Genesis 28:16
And when Jacob had awakened from sleep, he said, “Truly, the Lord is in this place, and I did not know it.”
Catholic Public Domain Version
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 in strength, O Lord? Who is like you: magnificent in sanctity, terrible and yet praiseworthy, accomplishing miracles?
Joshua 5:15Joshua fell prone on the ground. And reverencing, he said, “What does my lord say to his servant?”
Job 9:11If he approaches me, I will not see him; if he departs, I will not understand.
Psalms 68:35Let the heavens and the earth praise him: the sea, and everything that crawls in it.
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 →