¹⁸ Early the next morning Jacob took the stone he had placed under his head^(A) and set it up as a pillar^(B) and poured oil on top of it.^{(C) 19} He called that place Bethel,^[a](D) though the city used to be called Luz.^(E)

²⁰ Then Jacob made a vow,^(F) saying, “If God will be with me and will watch over me^(G) on this journey I am taking and will give me food to eat and clothes to wear^{(H) 21} so that I return safely^(I) to my father’s household,^(J) then the Lord^[b] will be my God^{(K) 22} and^[c] this stone that I have set up as a pillar^(L) will be God’s house,^(M) and of all that you give me I will give you a tenth.^(N)”