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!”

¹⁸ So Jacob got up early in the morning, and took ^(T)the stone that he had placed as a support for his head, and set it up as a memorial stone, and poured oil on its top. ¹⁹ Then he named that place ^[i](U)Bethel; but ^[j]previously the name of the city had been ^(V)Luz. ²⁰ Jacob also ^(W)made a vow, saying, “^(X)If God will be with me and will keep me on this journey that I ^[k]take, and give me ^[l](Y)food to eat and garments to wear, ²¹ and ^(Z)I return to my father’s house in ^[m]safety, ^(AA)then the Lord will be my God. ²² And this stone, which I have set up as a memorial stone, ^(AB)will be God’s house, and ^(AC)of everything that You give me I will assuredly give a tenth to You.”