⁴³ Now then, my son, do what I say:^(A) Flee at once to my brother Laban^(B) in Harran.^{(C) 44} Stay with him for a while^(D) until your brother’s fury subsides. ⁴⁵ When your brother is no longer angry with you and forgets what you did to him,^(E) I’ll send word for you to come back from there.^(F) Why should I lose both of you in one day?”

¹² He had a dream^(A) 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.^{(B) 13} There above it^[a] stood the Lord,^(C) and he said: “I am the Lord, the God of your father Abraham and the God of Isaac.^(D) I will give you and your descendants the land^(E) on which you are lying.^{(F) 14} Your descendants will be like the dust of the earth, and you^(G) will spread out to the west and to the east, to the north and to the south.^(H) All peoples on earth will be blessed through you and your offspring.^{[b](I) 15} I am with you^(J) and will watch over you^(K) wherever you go,^(L) and I will bring you back to this land.^(M) I will not leave you^(N) until I have done what I have promised you.^(O)”^(P)