14. Your descendants will be as numerous as the dust of the earth! They will spread out in all directions—to the west and the east, to the north and the south. And all the families of the earth will be blessed through you and your descendants.
15. What’s more, I am with you, and I will protect you wherever you go. One day I will bring you back to this land. I will not leave you until I have finished giving you everything I have promised you.”
16. Then Jacob awoke from his sleep and said, “Surely the lord is in this place, and I wasn’t even aware of it!”
17. But he was also afraid and said, “What an awesome place this is! It is none other than the house of God, the very gateway to heaven!”
18. The next morning Jacob got up very early. He took the stone he had rested his head against, and he set it upright as a memorial pillar. Then he poured olive oil over it.