15 I am with you(A) and will watch over you(B) wherever you go,(C) and I will bring you back to this land.(D) I will not leave you(E) until I have done what I have promised you.(F)(G)

16 When Jacob awoke from his sleep,(H) he thought, “Surely the Lord is in this place, and I was not aware of it.” 17 He was afraid and said, “How awesome is this place!(I) This is none other than the house of God;(J) this is the gate of heaven.”

18 Early the next morning Jacob took the stone he had placed under his head(K) and set it up as a pillar(L) and poured oil on top of it.(M) 19 He called that place Bethel,[a](N) though the city used to be called Luz.(O)

20 Then Jacob made a vow,(P) saying, “If God will be with me and will watch over me(Q) on this journey I am taking and will give me food to eat and clothes to wear(R) 21 so that I return safely(S) to my father’s household,(T) then the Lord[b] will be my God(U) 22 and[c] this stone that I have set up as a pillar(V) will be God’s house,(W) and of all that you give me I will give you a tenth.(X)

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 28:19 Bethel means house of God.
  2. Genesis 28:21 Or Since God … father’s household, the Lord
  3. Genesis 28:22 Or household, and the Lord will be my God, 22 then

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