Jacob’s Dream

¹⁰ Then Jacob departed from ^(A)Beersheba and went toward ^(B)Haran. ¹¹ He ^[a]came to ^[b]a ^(C)certain place and spent the night there, because the sun had set; and he took one of the stones of the place and put it ^[c]under his head, and lay down in that place. ^12 (D)He had a dream, and behold, a ladder was set on the earth with its top reaching to heaven; and behold, ^(E)the angels of God were ascending and descending on it. ¹³ And behold, ^(F)the Lord stood ^[d]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 it ^(H)to you and to ^(I)your ^[e]descendants. ¹⁴ Your ^[f]descendants will also be like ^(J)the dust of the earth, and you will ^[g]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 ^[h]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 ^[i]promised you.” ¹⁶ Then Jacob ^(Q)awoke from his sleep and said, “^(R)Surely the Lord is in this place, and I did not know it.” ¹⁷ 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.”

¹⁸ So Jacob rose early in the morning, and took ^(T)the stone that he had put ^[j]under his head and set it up as a pillar and poured oil on its top. ¹⁹ He called the name of that place ^[k](U)Bethel; however, ^[l]previously the name of the city had been ^(V)Luz. ²⁰ Then Jacob ^(W)made a vow, saying, “^(X)If God will be with me and will keep me on this journey that I ^[m]take, and will give me ^[n](Y)food to eat and garments to wear, ²¹ and ^(Z)I return to my father’s house in ^[o]safety, ^(AA)then the Lord will be my God. ²² This stone, which I have set up as a pillar, ^(AB)will be God’s house, and ^(AC)of all that You give me I will surely give a tenth to You.”