13. And behold, Yahweh was standing beside him, and he said, “I am Yahweh, the God of Abraham your father, and the God of Isaac. The ground on which you were sleeping I will give to you and to your descendants.
14. Your descendants shall be like the dust of the earth, and you will spread out to the west, and to the east, and to the north and to the south. And all the families of the earth will be blessed through you and through your descendants.
15. Now behold, I am with you, and I will keep you wherever you go. And I will bring you to this land, for I will not leave you until I have done what I have promised to you.”
16. Then Jacob awoke from his sleep and said, “Surely Yahweh is indeed in this place and I did not know!”
17. Then he was afraid and said, “How awesome is this place! This is nothing else than the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven!”
18. And Jacob rose early in the morning, and he took the stone that he had put under his head and set it up as a stone pillar, and poured oil on top of it.
19. And he called the name of that place Bethel; however, the name of the city was formerly Luz.
20. And Jacob made a vow saying, “If God will be with me and protect me on this way that I am going, and gives me food to eat and clothing to wear,