The Dream at Bethel

10Jacob departed from Beersheba and went to Haran.

11He came to a certain place and spent the night there, because the sun had set. He took one of the stones of the place, put it under his head, and lay down in that place.

12And he dreamed, and behold, a ladder was set up on the earth, and its top reached to heaven; and behold, the angels of God were ascending and descending on it.

13And behold, Yahweh was standing above it, and he said, “I am Yahweh, the God of Abraham your father and the God of Isaac. The land on which you are lying I will give to you and to your offspring.”

14Your offspring will be like the dust of the earth, and you will spread out to the west and to the east and to the north and to the south; and in you and in your offspring all the families of the earth will be blessed.

15And behold, I am with you, and I will keep you wherever you go, and I will bring you back to this land. For I will not leave you until I have done what I have spoken to you.

16Then Jacob awoke from his sleep and said, “Surely Yahweh is in this place, and I did not know it.”

17And he was afraid and said, “How awesome this place is! This is none other than the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven.”