Genesis 28:13

The Lord also stood beside him and said, ‘I am the Lord, God of Abraham and God of Isaac. The land on which you lie I will give to you and to your children.

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In The King James Version

And, behold, the LORD stood above it, and said, I am the LORD God of Abraham thy father, and the God of Isaac: the land whereon thou liest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed;

In Context

12Then he dreamed and saw a ladder set up on the earth, and its top reached to heaven; and the messengers of God were going up and down on it.

14Your descendants will be as countless as the dust of the earth and you will spread abroad to the west, and to the east, and to the north, and to the south, and all the families of the earth will wish for a blessing like yours and that of your descendants.

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Cross References

Genesis 13:15for all the land that you see I will give to you and to your descendants forever.

Genesis 17:6I will make you exceedingly fruitful, and will make nations of you, and kings will spring from you.

Genesis 26:3stay in this land, and I will be with you and will bless you; for to you, and to your descendants, I will give all these lands, and will establish the oath which I swore to Abraham your father:

Genesis 28:4and may he give the blessing of Abraham to you and to your descendants with you so that you may inherit the land you have settled in, which God gave to Abraham.’

Genesis 32:9Jacob also prayed, ‘God of my father Abraham and God of my father Isaac, Lord who said to me, “Return to your country, and to your relatives, and I will do well by you,”

Genesis 35:1Then God said to Jacob, ‘Arise, go up to Bethel, and live there. Make an altar there to God, who appeared to you when you fled from your brother Esau.’

Matthew Henry on Genesis 28:11-16

Jacob's Vision at Bethel. ( b. c. 1760.) 10 And Jacob went out from Beer-sheba, and went toward Haran. 11 And he lighted upon a certain place, and tarried there all night, because the sun was set; and he took of the stones of that place, and put them for his pillows, and lay down in that place to sleep. 12 And he dreamed, and behold a ladder set up on the earth, and the top of it reached to heaven: and behold the angels of God ascending and descending on it. 13 And, behold, the Lord stood above it, and said, I am… Read the whole commentary →

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