Genesis
28:10-22 New King James Version (NKJV)

Jacob’s Vow at Bethel
10 Now Jacob went out from Beersheba and
went toward Haran. 11 So he came to a certain place and stayed there all night, because
the sun had set. And he took one of the stones of that place and put it at his head, and he lay down
in that place to sleep. 12 Then he dreamed, and behold, a ladder was set up on the
earth, and its top reached to heaven; and there the angels of God were ascending and descending on
it.

13 And behold, the Lord stood above it and said: “I am the Lord God of Abraham your father and the God of Isaac; the land on
which you lie I will give to you and your descendants. 14 Also your descendants shall be as the
dust of the earth; you shall spread abroad to the west and the east, to the north and the south; and
in you and in your seed all the families of the earth shall be blessed. 15 Behold, I am with
you and will keep you wherever you go, and will bring you back to this land; for I will not leave
you until I have done what I have spoken to you.”

16 Then Jacob awoke from
his sleep and said, “Surely the Lord is in this place, and I did not
know it.” 17 And he was afraid and said, “How awesome is this place!
This is none other than the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven!”

18 Then Jacob rose early
in the morning, and took the stone that he had put at his head, set it up as a pillar, and poured
oil on top of it. 19 And he called the name of that place Bethel; but the name of that
city had been Luz previously. 20 Then Jacob made a vow, saying, “If God will be with me, and keep
me in this way that I am going, and give me bread to eat and clothing to put on, 21 so that I come back to
my father’s house in peace, then the Lord shall be my God.
22 And this stone
which I have set as a pillar shall be God’s house, and of all that You give me I will surely give a
tenth to You.”