Study it in the app“And look, YHWH stood above it and said, “I am YHWH, the Elohim of Abraham your father and the Elohim of Isaac. The land on which you are lying I will give it to you and to your offspring.”
And look,וְהִנֵּהYHWHיְהוָהstoodנִצָּבabove itעָלָיוand said,וַיֹּאמַר“Iאֲנִיam YHWH,יְהוָהthe Elohimאֱלֹהֵיof Abrahamאַבְרָהָםyour fatherאָבִיךָand the Elohimוֵאלֹהֵיof Isaac.יִצְחָקThe landהָאָרֶץon whichאֲשֶׁר עָלֶיהָyouאַתָּהare lyingשֹׁכֵבI will give itאֶתְּנֶנָּהto youלְךָand to your offspring.וּלְזַרְעֶךָ
YHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appearsstand
To remain upright in a place without moving.
Where else “nitsav” appearssay
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomar” appearsElohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohe” appearsAbraham
Abraham, the name God gave to Abram; it sounds like "father of a multitude" (Genesis 17:5). The father of the people of Israel, to whom God promised the land and blessing for all the families of the earth.
Where else “avraham” appearsfather
The man who begets a child and heads his household.
Where else “avi” appearsIsaac
Isaac, the son promised to Abraham and Sarah, father of Esau and Jacob. His name means "he laughs" (Genesis 17:17, 19; 21:6).
Where else “yitschak” appearsland
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “arets” appearslie down
To lie down to sleep or rest.
Where else “shochev” appearsgive
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “etne” appearsoffspring
The children, grandchildren and whole line that come from someone.
Where else “zare” appears12He dreamed, and look, a ladder set on the earth, and its top reaching to the heavens; and look, the angels of Elohim were going up and coming down on it.
13 · This verse (above)
14Your offspring will be like the dust of the earth, and you will spread out to the west and to the east and to the north and to the south; and all the families of the ground will be blessed in you and in your offspring.
1. What it says
What did Jacob dream at Bethel, and what did YHWH say to him (vv. 12-15)?
2. What it means
What does it mean that Elohim tells Jacob, “I am with you and will keep you,” in his flight (v. 15)?
3. How I live it
In what difficult place in your life do you need to remember that Elohim is with you?
