13 And there was the Lord standing beside him and saying: I am the Lord, the God of Abraham your father and the God of Isaac; the land on which you are lying I will give to you and your descendants.
14 Your descendants will be like the dust of the earth, and through them you will spread to the west and the east, to the north and the south. In you and your descendants all the families of the earth will find blessing.
15 I am with you and will protect you wherever you go, and bring you back to this land. I will never leave you until I have done what I promised you.
16 When Jacob awoke from his sleep, he said, “Truly, the Lord is in this place and I did not know it!”
17 He was afraid and said: “How awesome this place is! This is nothing else but the house of God, the gateway to heaven!”
18 Early the next morning Jacob took the stone that he had put under his head, set it up as a sacred pillar, and poured oil on top of it.
19 He named that place Bethel, whereas the former name of the town had been Luz.