Genesis 28:16-18

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Jacob Worships God in Bethel

¹⁶ Then Jacob woke up during the night^[a] and told himself,^[b] “Surely, the Lord is in this place and I never knew it!” ¹⁷ In mounting terror, he cried out, “How scary this place is! This is nothing less than God’s house and the gateway to heaven!” ¹⁸ When Jacob got up early the next morning, he took the stone that he had used for his pillow,^[c] set it up as a pillar, drenched it with oil,