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Summary
Jacob's Ladder

Genesis 28:11 - 28:12 - 28:13 - 28:14 - 28:15 - 28:16 - 28:17 - 28:18 - 28:19

28:11. When he had come to a certain place, and would rest in it after sunset, he took of the stones that lay there, and putting under his head, slept in the same place.

28:12. He saw in his sleep a ladder standing upon the earth, and the top thereof touching Heaven; the angels also of God ascending and descending by it,

28:13. and the Lord leaning upon the ladder saying to him, "I am the Lord God of Abraham your father, and the God of Isaac; the land in which you sleep I will give to you and to your seed,

28:14. "and your seed shall be as the dust of the earth; you shall spread abroad to the west, and to the east, and to the north, and to the south: and IN YOU and your seed, all the tribes of the earth SHALL BE BLESSED.

28:15. "I will be your keeper wherever you go, and will bring you back into this land; neither will I leave you, until I shall have accomplished all that I have said."

28:16. When Jacob awoke out of sleep, he said, "Indeed the Lord is in this place, and I knew it not."

28:17. Trembling, he said, "How awe-striking is this place? this is no other but the house of God, and the gate of heaven."

28:18. Jacob arising in the morning, took the stone which he had laid under his head, and set it up for a title, pouring oil upon the top of it,

28:19. and he called the name of the city Bethel, which before was called Luza.

Jacob at Bethel, as in Genesis 28:10-22, illustration from a Bible card published 1900 by the Providence Lithograph Company Date: 1900 A.D.