Genesis 28:16-22

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Jacob Worships God in Bethel

¹⁶ Then Jacob woke up during the night^[a] and told himself,^[b] “Surely, the Lord is in this place and I never knew it!” ¹⁷ In mounting terror, he cried out, “How scary this place is! This is nothing less than God’s house and the gateway to heaven!” ¹⁸ When Jacob got up early the next morning, he took the stone that he had used for his pillow,^[c] set it up as a pillar, drenched it with oil, ¹⁹ and named^[d] the place Beth-el, although previously^[e] the city had been named Luz.

²⁰ Then he made this solemn vow:^[f] “If God remains with me, watches over me throughout this journey that I’m taking, gives me food to eat and clothes to wear, ²¹ and returns me safely to my father’s house, then the Lord will be my God, ²² this stone that I’ve erected in the form of a pillar will be God’s house, and I’ll give you a tenth of everything that you give to me.”