Genesis 28:2-4

Expanded Bible

² ·Go [^LGet up and go] to the house of Bethuel, your mother’s father, in ·northwestern Mesopotamia [^LPaddan-aram; 25:20]. Laban, your mother’s brother, lives there. Marry one of his daughters. ³ May God Almighty bless you and ·give you many children [^Lmake you fruitful and multiply you; 1:22], and may you become a ·group [assembly; congregation; company] of many peoples. ⁴ May he give you and your ·descendants [^Lseed] the blessing of Abraham so that you may ·own [possess] the land ·where you are now living as a stranger [^Lof your wandering/sojourn/alien status], the land God gave to Abraham.”