Genesis 28:16

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And Jacob, awaking from his sleep, said, Truly, the Lord is in this place and I was not conscious of it.

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  • Josh 5:15 : 15 And the captain of the Lord's army said to Joshua, Take off your shoes from your feet, for the place where you are is holy. And Joshua did so.
  • Exod 3:5 : 5 And he said, Do not come near: take off your shoes from your feet, for the place where you are is holy.
  • Exod 15:11 : 11 Who is like you, O Lord, among the gods? who is like you, in holy glory, to be praised with fear, doing wonders?
  • 1 Sam 3:4-7 : 4 The voice of the Lord said Samuel's name; and he said, Here am I. 5 And running to Eli he said, Here am I, for you said my name. And Eli said, I did not say your name; go to your rest again. So he went back to his bed. 6 And again the Lord said, Samuel. And Samuel got up and went to Eli and said, Here am I; for you certainly said my name. But he said in answer, I said nothing, my son; go to your rest again. 7 Now at that time Samuel had no knowledge of the Lord, and the revelation of the word of the Lord had not come to him.
  • Job 9:11 : 11 See, he goes past me and I see him not: he goes on before, but I have no knowledge of him.
  • Job 33:14 : 14 For God gives his word in one way, even in two, and man is not conscious of it:
  • Ps 68:35 : 35 O God, you are to be feared in your holy place: the God of Israel gives strength and power to his people. Praise be to God.
  • Isa 8:13 : 13 But let the Lord of armies be holy to you, and go in fear of him, giving honour to him.

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  • Gen 28:17-21
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    86%

    17 And fear came on him, and he said, This is a holy place; this is nothing less than the house of God and the doorway of heaven.

    18 And early in the morning Jacob took the stone which had been under his head, and put it up as a pillar and put oil on it.

    19 And he gave that place the name of Beth-el, but before that time the town was named Luz.

    20 Then Jacob took an oath, and said, If God will be with me, and keep me safe on my journey, and give me food and clothing to put on,

    21 So that I come again to my father's house in peace, then I will take the Lord to be my God,

  • Gen 28:10-13
    4 verses
    77%

    10 So Jacob went out from Beer-sheba to go to Haran.

    11 And coming to a certain place, he made it his resting-place for the night, for the sun had gone down; and he took one of the stones which were there, and putting it under his head he went to sleep in that place.

    12 And he had a dream, and in his dream he saw steps stretching from earth to heaven, and the angels of God were going up and down on them.

    13 And he saw the Lord by his side, saying, I am the Lord, the God of Abraham your father, and the God of Isaac: I will give to you and to your seed this land on which you are sleeping.

  • Gen 31:11
    76%

    11 And in my dream the angel of the Lord said to me, Jacob: and I said, Here am I.

  • Gen 46:2
    76%

    2 And God said to Israel in a night-vision, Jacob, Jacob. And he said, Here am I.

  • Gen 28:15
    75%

    15 And truly, I will be with you, and will keep you wherever you go, guiding you back again to this land; and I will not give you up till I have done what I have said to you.

  • Gen 32:9
    73%

    9 Then Jacob said, O God of my father Abraham, the God of my father Isaac, the Lord who said to me, Go back to your country and your family and I will be good to you:

  • Jer 31:26
    73%

    26 At this, awaking from my sleep, I saw; and my sleep was sweet to me.

  • Ps 132:5
    73%

    5 Till I have got a place for the Lord, a resting-place for the great God of Jacob.

  • Gen 31:13
    73%

    13 I am the God of Beth-el, where you put oil on the pillar and took an oath to me: now then, come out of this land and go back to the country of your birth.

  • Gen 32:1-2
    2 verses
    73%

    1 And on his way Jacob came face to face with the angels of God.

    2 And when he saw them he said, This is the army of God: so he gave that place the name of Mahanaim.

  • Gen 35:13-15
    3 verses
    72%

    13 Then God went up from him in the place where he had been talking with him.

    14 And Jacob put up a pillar in the place where he had been talking with God, and put a drink offering on it, and oil.

    15 And he gave to the place where God had been talking with him, the name of Beth-el.

  • Gen 35:1
    72%

    1 And God said to Jacob, Go up now to Beth-el and make your living-place there: and put up an altar there to the God who came to you when you were in flight from your brother Esau.

  • Gen 32:29-30
    2 verses
    72%

    29 Then Jacob said, What is your name? And he said, What is my name to you? Then he gave him a blessing.

    30 And Jacob gave that place the name of Peniel, saying, I have seen God face to face, and still I am living.

  • Gen 32:27
    71%

    27 Then he said, What is your name? And he said, Jacob.

  • Gen 31:3
    71%

    3 Then the Lord said to Jacob, Go back to the land of your fathers, and to your relations, and I will be with you.

  • Gen 35:9
    71%

    9 Now when Jacob was on his way from Paddan-aram, God came to him again and, blessing him, said,

  • Gen 31:42
    70%

    42 If the God of my father, the God of Abraham and the Fear of Isaac, had not been with me, you would have sent me away with nothing in my hands. But God has seen my troubles and the work of my hands, and this night he kept you back.

  • Gen 35:3
    70%

    3 And let us go up to Beth-el: and there I will make an altar to God, who gave me an answer in the day of my trouble, and was with me wherever I went.

  • Gen 48:3
    70%

    3 And Jacob said to Joseph, God, the Ruler of all, came to me in a vision at Luz in the land of Canaan, and gave me his blessing,

  • Gen 35:6-7
    2 verses
    70%

    6 And Jacob came to Luz in the land of Canaan (which is the same as Beth-el), he and all his people.

    7 And there he made an altar, naming the place El-beth-el: because it was there he had the vision of God when he was in flight from his brother.

  • Ps 132:2
    69%

    2 How he made an oath to the Lord, and gave his word to the great God of Jacob, saying,

  • Gen 32:24
    69%

    24 Then Jacob was by himself; and a man was fighting with him till dawn.

  • Gen 20:6
    69%

    6 And God said to him in the dream, I see that you have done this with an upright heart, and I have kept you from sinning against me: for this reason I did not let you come near her.

  • Ps 3:5
    69%

    5 I took my rest in sleep, and then again I was awake; for the Lord was my support.

  • Gen 31:24-25
    2 verses
    69%

    24 Then God came to Laban in a dream by night, and said to him, Take care that you say nothing good or bad to Jacob.

    25 Now when Laban overtook him, Jacob had put up his tent in the hill-country; and Laban and his brothers put up their tents in the hill-country of Gilead.

  • Acts 7:32
    69%

    32 I am the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham and of Isaac and of Jacob. And Moses, shaking with fear, kept his eyes from looking at it.

  • Gen 31:31
    69%

    31 And Jacob, in answer, said to Laban, My fear was that you might take your daughters from me by force.