From there he moved on to the hill country east of Bethel and pitched his tent, with Bethel on the west and Ai on the east. He built an altar to the Lord there, and he called on the name of the Lord.
May God give you and your offspring the blessing of Abraham so that you may possess the land where you live as a foreigner, the land God gave to Abraham.’
And to you and your future offspring , I will give the land where you are residing #– #all the land of Canaan #– #as a permanent possession, and I will be their God.’
Jacob said to Pharaoh, ‘My pilgrimage has lasted for 130 years. My years have been few and hard, and they have not reached the years of my ancestors during their pilgrimages.’
You must not build a house or sow seed or plant a vineyard. Those things are not for you. Rather, you must live in tents your whole life, so that you may live a long time on the soil where you stay as a resident foreigner.”
When Laban overtook Jacob, Jacob had pitched his tent in the hill country, and Laban and his relatives also pitched their tents in the hill country of Gilead.