Genesis 28:10-22

10Jacob left Beersheba and he went towards Haran.

11He came to a place where he stayed for the night, because the sun had gone down. He took a stone and he put it under his head. Then he lay down and he went to sleep.

12He had a dream. In the dream, he saw some steps. The steps went up from the earth into heaven. God's angels were going up and down the steps.

13The Lord stood at the top of the steps. He said, ‘I am the Lord. I am the God of your grandfather Abraham, and the God of Isaac, your father. I will give the land that you are lying on to you and to your descendants.

14Your descendants will be as many as the dust of the earth. They will go to the west and to the east. They will go to the north and to the south. Through you and your descendants I will bless all the families of people on the earth.

15I am with you. I will take care of you wherever you go. I will bring you back to this land. I will not leave you until I have done what I promised to do for you.’

16Jacob woke from his sleep. He thought, ‘The Lord is in this place and I did not know it.’

17Jacob was afraid. He said, ‘How great this place is! This must be the house of God. This is the gate of heaven.’

18Early in the morning Jacob got up. He took the stone that he had put under his head. He made it stand up straight in the ground. He poured oil on top of it.

19Jacob called that place Bethel. Before that, the name of the place had been Luz.

20Then Jacob made a promise to God. He said, ‘While I am on this journey, I want God to be with me and to take care of me. I want him to give me food to eat and clothes to wear.

21Then I want to return to my father's house. If God keeps me safe, then the Lord will be my God.

22This special stone that I have put here will be God's house. And from everything that God gives me, I will give God one tenth.’