Jacob’s dream

10 Jacob left Beersheba and went to Haran.
Genesis 28:10

11 While Jacob was traveling, the sun went down. So Jacob went somewhere to spend the night. Jacob saw a rock there and fell asleep with his head on it.
Genesis 28:11

12 Jacob had a dream. He had a dream that there was a ladder that was attached to the earth and went up to the sky. Jacob saw angels of God ascending and descending this ladder.
Genesis 28:12

13 And Jacob saw the LORD standing by the stairs. The Lord said, “I am the Lord God of your grandfather Abraham. I am the God of Isaac. I will give you this land on which you are now lying. I will give this land to you and your children.
Genesis 28:13

14 You will have many descendants. They will be as many as the dust particles on the earth. They will spread east, west and north, south. All the families of the earth will be blessed by you and your descendants.
Genesis 28:14

15 “I am with you, and I will protect you wherever you go. I will bring you back to this earth. I will not leave you until I have done what I promised. ”
Genesis 28:15

16 Then Jacob awoke from his sleep and said, “I know that the Lord is here. But I didn’t know it until I fell asleep. “
Genesis 28:16

17 Jacob was afraid. He said, “This is a great place. This is the house of God. This is the door of heaven.
Genesis 28:17

18 Jacob got up very early in the morning. Jacob took the cob on which he had slept, and weighed it on one side. Then he rubbed oil on the seal. In this way he made it a memorial of God.
Genesis 28:18

19 The place was called Luz. But Jacob called it Bethel.
Genesis 28:19

20 Then Jacob made a promise. He said, “If God is with me, and if God will keep me on this journey, and if God gives me food and drink,
Genesis 28:20

21 And if I come in peace to my father’s house, then the LORD will be my God.
Genesis 28:21

22 I am setting up this stone as a memorial stone. It will show that this is a holy place for God. And I will give tithes of all that he giveth me.
Genesis 28:22

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