Rashi has a problem with this. He said that the Torah has no reason to say ויצא. After looking into it, he said that it comes to teach us that when a good person leaves his community, the whole city feels it. If you're someone that gives a lot to your community then you will be important and people will look up to you. When making plans for the future, have in mind that you could be something big.
So when Yaakov gets tired, he finds some rocks, puts them around him and uses some other rocks as a pillow. That night he has a dream. He sees a ladder with angels going up and down. Yea yeah yeah we learnt this stuff in first grade. Okay let's move on
When he wakes up from his sleep, he declares that Hashem is with him. What? Did he not know?
אנכי- If you want to find Hashem and make a connection, you have to disconnect from yourself. You can't only be thinking of you and your needs. This is Yaakov basically discovering Hashem. He named this place בית-אל.
I know this is out of order but back in pasuk יב 
We have this symbolic dream. This isn't what you leaned in first grade....
The ladder was מצב, firmly planted in the ground. If your ראש, head, is מגיע שמימה you will elevate everything. When your feet are firmly planted in this world you will have more clarity of vision and you can better emulate Hashem.
The מלאכים, angels, were going up and down the ladder. What does this mean? Well the word מלאכים also means messenger. Everyone in this world is a מלאך in everyone else's lives. The way you connect to the world is with interaction with fellow humans. If we appreciate this, they will come down the ladder to give us opporitinites to do good and therefore bring us up the ladder.
Be aware of the angels in your life.
Shabbat Shalom!
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