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Then Jacob departed from ^(p)Beersheba and went toward ^(q)Haran.

He ^[e]came to ^[f]a ^(r)certain place and spent the night there, because the sun had set; and he took one of the stones of the place and put it ^[g]under his head, and lay down in that place.

^(s)He had a dream, and behold, a ladder was set on the earth with its top reaching to heaven; and behold, ^(t)the angels of God were ascending and descending on it.

And behold, ^(u)the Lord stood ^[h]above it and said, "I am the Lord , ^(v)the God of your father Abraham and the God of Isaac; the land on which you lie, I will give it ^(w)to you and to ^(x)your ^[i]descendants.

Your ^[j]descendants will also be like ^(y)the dust of the earth, and you will ^[k]spread out ^(z)to the west and to the east and to the north and to the south; and ^(aa)in you and in your ^[l]descendants shall all the families of the earth be blessed.

Behold, ^(ab)I am with you and ^(ac)will keep you wherever you go, and ^(ad)will bring you back to this land; for ^(ae)I will not leave you until I have done what I have ^[m]promised you."

Then Jacob ^(af)awoke from his sleep and said, "^(ag)Surely the Lord is in this place, and I did not know it."

He was afraid and said, "^(ah)How awesome is this place! This is none other than the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven."

So Jacob rose early in the morning, and took ^(ai)the stone that he had put ^[n]under his head and set it up as a pillar and poured oil on its top.

He called the name of that place ^[o](aj)Bethel; however, ^[p]previously the name of the city had been ^(ak)Luz.

Then Jacob ^(al)made a vow, saying, "^(am)If God will be with me and will keep me on this journey that I ^[q]take, and will give me ^[r](an)food to eat and garments to wear,

and ^(ao)I return to my father's house in ^[s]safety, ^(ap)then the Lord will be my God.

This stone, which I have set up as a pillar, ^(aq)will be God's house, and ^(ar)of all that You give me I will surely give a tenth to You."