Genesis 28:17
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.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
16And Jacob awoke from his sleep, and said, Surely Jehovah is in this place, and I knew [it] not.
Cross References
Genesis 28:22And this stone, which I have set up [for] a pillar, shall be God's house; and of all that thou wilt give me I will without fail give the tenth to thee.
Genesis 35:7And he built there an altar, and called the place El-beth-el; because there God had appeared to him when he fled from the face of his brother.
Exodus 3:6And 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 at God.
2 Chronicles 5:14and the priests could not stand to do their service because of the cloud; for the glory of Jehovah had filled the house of God.
Matthew 17:6And the disciples hearing [it] fell upon their faces, and were greatly terrified.
Luke 8:35And they went out to see what had happened, and came to Jesus, and found the man from whom the demons had gone out, sitting, clothed and sensible, at the feet of Jesus. 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 →