</a></p> <p id="p441" data-pid="441" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="1-28-19" data-section-citation="001028019001028019"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Genesis 28:19</span></h3><div class="group footnote"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Footnotes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item footnote" data-extract-id="verseFootnote-211"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">*</span></span><span class="scalableui"><p id="p678" data-pid="678">Meaning “House of God.”</p> </span></li></ul></div><div class="group marginal"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Marginal References</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/1/28/714" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-715"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ge 35:6; Jos 16:1, 2</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-715" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-715" class="extract"></div></div></li></ul></div><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-rsg" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Research Guide</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p1512" data-pid="1512" class="se"></p> <p id="p1513" data-pid="1513" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204390/1778/0"><em>Insight,</em> Volume 1<em>,</em> pp. 529-530</a></p> <p id="p1514" data-pid="1514" class="se"></p> </span></li><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p441" data-pid="441" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270001/439/0">it-1 529-530;</a></p> <p id="p442" data-pid="442" class="sx"></p> <p id="p548" data-pid="548" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020001/546/0">ad 82,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020001/546/1"> 220,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020001/546/2"> 862,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020001/546/3"> 1087</a></p> <p id="p549" data-pid="549" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="1-28-20" data-section-citation="001028020001028020"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Genesis 28:20</span></h3><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p549" data-pid="549" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020001/547/0">g74 1/8 27</a></p> <p id="p550" data-pid="550" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="1-28-22" data-section-citation="001028022001028022"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Genesis 28:22</span></h3><div class="group marginal"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Marginal References</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/1/28/715" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-716"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ge 35:1</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-716" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-716" class="extract"></div></div></li></ul></div><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-rsg" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Research Guide</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p1514" data-pid="1514" class="se"></p> <p id="p1515" data-pid="1515" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204390/1779/0"><em>Bible Questions Answered,</em> article 170</a></p> <p id="p1516" data-pid="1516" class="se"></p> </span></li><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p442" data-pid="442" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270001/440/0">ijwbq article 170;</a></p> <p id="p443" data-pid="443" class="sx"></p> <p id="p550" data-pid="550" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020001/548/0">g74 1/8 27;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020001/548/2"> w55 150</a></p> <p id="p551" data-pid="551" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div> </div> <div id="studyParallel" class="studyPane tabContent"> <div class="section"> <h3 class="title">Parallel Translations</h3> <div class="helpText">Click a verse number to display parallel Bible verses.</div> <div class="parallel"> <div class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div> <div class="extract"></div> </div> </div> </div> <div id="studyMarginals" class="studyPane tabContent"> <div class="section marginalsGeneral"><h3 class="title"><span class="sectionIcon"></span><span class="scalableui">General</span></h3><div class="content categorizedMarginal"><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/1/28/691/1" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-692-1"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">Gen. 28:1</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ge 24:34, 37; Ex 34:15, 16; 1Ki 11:1-3; 2Co 6:14</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-692-1" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-692-1" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/1/28/692/1" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-693-1"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">Gen. 28:2</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ge 29:16</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-693-1" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-693-1" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/1/28/693/1" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-694-1"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">Gen. 28:3</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ge 17:5; 46:15, 19; 1Ch 2:1, 2</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-694-1" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-694-1" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/1/28/694/1" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-695-1"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">Gen. 28:4</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ge 12:2, 3</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-695-1" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-695-1" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/1/28/695/1" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-696-1"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">Gen. 28:4</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ge 12:7; 15:13; 17:1, 8; Heb 11:9</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-696-1" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-696-1" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/1/28/696/1" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-697-1"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">Gen. 28:5</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ge 25:20</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-697-1" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-697-1" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/1/28/697/1" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-698-1"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">Gen. 28:5</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ge 24:29</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-698-1" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-698-1" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/1/28/698/1" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-699-1"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">Gen. 