¹³ There above it^[a] stood the Lord,^(A) and he said: “I am the Lord, the God of your father Abraham and the God of Isaac.^(B) I will give you and your descendants the land^(C) on which you are lying.^(D)

¹⁵ I am with you^(A) and will watch over you^(B) wherever you go,^(C) and I will bring you back to this land.^(D) I will not leave you^(E) until I have done what I have promised you.^(F)”^(G)

³ Then the Lord said to Jacob, “Go back^(A) to the land of your fathers and to your relatives, and I will be with you.”^(B)

Jacob Returns to Bethel

35 Then God said to Jacob, “Go up to Bethel^(A) and settle there, and build an altar^(B) there to God,^(C) who appeared to you^(D) when you were fleeing from your brother Esau.”^(E)

⁷ There he built an altar,^(A) and he called the place El Bethel,^[a](B) because it was there that God revealed himself to him^(C) when he was fleeing from his brother.^(D)

² And God spoke to Israel^(A) in a vision at night^(B) and said, “Jacob! Jacob!”

“Here I am,”^(C) he replied.

³ “I am God, the God of your father,”^(D) he said. “Do not be afraid^(E) to go down to Egypt,^(F) for I will make you into a great nation^(G) there.^{(H) 4} I will go down to Egypt with you, and I will surely bring you back again.^(I) And Joseph’s own hand will close your eyes.^(J)”