Genesis 28:17
He was afraid, and said, “How awesome this place is! This is none other than God’s house, and this is the gate of heaven.”
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Genesis 28:22then this stone, which I have set up for a pillar, will be God’s house. Of all that you will give me I will surely give a tenth to you.”
Genesis 35:7He built an altar there, and called the place El Beth El; because there God was revealed to him, when he fled from the face of his brother.
Exodus 3:6Moreover he said, “I am the God of your father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.” Moses hid his face because he was afraid to look at God.
2 Chronicles 5:14so that the priests could not stand to minister by reason of the cloud; for the LORD’s glory filled God’s house.
Matthew 17:6When the disciples heard it, they fell on their faces, and were very afraid.
Luke 8:35People went out to see what had happened. They came to Jesus and found the man from whom the demons had gone out, sitting at Jesus’ 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 →