28:6</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ge 28:1; 2Co 6:14</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-699-1" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-699-1" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/1/28/699/1" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-700-1"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">Gen. 28:7</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ge 27:43</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-700-1" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-700-1" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/1/28/700/1" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-701-1"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">Gen. 28:8</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ge 27:46</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-701-1" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-701-1" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/1/28/701/1" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-702-1"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">Gen. 28:9</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ge 36:2, 3</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-702-1" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-702-1" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/1/28/702/1" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-703-1"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">Gen. 28:10</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ge 11:31; 27:43</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-703-1" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-703-1" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/1/28/703/1" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-704-1"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">Gen. 28:11</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ge 28:18, 19</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-704-1" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-704-1" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/1/28/704/1" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-705-1"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">Gen. 28:12</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Joh 1:51; Heb 1:7, 14</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-705-1" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-705-1" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/1/28/705/1" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-706-1"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">Gen. 28:13</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ge 26:24, 25</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-706-1" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-706-1" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/1/28/706/1" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-707-1"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">Gen. 28:13</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ge 12:7; 28:4; Ps 105:9-11</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-707-1" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-707-1" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/1/28/707/1" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-708-1"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">Gen. 28:14</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ge 13:14, 16; 1Ki 4:20</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-708-1" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-708-1" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/1/28/708/1" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-709-1"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">Gen. 28:14</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ge 18:18; 22:15, 18</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-709-1" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-709-1" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/1/28/709/1" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-710-1"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">Gen. 28:15</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ge 35:6</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-710-1" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-710-1" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/1/28/710/1" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-711-1"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">Gen. 28:15</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ge 31:3; Nu 23:19; Jos 23:14; Heb 6:18</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-711-1" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-711-1" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/1/28/711/1" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-712-1"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">Gen. 28:17</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ps 47:2</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-712-1" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-712-1" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/1/28/712/1" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-713-1"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">Gen. 28:17</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ge 35:1</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-713-1" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-713-1" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/1/28/713/1" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-714-1"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">Gen. 28:18</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ge 31:13</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-714-1" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-714-1" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/1/28/714/1" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-715-1"><div 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and blessed him and commanded him, saying: “You must not take a wife from the daughters of Caʹnaan.<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070105/691" data-bid="692-1" class="b">+</a> </span><span id="v1-28-2-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070105/775" class="vl vx vp">2 </a>Go away to Padʹdan-aʹram to the house of Be·thuʹel, your mother’s father, and from there take for yourself a wife from the daughters of Laʹban,<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070105/692" data-bid="693-1" class="b">+</a> your mother’s brother. </span><span id="v1-28-3-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070105/776" class="vl vx vp">3 </a>God Almighty will bless you and make you fruitful and multiply you, and you will certainly become a congregation of peoples.