30 ^cAs soon as Isaac had finished blessing Jacob, when Jacob had scarcely gone out from the presence of Isaac his father, Esau his brother came in from his hunting. 31 He also prepared delicious food and brought it to his father. And he said to his father, “Let my father arise and eat of his son’s game, that you may bless me.” 32 His father Isaac said to him, “Who are you?” He answered, “I am your son, your firstborn, Esau.” 33 Then Isaac trembled very violently and said, “Who was it then that hunted game and brought it to me, and I ate it all before you came, and I have blessed him? Yes, and ^dhe shall be blessed.” 34 As soon as Esau heard the words of his father, he cried out with an exceedingly great and bitter cry and said to his father, “Bless me, even me also, O my father!” 35 But he said, “Your brother came ^edeceitfully, and he has taken away your blessing.” 36 Esau said, ^f“Is he not rightly named Jacob?¹ For he has cheated me these two times. ^gHe took away my birthright, and behold, now he has taken away my blessing.” Then he said, “Have you not reserved a blessing for me?” 37 Isaac answered and said to Esau, “Behold, I have made him lord over you, and all his brothers I have given to him for servants, and with grain and wine I have sustained him. What then can I do for you, my son?” 38 Esau said to his father, “Have you but one blessing, my father? Bless me, even me also, O my father.” And Esau lifted up his voice and wept.

39 Then Isaac his father answered and said to him:

41 Now Esau ⁱhated Jacob because of the blessing with which his father had blessed him, and Esau said to himself, “The days of mourning for my father are approaching; ^jthen I will ^kkill my brother Jacob.” 42 But the words of Esau her older son were told to Rebekah. So she sent and called Jacob her younger son and said to him, “Behold, your brother Esau comforts himself about you by planning to kill you. 43 Now therefore, my son, obey my voice. Arise, flee to Laban my brother in Haran 44 and stay with him a while, ^luntil your brother’s fury turns away— 45 until your brother’s anger turns away from you, and he forgets what you have done to him. Then I will send and bring you from there. ^mWhy should I be bereft of you both in one day?”

Jacob’s Dream

10 ^xJacob left Beersheba and went toward Haran. 11 And he came to a certain place and stayed there that night, ^ybecause the sun had set. Taking one of the stones of the place, he put it under his head and lay down in that place to sleep. 12 And he ^zdreamed, and behold, there was a ladder¹ set up on the earth, and the top of it reached to heaven. And behold, ^athe angels of God were ascending and descending on it! 13 And behold, ^bthe Lord stood above it² and said, ^c“I am the Lord, the God of Abraham your father and the God of Isaac. ^dThe land on which you lie I will give to you and ^eto your offspring. 14 Your offspring shall be like the ^fdust of the earth, and you shall ^gspread abroad ^hto the west and to the east and to the north and to the south, and ⁱin you and your offspring shall all the families of the earth be blessed. 15 Behold, ^jI am with you and will ^kkeep you wherever you go, and ^lwill bring you back to this land. For I will not ^mleave you until I have done what I have promised you.” 16 Then Jacob awoke from his sleep and said, “Surely the Lord is in this place, and I did not know it.” 17 And he was afraid and said, “How awesome is this place! This is none other than the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven.”

18 So early in the morning Jacob took the stone that he had put under his head and ⁿset it up for a pillar and poured oil on the top of it. 19 ^oHe called the name of that place Bethel,³ but the name of the city was Luz at the first. 20 Then Jacob ^pmade 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 clothing to wear, 21 so that I come again to my father’s house in peace, then ^qthe Lord shall be my God, 22 and this stone, which I have set up for a pillar, shall be God’s house. And of all that you give me I will ^rgive a full ^stenth to you.”

1 And he said to them, “Truly, I say to you, there are ⁱsome standing here who will not taste death until they see the kingdom of God after it has come with power.”

The Transfiguration

2 ^jAnd after six days Jesus took with him Peter and James and John, and led them up a high mountain by themselves. And ^khe was ^ltransfigured before them, 3 and his clothes became ^mradiant, intensely white, as no one¹ on earth could bleach them. 4 ⁿAnd there appeared to them Elijah with Moses, and they were talking with Jesus. 5 And Peter said to Jesus, ^o“Rabbi,² it is good that we are here. Let us make three ^ptents, one for you and one for Moses and one for Elijah.” 6 For he did not know what to say, for they were terrified. 7 And a ^qcloud overshadowed them, and a voice came out of the cloud, ^r“This is my beloved Son;^{3 s}listen to him.” 8 And suddenly, looking around, they no longer saw anyone with them but Jesus only.

9 ^tAnd as they were coming down the mountain, he charged them to ^utell no one what they had seen, until the Son of Man had risen from the dead. 10 So they kept the matter to themselves, questioning ^vwhat this rising from the dead might mean. 11 And they asked him, “Why do the scribes say that ^wfirst Elijah must come?” 12 And he said to them, “Elijah does come first to restore all things. And how is it ^xwritten of the Son of Man ^ythat he should suffer many things and be treated with contempt? 13 But I tell you that Elijah has come, and they did to him ^zwhatever they pleased, as it is written of him.”