World English Bible
Genesis 28:18
“Jacob rose up early in the morning, and took the stone that he had put under his head, and set it up for a pillar, and poured oil on its top.”
Verse in context — Genesis 28
16
Jacob awakened out of his sleep, and he said, "Surely Yahweh is in this place, and I didn't know it.
17
He was afraid, and said, "How dreadful is this place! This is none other than God's house, and this is the gate of heaven.
18
Jacob rose up early in the morning, and took the stone that he had put under his head, and set it up for a pillar, and poured oil on its top.
19
He called the name of that place Bethel, but the name of the city was Luz at the first.
20
Jacob vowed a vow, saying, "If God will be with me, and will keep me in this way that I go, and will give me bread to eat, and clothing to put on,
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The book of beginnings, describing creation, humanity’s fall, God’s promises, and the patriarchs (Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Joseph).
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