20 And he took one of the stones of that place and laid <it at his head> under the tree, and he was journeying alone, and he slept. (JUB) 21 And he dreamt that night, and behold a ladder set up on the earth, and the top of it reached to heaven, and behold, the angels of the Lord ascended and descended on it: and behold, the Lord stood upon it. (JUB) 22 And he spake to Jacob and said: 'I am the Lord God of Abraham, thy father, and the God of Isaac; the land whereon thou art sleeping, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed after thee. (JUB)
Book of Jubilees 27:20–22
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