Genesis 28:10–22

¹⁰And Jacob went out from ^mBeer-sheba, and went toward ⁿHaran. ¹¹And he lighted upon a certain place, and tarried there all night, because the sun was set; and he took of the stones of that place, and put them for his pillows, and lay down in that place to sleep. ¹²And he ^odreamed, and behold a ladder set up on the earth, and the top of it reached to heaven: and behold ^pthe angels of God ascending and descending on it. ^13qAnd behold, the Lord stood above it, and said, ^rI am the Lord God of Abraham thy father, and the God of Isaac: ^sthe land whereon thou liest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed; ¹⁴and ^tthy seed shall be as the dust of the earth, and thou shalt spread abroad ^uto the west, and to the east, and to the north, and to the south: and in thee and ^xin thy seed shall all the families of the earth be blessed. ¹⁵And behold, ^yI am with thee, and will keep thee in all places whither thou goest, and will ^zbring thee again into this land; for I ^awill not leave thee, until I have done that which I have spoken to thee of. ¹⁶And Jacob awaked out of his sleep, and he said, Surely the Lord is in ^bthis place; and I knew it not. ¹⁷And he was afraid, and said, How dreadful is this place! this is none other but the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven. ¹⁸And Jacob rose up early in the morning, and took the stone that he had put for his pillows, and set it up ^cfor a pillar, ^dand poured oil upon the top of it. ¹⁹And he called the name of ^ethat place Beth-el: but the name of that city was called Luz at the first. ^20fAnd Jacob vowed a vow, saying, If ^gGod will be with me, and will keep me in this way that I go, and will give me bread to eat, and raiment to put on, ²¹so that ^hI come again to my father’s house in peace; ⁱthen shall the Lord be my God: ²²and this stone, which I have set for a pillar, ^kshall be God’s house: ^land of all that thou shalt give me I will surely give the tenth unto thee.

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