Genesis 28:17
And trembling he said: How terrible is this place! this is no other but the house of God, and the gate of heaven.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
16And when Jacob awaked out of sleep, he said: Indeed the Lord is in this place, and I knew it not.
Cross References
Genesis 28:22And this stone, which I have set up for a title, shall called the house of God: and of all things that thou shalt give to me, I will offer tithes to thee.
Genesis 35:7And he built there an altar, and called the name of that place, The house of God: for there God appeared to him when he fled from 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. Moses hid his face: for he durst not look at God.
2 Chronicles 5:14Nor could the priests stand and minister by reason of the cloud. For the glory of the Lord had filled the house of God.
Matthew 17:6And the disciples hearing, fell upon their face, and were very much afraid.
Luke 8:35And they went out to see what was done; and they came to Jesus, and found the man, out of whom the devils were departed, sitting at his feet, 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 →