A Dream Seen

And Jacob went out from Beersheba, and went toward Haran. 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. 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. 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; And thy seed shall be as the dust of the earth, and thou shalt spread abroad to the west, and to the east, and to the north, and to the south: and in thee and in thy seed shall all the families of the earth be blessed. And, behold, I am with thee, and will keep thee in all places whither thou goest, and will bring thee again into this land; for I will not leave thee, until I have done that which I have spoken to thee of. And Jacob awaked out of his sleep, and he said, Surely the LORD is in this place; and I knew it not. And he was afraid, and said, How dreadful is this place! this is none other but the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven. And Jacob rose up early in the morning, and took the stone that he had put for his pillows, and set it up for a pillar, and poured oil upon the top of it. And he called the name of that place Bethel: but the name of that city was called Luz at first.-Genesis 28:10-19***When Abraham (Abram the Hebrew) lived in Ur in southern Mesopotamia, the Lord God told Abraham to leave his country and kin and come into the land he would be shown. Abraham, his wife Sarah (Sarai), their father Terah, and nephew Lot left Ur and lived in northern Mesopotamia, in Haran. Sometime after 205-year-old Terah died in Haran, Abraham, Sarah, Lot, and their servants journeyed to Canaan, and the Lord God promised to give Canaan to Abraham and his descendants. Abraham and Sarah lived in several places throughout Canaan, including Hebron (Kirjath-arba) and Gerar. When Abraham was 100 years old and Sarah was 90, Isaac, their only child, was born. When Isaac was 37 years old, 127-year-old Sarah died in Hebron. When Isaac was approximately 40 years old, Abraham sent his top servant to Haran to bring a young lady from the family for Isaac to marry. The servant prayed and came in contact with Rebekah, and Rebekah became Isaac's wife. Isaac and Rebekah lived in Gerar, and the Lord God promised to give Canaan to Isaac and Isaac's descendants. Sometime thereafter, Isaac and Rebekah lived in Beersheba. During the 20th year of marriage, their only children, fraternal twin sons Esau (Edom) and Jacob (Israel) were born. Decades thereafter, following Rebekah's suggestion, Jacob successfully tricked Isaac into giving him the blessing due firstborn son Esau. Afterward, Jacob was urgently sent to find a wife in Padan Aram in Haran. Twenty years after Jacob was sent to Haran, Jacob obeyed the command of the Lord God and began journeying to Canaan with his wives Leah and Rachel, and maidservants Bilhah and Zilpah, daughter Dinah, and the sons born to Jacob, his wives and maidservants. Jacob and his family lived in a few places before the Lord God told Jacob to live in Bethel. While journeying with the family away from Bethel, Jacob and Rachel's 2nd son Benjamin was born, and Rachel died. Eventually, Jacob and his family arrived in Hebron and Jacob was reunited with Isaac. Over 1,800 years after Jacob died in Egypt and was buried in Canaan, Jesus the Christ, the Son of God, was born. Jesus was conceived of the Holy Spirit in the womb of Mary, a virgin, and Jesus was born into the tribe of Jacob and Leah's 4th born son Judah to Mary and her husband Joseph when Mary was a virgin.-Genesis 11:26-50:26, Exodus, Numbers 20:1-29, 27:12-23, Deuteronomy 31:1-30, 32:44-52, 34:1-12, Joshua 1:1-4:24, 1 Chronicles 1:1-34, 2:1-17, 3:1-24, Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, Acts 1:1-26

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