28:10 Meanwhile Jacob left Beer Sheba and set out for Haran. 28:11 He reached a certain place ¹  where he decided to camp because the sun had gone down. ²  He took one of the stones ³  and placed it near his head. ⁴  Then he fell asleep ⁵  in that place 28:12 and had a dream. ⁶  He saw ⁷  a stairway ⁸  erected on the earth with its top reaching to the heavens. The angels of God were going up and coming down it 28:13 and the Lord stood at its top. He said, “I am the Lord, the God of your grandfather Abraham and the God of your father Isaac. ⁹  I will give you and your descendants the ground ¹⁰  you are lying on. 28:14 Your descendants will be like the dust of the earth, ¹¹  and you will spread out ¹²  to the west, east, north, and south. All the families of the earth will pronounce blessings on one another ¹³  using your name and that of your descendants. ¹⁴  28:15 I am with you! ¹⁵  I will protect you wherever you go and will bring you back to this land. I will not leave you until I have done what I promised you!”

28:16 Then Jacob woke up ¹⁶  and thought, ¹⁷  “Surely the Lord is in this place, but I did not realize it!” 28:17 He was afraid and said, “What an awesome place this is! This is nothing else than the house of God! This is the gate of heaven!”

28:18 Early ¹⁸  in the morning Jacob ¹⁹  took the stone he had placed near his head ²⁰  and set it up as a sacred stone. ²¹  Then he poured oil on top of it. 28:19 He called that place Bethel, ²²  although the former name of the town was Luz.