Genesis 28.10-19a
Posted: 02 Nov 2006 @ 00:00
10Jacob left Beer-sheba and went towards Haran. 11He came to a certain place
and stayed there for the 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. 12And
he dreamed that there was a ladder set up on the earth, the top of it reaching
to heaven; and the angels of God were ascending and descending on it. 13And the
LORD stood beside him and said, ‘I am the LORD, the God of Abraham your father
and the God of Isaac; the land on which you lie I will give to you and to your
offspring; 14and your offspring shall be like the 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 all the families of the earth shall be blessed in you and in your
offspring. 15Know that I am with you and will keep you wherever you go, and
will bring you back to this land; for I will not leave you until I have done
what I have promised you.’ 16Then Jacob woke from his sleep and said, ‘Surely
the LORD is in this place – and I did not know it!’ 17And he was afraid, and
said, ‘How awesome is this place! This is none other than the house of God, and
this is the gate of heaven.’
18So Jacob rose early in the morning, and he took the stone that he had put
under his head and set it up for a pillar and poured oil on the top of it. 19He
called that place Bethel.