Genesis 28:17
And he was afraid, and said, How awesome is this place! This is none other than the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
16And Jacob awoke out of his sleep, and he said, Surely LORD is in this place, and I did not know it.
Cross References
Genesis 28:22then this stone, which I have set up for a pillar, shall be God's house. And of all that thou shall give me I will surely give the tenth to thee.
Genesis 35:7And he built there an altar, and called the place El-bethel, because God was revealed to him there, when he fled from the face of his brother.
Exodus 3:6Moreover he said, I am the God of thy father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. And Moses hid his face, for he was afraid to look upon God.
2 Chronicles 5:14so that the priests could not stand to minister because of the cloud. For the glory of LORD filled the house of God.
Matthew 17:6And when the disciples heard it, they fell on their face, and were exceedingly afraid.
Luke 8:35And they came out to see what happened. And they came to Jesus, and found the man, from whom the demons had gone out, sitting near the feet of Jesus, clothed and in his right mind. And they were afraid.
Matthew Henry on Genesis 28:17-22
Jacob's Vow. ( b. c. 1760.) 16 And Jacob awaked out of his sleep, and he said, Surely the Lord is in this place; and I knew it not. 17 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. 18 And Jacob rose up early in the morning, and took the stone that he had put for his pillows, and set it up for a pillar, and poured oil upon the top of it. 19 And he called the name of that place Beth-el: but the name of that city was called Luz at the… Read the whole commentary →