¹⁰Jacob left Beersheba and started towards Haran. ¹¹At sunset he came to a holy place^l and camped there. He lay down to sleep, resting his head on a stone. ¹²^*He dreamt that he saw a stairway reaching from earth to heaven, with angels going up and coming down on it. ¹³^*And there was the Lord standing beside him.^m “I am the Lord, the God of Abraham and Isaac,” he said. “I will give to you and to your descendants this land on which you are lying. ¹⁴^*They will be as numerous as the specks of dust on the earth. They will extend their territory in all directions, and through you and your descendants I will bless all the nations.ⁿ ¹⁵Remember, I will be with you and protect you wherever you go, and I will bring you back to this land. I will not leave you until I have done all that I have promised you.”

¹⁶Jacob woke up and said, “The Lord is here! He is in this place, and I didn’t know it!” ¹⁷He was afraid and said, “What a terrifying place this is! It must be the house of God; it must be the gate that opens into heaven.”

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Genesis 28:12: And he dreamed, and behold, there was a ladder set up on the earth, and the top of it reached to heaven. And behold, the angels of God were ascending and descending on it!

Footnotes

la holy place; or a place.
mbeside him; or on it.
nthrough you … nations; or all the nations will ask me to bless them as I have blessed you and your descendants.

Cross references

*28.12: Jn 1:51
*28.13: Gn 13:14, 15
*28.14: Gn 12:3; 22:18