Genesis 28:17

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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.

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  • Gen 35:1-9 : 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. 2 Then Jacob said to all his people, Put away the strange gods which are among you, and make yourselves clean, and put on a change of clothing: 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. 4 Then they gave to Jacob all the strange gods which they had, and the rings which were in their ears; and Jacob put them away under the holy tree at Shechem. 5 So they went on their journey: and the fear of God was on the towns round about, so that they made no attack on the sons of Jacob. 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. 8 And Deborah, the servant who had taken care of Rebekah from her birth, came to her end, and was put to rest near Beth-el, under the holy tree: and they gave it the name of Allon-bacuth. 9 Now when Jacob was on his way from Paddan-aram, God came to him again and, blessing him, said, 10 Jacob is your name, but it will be so no longer; from now your name will be Israel; so he was named Israel. 11 And God said to him, I am God, the Ruler of all: be fertile, and have increase; a nation, truly a group of nations, will come from you, and kings will be your offspring; 12 And the land which I gave to Abraham and Isaac, I will give to you; and to your seed after you I will give the land. 13 Then God went up from him in the place where he had been talking with him.
  • Exod 3:6 : 6 And he said, I am the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. And Moses kept his face covered for fear of looking on God.
  • Judg 13:22 : 22 And Manoah said to his wife, Death will certainly be our fate, for it is a god whom we have seen.
  • 2 Chr 5:14 : 14 So that the priests were not able to keep their places to do their work because of the cloud; for the house of God was full of the glory of the Lord.
  • Eccl 5:1 : 1 Be not unwise with your mouth, and let not your heart be quick to say anything before God, because God is in heaven and you are on the earth--so let not the number of your words be great.
  • 1 Tim 3:15 : 15 But if I am long in coming, this will make clear to you what behaviour is right for men in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and base of what is true.
  • Luke 2:9 : 9 And an angel of the Lord came to them, and the glory of the Lord was shining round about them: and fear came on them.
  • Luke 8:35 : 35 And they went out to see what had taken place, and they came to Jesus and saw the man out of whom the evil spirits had gone, seated, clothed and with full use of his senses, at the feet of Jesus; and fear came on them.
  • Heb 10:21 : 21 And having a great priest over the house of God,
  • 1 Pet 4:17 : 17 For the time has come for the judging, starting with the church of God; but if it makes a start with us, what will be the end of those who are not under the rule of God?
  • Rev 1:17 : 17 And when I saw him, I went down on my face at his feet as one dead. And he put his right hand on me, saying, Have no fear; I am the first and the last and the Living one;
  • Matt 17:6 : 6 And at these words the disciples went down on their faces in great fear.
  • Gen 28:22 : 22 And this stone which I have put up for a pillar will be God's house: and of all you give me, I will give a tenth part to you.

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    18And 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.

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    20Then 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,

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

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

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

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

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    45Then Jacob took a stone and put it up as a pillar.