15. I am with you and will watch over you wherever you go, and I will bring you back to this land. I will not leave you until I have done what I have promised you.’
16. When Jacob awoke from his sleep, 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! This is none other than the house of God; this is the gate of heaven.’
18. Early the next morning Jacob took the stone he had placed under his head and set it up as a pillar and poured oil on top of it.
19. He called that place Bethel, though the city used to be called Luz.
20. Then Jacob made a vow, saying, ‘If God will be with me and will watch over me on this journey I am taking and will give me food to eat and clothes to wear
21. so that I return safely to my father’s household, then the Lord will be my God