Bible Verses About Jacob: God confirms the covenant of Abraham to

And behold, the Lord stoode aboue it, and sayd, I am the Lord God of Abraham thy father, and the God of Izhak: the land, vpon the which thou sleepest, wil I giue thee and thy seede.

And thy seede 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 seede shall all the families of the earth be blessed.

And lo, I am with thee, and wil keepe thee whithersoeuer thou goest, and will bring thee againe into this lande: for I will not forsake thee vntill I haue performed that, that I haue promised thee.

Then Iaakob awoke out of his sleepe, and sayde, Surely the Lord is in this place, and I was not aware.

And he was afraid, and said, How fearefull is this place! this is none other but the house of God, and this is the gate of heauen.

Then Iaakob rose vp early in the morning, and tooke the stone that hee had layde vnder his head, and set it vp as a pillar, and powred oyle vpon the top of it.

And he called ye name of that place Bethel: notwithstanding the name of the citie was at the first called Luz.

Then Iaakob vowed a vowe, saying, If God will be with me, and will keepe me in this iourney which I go, and wil giue me bread to eate, and clothes to put on:

So that I come againe vnto my fathers house in safetie, then shall the Lord be my God.

And this stone, which I haue set vp as a pillar, shall be Gods house: and of all that thou shalt giue me, wil I giue the tenth vnto thee.

Againe God appeared vnto Iaakob, after he came out of Padan Aram, and blessed him.

Moreouer God said vnto him, Thy name is Iaakob: thy name shalbe no more called Iaakob, but Israel shalbe thy name: and hee called his name Israel.

Againe God said vnto him, I am God all sufficient. growe, and multiplie. a nation and a multitude of nations shall spring of thee, and Kings shall come out of thy loynes.

Also I will giue the lande, which I gaue to Abraham and Izhak, vnto thee: and vnto thy seede after thee will I giue that land.

So God ascended from him in the place where he had talked with him.

And Iaakob set vp a pillar in the place where he talked with him, a pillar of stone, and powred drinke offring thereon: also hee powred oyle thereon.

And Iaakob called the name of the place, where God spake with him, Beth-el.

O seede of Israel his seruant, O the children of Iaakob his chosen.

He is the Lord our God: his iudgements are throughout all the earth.

Remember his couenant for euer, and the worde, which hee commanded to a thousand generations:

Which he made with Abraham, and his othe to Izhak:

And hath confirmed it to Iaakob for a Law, and to Israel for an euerlasting couenant,

Saying, To thee will I giue the land of Canaan, the lot of your inheritance.