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Genesis 28:17

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15 Look, I am with you, and I will watch over you wherever you go, and I will bring you back to this land. For I will not leave you until I have done what I have promised you.”

16 When Jacob woke up, he thought, “Surely the LORD is in this place, and I was unaware of it.”

And 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 Early the next morning, Jacob took the stone that he had placed under his head, and he set it up as a pillar. He poured oil on top of it,

19 and he called that place Bethel, though previously the city had been named Luz.

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
And 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!”
KJV
And he was afraid, and said, How dreadful is this place! this is none other but the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven.
WEB
He was afraid, and said, “How awesome this place is! This is none other than God’s house, and this is the gate of heaven.”
ASV
And he was afraid, and said, How dreadful is this place! This is none other than the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven.
DARBY
And he was afraid, and said, How dreadful is this place! this is none other but the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven.
BLB
And he feared and he said, “How awesome this place is! This [is] none other than the house of God! And this [is] the gate of the heavens!”
ÅB
Og det kom en frykt over ham, og han sa: Hvor forferdelig er ikke dette sted ! Her er i sannhet Guds hus, her er himmelens port.
OTB
Han var fylt av ærefrykt og sa: "Hvor utrolig er dette stedet! Dette er intet mindre enn Guds hus; dette er himmelens port."
B1930
Og det kom en frykt over ham, og han sa: Hvor forferdelig er ikke dette sted ! Her er visselig Guds hus, her er himmelens port.

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Cross references

  • 1 Timothy 3:15

    in case I am delayed, so that you will know how each one must conduct himself in God’s household, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and foundation of the truth.

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  • Genesis 35:1–13

    Then God said to Jacob, “Arise, go up to Bethel, and settle there. Build an altar there to the God who appeared to you when you fled from your brother Esau.”

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  • Ecclesiastes 5:1

    Guard your steps when you go to the house of God. Draw near to listen rather than to offer the sacrifice of fools, who do not know that they do wrong.

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  • Exodus 3:6

    Then He said, “I am the God of your father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.” At this, Moses hid his face, for he was afraid to look at God.

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  • Genesis 28:22

    And this stone I have set up as a pillar will be God’s house, and of all that You give me I will surely give You a tenth.”

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  • 2 Chronicles 5:14

    so that the priests could not stand there to minister because of the cloud; for the glory of the LORD filled the house of God.

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  • Judges 13:22

    “We are going to die,” he said to his wife, “for we have seen God!”

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  • Luke 2:9

    Just then an angel of the Lord stood before them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were terrified.

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