Genesis 28: 10-22

Jacob's dream

10 Then Jacob left Beersheba and set out for Haran. 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 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 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 decendants the land on which you are lying. 14 Your decendants 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 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 awoke from the sleep, he thought, "Surely the LORD is in this place, and I was not aware of it" 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 Early the next morning Jacob took the stone he had placed under his head and set it up as a pillar and poured oil ontop of it. 19 He celled that place Bethel, though the city used to be called Luz.

20 Then Jacob made a vow, saying, "If God will be with me and watch over me on this journey I am taking and will give me food to eat and cloths to wear, 21 so that I return safely to my fathers house, then the LORD will be my God 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." (NIV)