<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070105/693" data-bid="694-1" class="b">+</a> </span><span id="v1-28-4-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070105/777" class="vl vx vp">4 </a>And he will give to you the blessing of Abraham,<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070105/694" data-bid="695-1" class="b">+</a> to you and to your offspring<a id="footnotesource205" data-fnid="205" class="fn" href="/en/wol/fn/r1/lp-e/1001070105/204">*</a> with you, so that you may take possession of the land where you have been living as a foreigner, which God has given to Abraham.”<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070105/695" data-bid="696-1" class="b">+</a></span></p> <p id="p234" data-pid="234" class="sb"><span id="v1-28-5-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070105/778" class="vl vx vp">5 </a>So Isaac sent Jacob away, and he departed for Padʹdan-aʹram, to Laʹban the son of Be·thuʹel the A·ra·maeʹan,<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070105/696" data-bid="697-1" class="b">+</a> the brother of Re·bekʹah,<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070105/697" data-bid="698-1" class="b">+</a> the mother of Jacob and Eʹsau.</span></p> <p id="p235" data-pid="235" class="sb"><span id="v1-28-6-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070105/779" class="vl vx vp">6 </a>Eʹsau saw that Isaac had blessed Jacob and had sent him away to Padʹdan-aʹram to take a wife from there and that when he blessed him, he commanded him, “Do not take a wife from the daughters of Caʹnaan,”<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070105/698" data-bid="699-1" class="b">+</a> </span><span id="v1-28-7-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070105/780" class="vl vp">7 </a>and that Jacob obeyed his father and his mother and departed for Padʹdan-aʹram.<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070105/699" data-bid="700-1" class="b">+</a> </span><span id="v1-28-8-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070105/781" class="vl vp">8 </a>Eʹsau then realized that the daughters of Caʹnaan were displeasing to his father Isaac,<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070105/700" data-bid="701-1" class="b">+</a> </span><span id="v1-28-9-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070105/782" class="vl vp">9 </a>so Eʹsau went to Ishʹma·el and took as wife Maʹha·lath the daughter of Abraham’s son Ishʹma·el, the sister of Ne·baʹioth, in addition to the other wives he already had.<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070105/701" data-bid="702-1" class="b">+</a></span></p> <p id="p236" data-pid="236" class="sb"><span id="v1-28-10-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070105/783" class="vl vx vp">10 </a>Jacob departed from Beʹer-sheʹba and kept going toward Haʹran.<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070105/702" data-bid="703-1" class="b">+</a> </span><span id="v1-28-11-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070105/784" class="vl vp">11 </a>In time he came to a place and prepared to spend the night there because the sun had set. So he took one of the stones of that place and set it to rest his head on and lay down there.<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070105/703" data-bid="704-1" class="b">+</a> </span><span id="v1-28-12-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070105/785" class="vl vx vp">12 </a>Then he had a dream, and look! there was a stairway<a id="footnotesource206" data-fnid="206" class="fn" href="/en/wol/fn/r1/lp-e/1001070105/205">*</a> set on the earth, and its top reached up to the heavens; and there were God’s angels ascending and descending on it.<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070105/704" data-bid="705-1" class="b">+</a> </span><span id="v1-28-13-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070105/786" class="vl vx vp">13 </a>And look! there was Jehovah stationed above it, and he said:</span></p> <p id="p237" data-pid="237" class="sb"><span id="v1-28-13-2" class="v">“I am Jehovah the God of Abraham your father and the God of Isaac.<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070105/705" data-bid="706-1" class="b">+</a> The land on which you are lying, to you I am going to give it and to your offspring.<a id="footnotesource207" data-fnid="207" class="fn pr" href="/en/wol/fn/r1/lp-e/1001070105/206">*</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070105/706" data-bid="707-1" class="b">+</a> </span><span id="v1-28-14-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070105/787" class="vl vx vp">14 </a>And your offspring<a id="footnotesource208" data-fnid="208" class="fn" href="/en/wol/fn/r1/lp-e/1001070105/207">*</a> will certainly become like the dust particles of the earth,<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070105/707" data-bid="708-1" class="b">+</a> and you will spread abroad to the west and to the east and to the north and to the south, and by means of you and by means of your offspring<a id="footnotesource209" data-fnid="209" class="fn" href="/en/wol/fn/r1/lp-e/1001070105/208">*</a> all the families of the ground will certainly be blessed.<a id="footnotesource210" data-fnid="210" class="fn pr" href="/en/wol/fn/r1/lp-e/1001070105/209">*</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070105/708" data-bid="709-1" class="b">+</a> </span><span id="v1-28-15-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070105/788" class="vl vx vp">15 </a>I am with you, and I will safeguard you wherever you go, and I will return you to this land.<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070105/709" data-bid="710-1" class="b">+</a> I will not leave you until I have done what I have promised you.”<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070105/710" data-bid="711-1" class="b">+</a></span></p> <p id="p238" data-pid="238" class="sb"><span id="v1-28-16-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070105/789" class="vl vp">16 </a>Then Jacob awoke from his sleep and said: “Truly Jehovah is in this place, and I did not know it.” </span><span id="v1-28-17-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070105/790" class="vl vp">17 </a>And he grew fearful and added: “How awe-inspiring this place is! This can only be the house of God,<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070105/711" data-bid="712-1" class="b">+</a> and this is the gate of the heavens.”<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070105/712" data-bid="713-1" class="b">+</a> </span><span id="v1-28-18-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070105/791" class="vl vx vp">18 </a>So Jacob got up early in the morning and took the stone on which he had rested his head and set it up as a pillar and poured oil on top of it.<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070105/713" data-bid="714-1" class="b">+</a> </span><span id="v1-28-19-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070105/792" class="vl vx vp">19 </a>So he named that place Bethʹel,<a id="footnotesource211" data-fnid="211" class="fn" href="/en/wol/fn/r1/lp-e/1001070105/210">*</a> but previously the city’s name was Luz.<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070105/714" data-bid="715-1" class="b">+</a></span></p> <p id="p239" data-pid="239" class="sb"><span id="v1-28-20-1" class="v"><a 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