12 Then he Gen. 31:10; 41:1; Num. 12:6dreamed, and behold, a ladder was set up on the earth, and its top reached to heaven; and there John 1:51; Heb. 1:4, 14the angels of God were ascending and descending on it.
13 Gen. 35:1; 48:3; Amos 7:7And behold, the Lord stood above it and said: Gen. 26:24"I am the Lord God of Abraham your father and the God of Isaac; Gen. 13:15, 17; 26:3; 35:12the land on which you lie I will give to you and your Gen. 13:16; 22:17descendants. 14 Also your descendants shall be as the dust of the earth; you shall spread abroad Gen. 13:14, 15; Deut. 12:20to the west and the east, to the north and the south; and Gen. 12:3; 18:18; 22:18; 26:4; Matt. 1:2; Luke 3:34; Gal. 3:8in you and in your seed all the families of the earth shall be blessed. 15 Behold, Gen. 26:3, 24; 31:3I am with you and will Gen. 48:16; Num. 6:24; Ps. 121:5, 7, 8keep you wherever you go, and will Gen. 35:6; 48:21; Deut. 30:3bring you back to this land; for Lev. 26:44; Deut. 7:9; 31:6, 8; Josh. 1:5; 1 Kin. 8:57; Heb. 13:5I will not leave you Num. 23:19until I have done what I have spoken to you."