16. When Jacob awoke from his sleep, he said, “Truly, the Lord is in this place and I did not know it!”
17. He was afraid and said: “How awesome this place is! This is nothing else but the house of God, the gateway to heaven!”
18. Early the next morning Jacob took the stone that he had put under his head, set it up as a sacred pillar, and poured oil on top of it.
19. He named that place Bethel, whereas the former name of the town had been Luz.
20. Jacob then made this vow: “If God will be with me and protect me on this journey I am making and give me food to eat and clothes to wear,
21. and I come back safely to my father’s house, the Lord will be my God.
22. This stone that I have set up as a sacred pillar will be the house of God. Of everything you give me, I will return a tenth part to you without fail.”