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Genesis 28:10-19

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10 Jacob left Beersheba and started toward Haran. 1
11 At sunset he came to a holy place and camped there. He lay down to sleep, resting his head on a stone.
12 He dreamed that he saw a stairway reaching from earth to heaven, with angels going up and coming down on it. 2
13 And there was the Lord standing beside him. "I am the Lord, the God of Abraham and Isaac," he said. "I will give to you and to your descendants this land on which you are lying. 3
14 They will be as numerous as the specks of dust on the earth. They will extend their territory in all directions, and through you and your descendants I will bless all the nations. 4
15 Remember, I will be with you and protect you wherever you go, and I will bring you back to this land. I will not leave you until I have done all that I have promised you."
16 Jacob woke up and said, "The Lord is here! He is in this place, and I didn't know it!"
17 He was afraid and said, "What a terrifying place this is! It must be the house of God; it must be the gate that opens into heaven."
18 Jacob got up early next morning, took the stone that was under his head, and set it up as a memorial. Then he poured olive oil on it to dedicate it to God.
19 He named the place Bethel. (The town there was once known as Luz.)
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Genesis 28:10-19 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO GENESIS 28

In this chapter an account is given of the charge Isaac gave to Jacob not to marry a Canaanitess, but to go to Padanaram, and take a wife from his mother's family, and of his blessing him before he sent him away, Ge 28:1-5; of the notice that Esau took of this blessing and charge, which led him to take a wife of the family of Ishmael, Ge 28:6-9; of the dream of the ladder, which Jacob had in his way to Haran, Ge 28:10-12; of the blessing which God conferred upon him there, Ge 28:13-15; of the awfulness of the place upon his awaking, and of his erecting a pillar in it, and giving a name to it, Ge 28:16-19; and of the vow he made to God, should he be supplied with the necessaries of life, and be kept in safety by him, Ge 28:20-22.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Cross References 4

  • 1. +228.10Wisdom 10.10.
  • 2. 28.12John 1.51.
  • 3. 28.13Genesis 13.14, 15.
  • 4. 28.14Genesis 12.3; 22.18.

Footnotes 4

  • [a]. a holy place; [or] a place.
  • [b]. beside him; [or] on it.
  • [c]. through you . . . nations; [or] all the nations will ask me to bless them as I have blessed you and your descendants.
  • [d]. bethel: [This name in Hebrew means "house of God."]
Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission.