Genesis 28:17

And he was afrayde and sayde how fearfull is this place? it is none other but euen the house of God and the gate of heaue.

William Tyndale Bible (1525/1530)

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

16When Iacob was awaked out of his slepe he sayde: surely the LORde is in this place ad I was not aware.

18And Iacob stode vp early in the mornynge and toke the stone that he had layde vnder his heade and pitched it vp an ende and poured oyle on the topp of it.

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Cross References

Genesis 28:22and this stone which I haue sett vp an ende shalbe godes house And of all that thou shalt geue me will I geue the tenth vnto the.

Genesis 35:7And he buylded there an aulter and called the place Elbethell: because that God appered vnto him there when he fled from his brother.

Matthew 17:6And when the disciples hearde that they fell on their faces and were soore afrayed.

Luke 8:35And they came out to se what was done: and came to Iesus and founde ye man out of who the devyls were departed sittynge at the fete of Iesus clothed and in his right mynde and they were afrayde.

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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