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17 So he was afraid and said, “How fearful and awesome is this place! This is none other than the house of God, and this is the gateway to heaven.”

18 So Jacob got up early in the morning, and took the stone he had put under his head and he set it up as a pillar [that is, a monument to the vision in his dream], and he poured [olive] oil on the top of it [to [a]consecrate it]. 19 He named that place Bethel (the house of God); the previous name of that city was Luz (Almond Tree).

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 28:18 I.e. dedicate or declare something sacred for God’s purpose.

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