Upon awakening from the dream, he called the place Bethel, meaning “House of God, ” and vowed to Jehovah:“ As for everything that you will give me I shall without fail give the tenth of it to you. ”
Pamodies viņš nosauca šo vietu par Bēteli, kas nozīmē ’ Dieva nams ’, un svinīgi apsolīja Jehovam: ” No visa, ko Dievs man dos, es desmito tiesu došu Viņam. ” * (1. Mozus 28: 20 — 22.)