³ May God Almighty^[a](A) bless^(B) you and make you fruitful^(C) and increase your numbers^(D) until you become a community of peoples. ⁴ May he give you and your descendants the blessing given to Abraham,^(E) so that you may take possession of the land^(F) where you now reside as a foreigner,^(G) the land God gave to Abraham.”

Jacob’s Dream at Bethel

¹⁰ Jacob left Beersheba^(A) and set out for Harran.^{(B) 11} When he reached a certain place,^(C) he stopped for the night because the sun had set. Taking one of the stones there, he put it under his head^(D) and lay down to sleep. ¹² He had a dream^(E) in which he saw a stairway resting on the earth, with its top reaching to heaven, and the angels of God were ascending and descending on it.^{(F) 13} There above it^[a] stood the Lord,^(G) and he said: “I am the Lord, the God of your father Abraham and the God of Isaac.^(H) I will give you and your descendants the land^(I) on which you are lying.^{(J) 14} Your descendants will be like the dust of the earth, and you^(K) will spread out to the west and to the east, to the north and to the south.^(L) All peoples on earth will be blessed through you and your offspring.^{[b](M) 15} I am with you^(N) and will watch over you^(O) wherever you go,^(P) and I will bring you back to this land.^(Q) I will not leave you^(R) until I have done what I have promised you.^(S)”^(T)

¹⁶ When Jacob awoke from his sleep,^(U) he thought, “Surely the Lord is in this place, and I was not aware of it.” ¹⁷ He was afraid and said, “How awesome is this place!^(V) This is none other than the house of God;^(W) this is the gate of heaven.”

⁹ After Jacob returned from Paddan Aram,^[a](A) God appeared to him again and blessed him.^{(B) 10} God said to him, “Your name is Jacob,^[b] but you will no longer be called Jacob; your name will be Israel.^[c]”^(C) So he named him Israel.

¹¹ And God said to him, “I am God Almighty^[d];^(D) be fruitful and increase in number.^(E) A nation^(F) and a community of nations will come from you, and kings will be among your descendants.^{(G) 12} The land I gave to Abraham and Isaac I also give to you, and I will give this land to your descendants after you.^(H)”^{(I) 13} Then God went up from him^(J) at the place where he had talked with him.

¹⁴ Jacob set up a stone pillar^(K) at the place where God had talked with him, and he poured out a drink offering^(L) on it; he also poured oil on it.^{(M) 15} Jacob called the place where God had talked with him Bethel.^[e](N)

⁹ This is the account^(G) of the family line of Esau the father of the Edomites^(H) in the hill country of Seir.

³ Jacob said to Joseph, “God Almighty^[a](A) appeared to me at Luz^(B) in the land of Canaan, and there he blessed me^{(C) 4} and said to me, ‘I am going to make you fruitful and increase your numbers.^(D) I will make you a community of peoples, and I will give this land^(E) as an everlasting possession to your descendants after you.’^(F)

⁴ “Yet the Lord, the God of Israel, chose me^(A) from my whole family^(B) to be king over Israel forever. He chose Judah^(C) as leader, and from the tribe of Judah he chose my family, and from my father’s sons he was pleased to make me king over all Israel.^(D)

⁷ I will establish his kingdom forever if he is unswerving in carrying out my commands and laws,^(A) as is being done at this time.’