Genesis 28:10-15

International Standard Version

God Visits Jacob in a Dream

¹⁰ Meanwhile, Jacob had left^[a] Beer-sheba and was on his way to Haran. ¹¹ He reached a certain place and spent the night there, because the sun was setting. He found a stone there, used it for a pillow,^[b] and slept there for the night, ¹² when he had a dream! He saw a raised highway that had been built with its ending point on earth and its beginning point in heaven. God’s angels were ascending and descending on it. ¹³ And there was the Lord, standing above it and telling Jacob, “I am the Lord God of your grandfather Abraham. I’m Isaac’s God, too. I’m giving you and your descendants the ground on which you’re sleeping. ¹⁴ Your descendants are going to become like the dust of the earth and spread out to the west, east, north, and south. All the families of the earth^[c] will be blessed through you and your descendants. ¹⁵ Now pay attention! I’m here with you, and I’m going to be watching over you wherever you go. I’m going to bring you back to this land, because I won’t ever leave you until I’ve accomplished what I’ve promised about you.”