Genesis 28:10-22 (NRSV)
Jacob's ladder
Jacob left Beer sheba and went toward Haran. He 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. And 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. And 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; and
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. Know 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." Then Jacob woke from his sleep and
said, "Surely the Lord is in this place and I did not know it!" And
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."
So 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. He called that place Bethel; but the name of the city
was Luz at the first. Then Jacob made a vow, saying, "If God will be
with me, and will keep me in this way that I go, and will give me bread
to eat and clothing to wear, so that I come again to my father's house
in peace, then the Lord shall be my God, and this stone, which I have
set up for a pillar, shall be God's house; and of all that you give me I
will surely give one tenth to you."
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