Genesis 28:22
and this stone, which I have set up as a monument, will be called ‘the House of God.’ And from all the things that you will give to me, I will offer tithes to you.”
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In The King James Version
In Context
21and if I will return prosperously to my father’s house, then the Lord will be my God,
Cross References
Genesis 14:20And blessed be the Most High God, through whose protection the enemies are in your hands.” And he gave him tithes from everything.
Genesis 28:17And being terrified, he said: “How terrible this place is! This is nothing other than the house of God and the gateway of heaven.”
Genesis 35:1About this time, God said to Jacob, “Arise and go up to Bethel, and live there, and make an altar to God, who appeared to you when you fled from your brother Esau.”
Genesis 35:14In truth, he set up a monument of stone, in the place where God had spoken to him, pouring out libations over it, and pouring oil,
Genesis 47:26From that time, even to the present day, in the entire land of Egypt, the fifth part is turned over to the kings, and it has become like a law, except in the land of the priests, which was free from this condition.
Leviticus 27:32Out of all the tithes of oxen, and sheep, and goats, which cross under the rod of the shepherd, every tenth one that arrives shall be sanctified to the Lord.
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 →