Genesis 28:10-22

Jacob’s Dream at Bethel

Where did Jacob leave?

Where did Jacob set out to? 

Why did Jacob stop? (Verse 11)

What did Jacob take and put under his head? (Verse 11)

When did Jacob see a stairway resting on the earth with its top reaching to heaven? (12)

Who was ascending and descending on it? (Verse 12)

Who stood above it? (verse 13)

Who speaks in the dream? (Verse 13-15)

What did Jacob do in verses 16-22?

Was Jacob afraid? (verse 17)

What did Jacob pour on oil on? (verse 18)

What did Jacob do to the place's name? (Verse 19)

What was Jacob's vow? (verse 20-22)

Correlation

Dreaming Jacob's Dream - Michael Card

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2CdDkB_TYVY

Thoughts

"Bethel (Ugaritic: bt il, meaning "House of El" or "House of God", Hebrew: בֵּית אֵל‎, also transliterated Beth El, Beth-El, or Beit El; Greek: Βαιθηλ; Latin: Bethel) was a border city described in the Hebrew Bible as being located between Benjamin and Ephraim and also a location named by Jacob." - from wiki

Genesis 28:10-22New International Version (NIV)

Jacob’s Dream at Bethel

10 Jacob left Beersheba and set out for Harran. 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[a] 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 descendants the land on which you are lying. 14 Your descendants 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.[b] 15 I am with you and will watch over youwherever 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 his 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 on top of it. 19 He called that place Bethel,[c]though the city used to be called Luz.

20 Then Jacob made a vow, saying, “If God will be with me and will watch over meon this journey I am taking and will give me food to eat and clothes to wear 21 so that I return safely to my father’s household, then the Lord[d] will be my God22 and[e] 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.”

Footnotes:

1. Genesis 28:13 Or There beside him
2. Genesis 28:14 Or will use your name and the name of your offspring in blessings (see 48:20)
3. Genesis 28:19 Bethel means house of God.
4. Genesis 28:21 Or Since God … father’s household, the Lord
5. Genesis 28:22 Or household, and the Lord will be my God, 22 then