16. Then Jacob woke up and said, “I know that the Lord is in this place, but I did not know he was here until I slept.”
17. Jacob was afraid and said, “This is a very great place. This is the house of God. This is the gate to heaven.”
18. Jacob got up very early in the morning. He took the rock he had slept on and set it up on its edge. Then he poured oil on the rock. In this way he made it a memorial to God.
19. The name of that place was Luz, but Jacob named it Bethel.
20. Then Jacob made a promise. He said, “If God will be with me, and if he will protect me on this trip, and if he gives me food to eat and clothes to wear,
21. and if I return in peace to my father’s house—if he does all these things—then the Lord will be my God.
22. I am setting this stone up as a memorial stone. It will show that this is a holy place for God, and I will give God one-tenth of all he gives me.”