Genesis 28:17

And he feared and said, How fearful is this place! None other this, than the house of God! Nor this than the gate of the heavens

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

16And Jacob awoke from his sleep, and said. Surely, Yahweh was in this place, And I, knew it not.

18So Jacob rose early in the morning, and took the stone which he had put for his pillow, and put it for a pillar,—and poured out oil upon the top thereof;

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Cross References

Genesis 28:22And, this stone which I have put for a pillar, shall be the house of God,—And, of all which thou shalt give me, a tenth, will I tithe unto thee.

Genesis 35:7And he built there an altar, and called the place El-Beth-el,—because, there, God revealed himself unto him, when he fled from the face of his brother,

Exodus 3:6And he said—I, am the God of thy father, God of Abraham, God of Isaac and God of Jacob. And Moses hid his face, for he was afraid to look upon God.

2 Chronicles 5:14and the priests could not stand to minister, by reason of the cloud,-for, the glory of Yahweh, filled, the house of God.

Matthew 17:6And, hearing it, the disciples fell upon their face, and were caused to fear exceedingly.

Luke 8:35And they went forth to see what had happened; and came unto Jesus, and found the man from whom the demons had gone forth, sitting, clothed, and of sound mind, near the feet of Jesus,—and they were struck with fear.

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 →

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