Jacob started on his journey to his uncle's house, and when night came
lay down to sleep, making a pillow of stones for his head. In his
sleep a wonderful dream or vision came to him. He saw a ladder with
its foot resting on the earth and its top reaching to heaven. Upon
this ladder angels went up and down, while at the top stood God
Himself, who promised Jacob that He would be with him wherever he went,
and that he and his children should have the land in which he was at
that time.
[Illustration: Upon this ladder angels went up and down.]
When Jacob awoke he made a pillar of the stone upon which his head had
rested, poured oil upon it, and called the name of the place Bethel.
Then he made a vow that if God would go with him and provide for him he
would serve Him and give to Him a tenth part of all he possessed.
Although Jacob knew a good deal about God, up to this time he had no
personal knowledge of Him, but during, this, his first night from home,
he had, in a vision, seen God and heard His voice in the most gracious
of promises. His whole life was changed, and from that time he was
God's man.
Then Jacob went on his way again and came to a well near Haran, where
Laban lived. This well was not like the one where Eliezer, the steward
of Abraham, had first seen the maiden who became Jacob's mother.
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