Genesis 28:16

And Ya'akov awoke out of his sleep, and he said, Surely Hashem is in this place! And I had no da'as of it.

Orthodox Jewish Bible

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

15And, hinei, I am with thee, and will be shomer over thee in all places where thou goest, and will bring thee back into haadamah hazot; for I will not leave thee, until I have done that which I have promised thee.

17And he was afraid, and said, How nora (awesome) is this place! This is none other than the Beis Elohim, and this is the Sha'ar HaShomayim.

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Cross References

Exodus 15:11Mi chamochah ba'elim, Adonoi 1 (Who is like unto Thee, Hashem, among the elim)? + 15:11 g-ds 1 Who is like Thee, 1 glorious in kodesh (holiness), 1 awesome in praiseworthy acts, 1 doing wonders? 1

Joshua 5:15And the Sar Tze'va Hashem said unto Yehoshua, Take off thy sandals from off thy feet; for the makom whereon thou standest is kodesh. And Yehoshua did so.

Job 9:11Hen (lo), He passeth by me, and I see Him not; 1 He goeth on also, but I perceive Him not. 1

Psalms 68:35Ascribe ye oz (power) unto Elohim; 1 His majesty is over Yisroel, 1 and His oz is in the skies. 1

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 →

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