Then Jacob said, O God of my father Abraham, the God of my father Isaac, the Lord who said to me, Go back to your country and your family and I will be good to you:

Who in the days of his flesh, having sent up prayers and requests with strong crying and weeping to him who was able to give him salvation from death, had his prayer answered because of his fear of God.

Found

And coming to a certain place, he made it his resting-place for the night, for the sun had gone down; and he took one of the stones which were there, and putting it under his head he went to sleep in that place.

Now when Jacob was on his way from Paddan-aram, God came to him again and, blessing him, said,

Spake

The sea was turned into dry land: they went through the river on foot: there did we have joy in him.

Then we who are still living will be taken up together with them into the clouds to see the Lord in the air: and so will we be for ever with the Lord.

For when God made his oath to Abraham, because there was no greater oath, he made it by himself,

General references

Now when Jacob was on his way from Paddan-aram, God came to him again and, blessing him, said,