Catholic Public Domain Version

Genesis 28:17-22 Catholic Public Domain Version (CPDV)

17. And being terrified, he said: "How terrible this place is! This is nothing other than the house of God and the gateway of heaven."

18. Therefore, Jacob, arising in the morning, took the stone which he had placed under his head, and he set it up as monument, pouring oil over it.

19. And he called the name of the city, 'Bethel,' which before was called Luz.

20. And then he made a vow, saying: "If God will be with me, and will guard me along the way by which I walk, and will give me bread to eat and clothing to wear,

21. and if I will return prosperously to my father's house, then the Lord will be my God,

22. and this stone, which I have set up as a monument, will be called 'the House of God.' And from all the things that you will give to me, I will offer tithes to you."