Young's Literal Translation YLT
New International Version NIV
17 and he feareth, and saith, `How fearful [is] this place; this is nothing but a house of God, and this a gate of the heavens.'
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He was afraid and said, “How awesome is this place! This is none other than the house of God; this is the gate of heaven.”
18 And Jacob riseth early in the morning, and taketh the stone which he hath made his pillows, and maketh it a standing pillar, and poureth oil upon its top,
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Early the next morning Jacob took the stone he had placed under his head and set it up as a pillar and poured oil on top of it.
19 and he calleth the name of that place Bethel, [house of God,] and yet, Luz [is] the name of the city at the first.
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He called that place Bethel, though the city used to be called Luz.
20 And Jacob voweth a vow, saying, `Seeing God is with me, and hath kept me in this way which I am going, and hath given to me bread to eat, and a garment to put on --
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Then Jacob made a vow, saying, “If God will be with me and will watch over me on this journey I am taking and will give me food to eat and clothes to wear
21 when I have turned back in peace unto the house of my father, and Jehovah hath become my God,
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so that I return safely to my father’s household, then the LORD will be my God
22 then this stone which I have made a standing pillar is a house of God, and all that Thou dost give to me -- tithing I tithe to Thee.'
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and this stone that I have set up as a pillar will be God’s house, and of all that you give me I will give you a tenth.”
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