¹⁷ He was afraid and said, “How awesome is this place!^(A) This is none other than the house of God;^(B) this is the gate of heaven.”

¹⁹ He called that place Bethel,^[a](A) though the city used to be called Luz.^(B)

⁷ There he built an altar,^(A) and he called the place El Bethel,^[a](B) because it was there that God revealed himself to him^(C) when he was fleeing from his brother.^(D)