12 Then he dreamed, and behold, a ladder was set up on the
earth, and its top reached to heaven; and there the angels of God were
ascending and descending on it.
13 And behold, the Lord stood above it and said:
“I am the Lord God of Abraham your father and the God of Isaac; the land on
which you lie I will give to you and your descendants.
14 “Also your descendants shall be as the dust of the earth;
you shall spread abroad to the west and the east, to the north and the south;
and in you and in your seed all the families of the earth shall be blessed.
15 “Behold, I am with you and will keep you wherever you go,
and will bring you back to this land; for I will not leave you until I have
done what I have spoken to you.”
16 Then Jacob awoke from his sleep and said, “Surely the
Lord is in this place, and I did not know it.”
17 And he was afraid and said, “How awesome is this place! This
is none other than the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven!”
18 Then Jacob rose early in the morning, and took the stone
that he had put at his head, set it up as a pillar, and poured oil on top of
it.
19 And he called the name of that place Bethel; but the name
of that city had been Luz Previously.
20 Then Jacob made a vow, saying, “If God will be with me,
and keep me in this way that I am going, and give me bread to eat and clothing
to put on.
21 “So that I come back to my father’s house in peace, then
the Lord shall be y God.
22 “And this stone which I have set as a
pillar shall be God’s house and of all that You give me I will surely give a
tenth to You.”
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