Genesis 28:11–16

¹¹And he came to a certain place and stayed there that night, because the sun had set. Taking one of the stones of the place, he put it under his head and lay down in that place to sleep. ¹²And he ^rdreamed, and behold, there was a ladder² set up on the earth, and the top of it reached to heaven. And behold, ^sthe angels of God were ascending and descending on it! ¹³And behold, ^tthe Lord stood above it³ and said, ^u“I am the Lord, the God of Abraham your father and the God of Isaac. ^vThe land on which you lie I will give to you and to your offspring. ¹⁴Your offspring shall be like ^wthe dust of the earth, and you shall spread abroad to the west and to the east and to the north and to the south, and in you and ^xyour offspring shall all the families of the earth be blessed. ¹⁵Behold, ^yI am with you and will keep you wherever you go, and ^zwill bring you back to this land. For I will ^anot leave you until I have done what I have promised you.” ¹⁶Then Jacob awoke from his sleep and said, “Surely the Lord is ^bin this place, and I did not know it.”