Then Jacob left Beer-sheba and went toward Haran. He happened upon a certain place and spent the night there, for the sun had set. So he took one of the stones from the place and put it by his head and lay down in that place. He dreamed: All of a sudden, there was a stairway set up on the earth and its top reaching to the heavens—and behold, angels of God going up and down on it! Surprisingly, YHWH was standing on top of it[a] and He said, “I am YHWH, the God of your father Abraham and the God of Isaac. The land on which you lie, I will give it to you and to your seed.