Jacob left Beersheba and set out for Haran.
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.
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.
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."
. . . When Jacob awoke from his sleep,
he thought,
"Surely the Lord is in this place,
and I was not aware of it."
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."
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