8 And Esau saw that the daughters of Canaan were not pleasing to Isaac his father;

9 And Esau went to Ishmael, and took for himself a wife, Mahalatha, the daughter of Ishmael, the son of Abraham, the sister of Nebaioth, above his other wives.

10 And Jacob went out of Beersheba, and went to Haran,

11 And he came to a certain place, and stayed there for the night, because the sun had gone down. And he took one of the stones of that place, and put it at his head, and lay down in that place.

12 And he saw in a dream, Behold, a ladder stood on the earth, and the top of it touched the sky; and behold, the angels of God ascend and descend on it.

13 And behold, the Lord stood upon it, saying, 'I am the Lord, the God of Abraham your father, and the God of Isaac; [Do not be afraid]. The land on which you lie I will give you and your descendants;

14 And thy descendants shall be as the sand of the earth; and you will spread to the sea, and to the east, and to the north, and to the noonday; and in thee and in thy seed shall all the families of the earth be blessed;

15 And behold, I am with thee, and I will keep thee wherever thou goest; and I will bring you back to this land, for I will not leave you until I have done what I have told you.

16 And Jacob awoke from his sleep, and said, Truly the Lord is present in this place; And I didn't know!

17 And he was afraid, and said, 'How terrible is this place!' it is none other than the house of God, it is the gates of heaven.

18 And Jacob arose early in the morning, and took the stone which he had laid for his head, and set it up as a monument, and poured oil on the top of it.

19 And he called the name of that place Bethel [4], and the former name of that city was Luz.

20 And Jacob made a vow, saying, If God be with me, and keep me in this way in which I am going, and give me bread to eat, and clothes to be clothed,

21 And I will return in peace to my father's house, and the Lord shall be my God,