Abram Journeys to Egypt

12 Now ^(A)the Lord said to Abram,

Abram Promised a Son

15 After these things ^(A)the word of the Lord came to Abram in a vision, saying,

² But Abram said, “Lord ^[b]God, what will You give me, since I ^[c]am childless, and the ^[d]heir of my house is Eliezer of Damascus?” ³ Abram also said, “^[e]Since You have given me no ^[f]son, ^[g]one who has been ^(E)born in my house is my heir.” ⁴ Then behold, the word of the Lord came to him, saying, “This man will not be your heir; ^(F)but one who will come from your own ^[h]body shall be your heir.” ⁵ And He took him outside and said, “Now look toward the heavens and ^(G)count the stars, if you are able to count them.” And He said to him, “^(H)So shall your ^[i]descendants be.” ^6 (I)Then he believed in the Lord; and He ^[j]credited it to him as righteousness.

Isaac Settles in Gerar

26 Now there was ^(A)a famine in the land, besides the previous famine that had occurred in the days of Abraham. So Isaac went to Gerar, to ^(B)Abimelech king of the Philistines. ² And the Lord ^(C)appeared to him and said, “Do not go down to Egypt; ^(D)stay in the land of which I shall tell you. ³ Live for a time in this land and ^(E)I will be with you and ^(F)bless you, for ^(G)to you and to your ^[a]descendants I will give all these lands, and I will establish ^(H)the oath which I swore to your father Abraham. ^4 (I)I will multiply your ^[b]descendants as the stars of heaven, and will give your ^[c]descendants all these lands; and ^(J)by your ^[d]descendants all the nations of the earth ^[e]shall be blessed, ⁵ because Abraham ^[f](K)obeyed Me and fulfilled his duty to Me, and kept My commandments, My statutes, and My laws.”

Jacob’s Dream

¹⁰ Then Jacob departed from ^(A)Beersheba and went toward ^(B)Haran. ¹¹ And he ^[a]happened upon a ^[b](C)particular place and spent the night there, because the sun had set; and he took one of the stones of the place and made it a support for his head, and lay down in that place. ¹² And ^(D)he had a dream, and behold, a ladder was set up on the earth with its top reaching to heaven; and behold, ^(E)the angels of God were ascending and descending on it. ¹³ Then behold, ^(F)the Lord was standing ^[c]above it and said, “I am the Lord, ^(G)the God of your father Abraham and the God of Isaac; the land on which you lie I will give ^(H)to you and to ^(I)your ^[d]descendants. ¹⁴ Your ^[e]descendants will also be like ^(J)the dust of the earth, and you will ^[f]spread out ^(K)to the west and to the east, and to the north and to the south; and ^(L)in you and in your ^[g]descendants shall all the families of the earth be blessed. ¹⁵ Behold, ^(M)I am with you and ^(N)will keep you wherever you go, and ^(O)will bring you back to this land; for ^(P)I will not leave you until I have done what I have ^[h]promised you.” ¹⁶ Then Jacob ^(Q)awoke from his sleep and said, “^(R)The Lord is certainly in this place, and I did not know it!” ¹⁷ And he was afraid and said, “^(S)How awesome is this place! This is none other than the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven!”

Jacob Wrestles

²⁴ Then Jacob was left alone, and a man ^(A)wrestled with him until daybreak. ²⁵ When the man saw that he had not prevailed against him, he touched the socket of ^[a]Jacob’s hip; and the socket of Jacob’s hip was dislocated while he wrestled with him. ²⁶ Then he said, “Let me go, for the dawn is breaking.” But he said, “^(B)I will not let you go unless you bless me.” ²⁷ So he said to him, “What is your name?” And he said, “Jacob.” ²⁸ Then ^(C)he said, “Your name shall no longer be Jacob, but ^[b]Israel; for you have contended with God and with men, and have prevailed.” ²⁹ And ^(D)Jacob asked him and said, “Please tell me your name.” But he said, “Why is it that you ask my name?” And he blessed him there. ³⁰ So Jacob named the place ^[c]Peniel, for he said, “^(E)I have seen God face to face, yet my ^[d]life has been ^[e]spared.” ³¹ Now the sun rose upon him just as he crossed over ^(F)Penuel, and he was limping on his hip. ³² Therefore, to this day the sons of Israel do not eat the tendon of the hip which is on the socket of the hip, because he touched the socket of Jacob’s hip in the tendon of the hip.