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Genesis 28:10-22

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10 Jacob left Beer-sheba and set out for Haran.
10 Jacob left Beersheba and set out for Harran.
11 He reached a certain place and spent the night there. When the sun had set, he took one of the stones at that place and put it near his head. Then he lay down there.
11 When he reached a certain place, he stopped for the night because the sun had set. Taking one of the stones there, he put it under his head and lay down to sleep.
12 He dreamed and saw a raised staircase, its foundation on earth and its top touching the sky, and God's messengers were ascending and descending on it.
12 He had a dream in which he saw a stairway resting on the earth, with its top reaching to heaven, and the angels of God were ascending and descending on it.
13 Suddenly the LORD was standing on it and saying, "I am the LORD, the God of your father Abraham and the God of Isaac. I will give you and your descendants the land on which you are lying.
13 There above it stood the LORD, and he said: “I am the LORD, the God of your father Abraham and the God of Isaac. I will give you and your descendants the land on which you are lying.
14 Your descendants will become like the dust of the earth; you will spread out to the west, east, north, and south. Every family of earth will be blessed because of you and your descendants.
14 Your descendants will be like the dust of the earth, and you will spread out to the west and to the east, to the north and to the south. All peoples on earth will be blessed through you and your offspring.
15 I am with you now, I will protect you everywhere you go, and I will bring you back to this land. I will not leave you until I have done everything that I have promised you."
15 I am with you and will watch over you wherever you go, and I will bring you back to this land. I will not leave you until I have done what I have promised you.”
16 When Jacob woke from his sleep, he thought to himself, The LORD is definitely in this place, but I didn't know it.
16 When Jacob awoke from his sleep, he thought, “Surely the LORD is in this place, and I was not aware of it.”
17 He was terrified and thought, This sacred place is awesome. It's none other than God's house and the entrance to heaven.
17 He was afraid and said, “How awesome is this place! This is none other than the house of God; this is the gate of heaven.”
18 After Jacob got up early in the morning, he took the stone that he had put near his head, set it up as a sacred pillar, and poured oil on the top of it.
18 Early the next morning Jacob took the stone he had placed under his head and set it up as a pillar and poured oil on top of it.
19 He named that sacred place Bethel, though Luz was the city's original name.
19 He called that place Bethel, though the city used to be called Luz.
20 Jacob made a solemn promise: "If God is with me and protects me on this trip I'm taking, and gives me bread to eat and clothes to wear,
20 Then Jacob made a vow, saying, “If God will be with me and will watch over me on this journey I am taking and will give me food to eat and clothes to wear
21 and I return safely to my father's household, then the LORD will be my God.
21 so that I return safely to my father’s household, then the LORD will be my God
22 This stone that I've set up as a sacred pillar will be God's house, and of everything you give me I will give a tenth back to you."
22 and this stone that I have set up as a pillar will be God’s house, and of all that you give me I will give you a tenth.”
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