15 Remember, I will be with you and protect you wherever you go, and I will bring you back to this land. I will not leave you until I have done all that I have promised you.”
16 Jacob woke up and said, “The Lord is here! He is in this place, and I didn't know it!”
17 He was afraid and said, “What a terrifying place this is! It must be the house of God; it must be the gate that opens into heaven.”
18 Jacob got up early next morning, took the stone that was under his head, and set it up as a memorial. Then he poured olive oil on it to dedicate it to God.
19 He named the place Bethel. (The town there was once known as Luz.)
20 Then Jacob made a vow to the Lord: “If you will be with me and protect me on the journey I am making and give me food and clothing,
21 and if I return safely to my father's home, then you will be my God.