⁷ The Lord said to Satan, “Where have you come from?”

Satan answered the Lord, “From roaming throughout the earth, going back and forth on it.”^(A)

⁸ Then the Lord said to Satan, “Have you considered my servant Job?^(B) There is no one on earth like him; he is blameless and upright, a man who fears God^(C) and shuns evil.”^(D)

² And the Lord said to Satan, “Where have you come from?”

Satan answered the Lord, “From roaming throughout the earth, going back and forth on it.”^(A)

³ Then the Lord said to Satan, “Have you considered my servant Job? There is no one on earth like him; he is blameless and upright, a man who fears God and shuns evil.^(B) And he still maintains his integrity,^(C) though you incited me against him to ruin him without any reason.”^(D)

¹² He had a dream^(A) 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.^{(B) 13} There above it^[a] stood the Lord,^(C) and he said: “I am the Lord, the God of your father Abraham and the God of Isaac.^(D) I will give you and your descendants the land^(E) on which you are lying.^{(F) 14} Your descendants will be like the dust of the earth, and you^(G) will spread out to the west and to the east, to the north and to the south.^(H) All peoples on earth will be blessed through you and your offspring.^{[b](I) 15} I am with you^(J) and will watch over you^(K) wherever you go,^(L) and I will bring you back to this land.^(M) I will not leave you^(N) until I have done what I have promised you.^(O)”^(P)

¹⁶ When Jacob awoke from his sleep,^(Q) 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!^(R) This is none other than the house of God;^(S) this is the gate of heaven.”

³¹ As soon as he finished saying all this, the ground under them split apart^{(A) 32} and the earth opened its mouth and swallowed them^(B) and their households, and all those associated with Korah, together with their possessions. ³³ They went down alive into the realm of the dead,^(C) with everything they owned; the earth closed over them, and they perished and were gone from the community.

¹³ The king said to her, “Don’t be afraid. What do you see?”

The woman said, “I see a ghostly figure^[a] coming up out of the earth.”^(A)

¹⁴ “What does he look like?” he asked.

“An old man wearing a robe^(B) is coming up,” she said.

Then Saul knew it was Samuel, and he bowed down and prostrated himself with his face to the ground.