Genesis 28:16
And Jacob, awaking from his sleep, said, Truly, the Lord is in this place and I was not conscious of it.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
And Jacob awaked out of his sleep, and he said, Surely the LORD is in this place; and I knew it not.
In Context
Cross References
Exodus 15:11Who is like you, O Lord, among the gods? who is like you, in holy glory, to be praised with fear, doing wonders?
Joshua 5:15And the captain of the Lord's army said to Joshua, Take off your shoes from your feet, for the place where you are is holy. And Joshua did so.
Job 9:11See, he goes past me and I see him not: he goes on before, but I have no knowledge of him.
Psalms 68:35\68:34\Make clear that strength is God's: he is lifted up over Israel, and his power is in the clouds.
Matthew Henry on Genesis 28:11-16
Jacob's Vision at Bethel. ( b. c. 1760.) 10 And Jacob went out from Beer-sheba, and went toward Haran. 11 And he lighted upon a certain place, and tarried there all night, because the sun was set; and he took of the stones of that place, and put them for his pillows, and lay down in that place to sleep. 12 And he dreamed, and behold a ladder set up on the earth, and the top of it reached to heaven: and behold the angels of God ascending and descending on it. 13 And, behold, the Lord stood above it, and said, I am… Read the whole commentary →