Jacob’s Dream

¹⁰ Then Jacob departed from ^(A)Beersheba and went toward ^(B)Haran. ¹¹ And he reached ^[a]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 ^[b]under his head and lay down in that place. ^12 (D)Then he had a dream, and behold, a ^[c]ladder stood on the earth with its top touching heaven; and behold, ^(E)the angels of God were ascending and descending on it. ¹³ And behold, ^(F)Yahweh stood ^[d]above it and said, “I am Yahweh, ^(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 seed. ¹⁴ And your seed will also be like ^(J)the dust of the earth, and you will ^[e]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 seed all the families of the earth shall be blessed. ¹⁵ Behold, ^(M)I am with you and ^(N)will keep you wherever you go. And ^(O)I will bring you back to this land; for ^(P)I will not forsake you until I have done what I have ^[f]promised you.” ¹⁶ Then Jacob ^(Q)awoke from his sleep and said, “^(R)Surely Yahweh is in this place, and I did not know it.” ¹⁷ And he was afraid and said, “^(S)How fearsome 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 ^[g]under his head and set it up as a pillar and poured oil on its top. ¹⁹ And he called the name of that place ^[h](U)Bethel; however, ^[i]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 on which I am going, and will give me ^[j](Y)food to eat and garments to wear, ²¹ and ^(Z)I return to my father’s house in peace, ^(AA)then Yahweh will be my God. ²² Now 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.”