Genesis 28:16

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Jacob woke up from his sleep and said, 'Surely the Lord is in this place, and I did not know it.'

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  • Josh 5:15 : 15 The commander of the LORD’s army replied, "Take off your sandals, for the place where you are standing is holy." And Joshua did so.
  • Exod 3:5 : 5 God said, 'Do not come any closer. Take off your sandals, for the place where you are standing is holy ground.'
  • Exod 15:11 : 11 Who is like You, O LORD, among the gods? Who is like You—majestic in holiness, awesome in praises, working wonders?
  • 1 Sam 3:4-7 : 4 Then the Lord called to Samuel, and he answered, "Here I am!" 5 Samuel ran to Eli and said, "Here I am, for you called me." But Eli said, "I did not call; go back and lie down." So Samuel went and lay down again. 6 The Lord called Samuel again. Samuel got up, went to Eli, and said, "Here I am, for you called me." But Eli said, "I did not call, my son. Go back and lie down." 7 Now Samuel did not yet know the Lord, and the word of the Lord had not yet been revealed to him.
  • Job 9:11 : 11 Behold, He passes by me, and I do not see Him; He moves on, and I do not perceive Him.
  • Job 33:14 : 14 For God speaks in one way and in two, yet no one perceives it.
  • Ps 68:35 : 35 Ascribe strength to God! His majesty is over Israel, and His power is in the skies.
  • Isa 8:13 : 13 The Lord of Hosts—he is the one you are to regard as holy. He is the one you are to fear; he is the one you are to dread.

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  • Gen 28:17-21
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    86%

    17He was afraid and said, 'How amazing is this place! This is none other than the house of God; this is the gate of heaven.'

    18Early in the morning, Jacob took the stone he had used as a pillow, set it up as a pillar, and poured oil on its top.

    19He called the name of that place Bethel, but previously the name of the city was called Luz.

    20Then Jacob made a vow, saying, 'If God will be with me and watch over me on this journey I am taking, and give me food to eat and clothes to wear,

    21'so that I return safely to my father’s house, then the Lord will be my God.'

  • Gen 28:10-13
    4 verses
    77%

    10Jacob left Beersheba and set out for Haran.

    11He came to a certain place, stayed there for the night because the sun had set. He took one of the stones from the place, put it under his head, and lay down in that place.

    12And he dreamed; behold, there was a ladder set up on the earth, and its top reached to heaven. The angels of God were ascending and descending on it.

    13And there was the Lord standing above it, and He said, 'I am the Lord, the God of your father Abraham and the God of Isaac. The land on which you are lying, I will give to you and to your descendants.'

  • Gen 31:11
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    11In the dream, the angel of God said to me, 'Jacob!' And I replied, 'Here I am.'

  • Gen 46:2
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    2God spoke to Israel in visions during the night, calling, 'Jacob, Jacob!' And he replied, 'Here I am.'

  • Gen 28:15
    75%

    15Look, I am with you, and I will guard you wherever you go. I will bring you back to this land, because I will not leave you until I have done everything I promised you.

  • Gen 32:9
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    9He thought, 'If Esau comes and attacks one camp, then the other camp that is left will escape.'

  • Jer 31:26
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    26At this I awoke and looked around, and my sleep was pleasant to me.

  • Ps 132:5
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    5until I find a place for the LORD, a dwelling for the Mighty One of Jacob.'

  • Gen 31:13
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    13I am the God of Bethel, where you anointed a pillar and made a vow to me. Now leave this land immediately and return to the land of your birth.'

  • Gen 32:1-2
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    73%

    1Early in the morning, Laban rose and kissed his sons and daughters, blessed them, and left, returning to his home.

    2Jacob went on his way, and angels of God met him.

  • Gen 35:13-15
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    72%

    13Then God ascended from him at the place where He had spoken with him.

    14Jacob set up a stone pillar at the place where God had spoken with him. He poured out a drink offering on it and also poured oil on it.

    15Jacob called the place where God had spoken with him Bethel.

  • Gen 35:1
    72%

    1God said to Jacob, "Get up, go to Bethel, and settle there. Build an altar there to the God who appeared to you when you fled from your brother Esau."

  • Gen 32:29-30
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    29Then the man said, 'Your name will no longer be Jacob, but Israel, because you have struggled with God and with men and have prevailed.'

    30Jacob said, 'Please tell me your name.' But he replied, 'Why do you ask my name?' Then he blessed him there.

  • Gen 32:27
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    27Then the man said, 'Let me go, for the dawn is breaking.' But Jacob replied, 'I will not let you go unless you bless me.'

  • Gen 31:3
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    3Then the LORD said to Jacob, 'Return to the land of your ancestors and to your family, and I will be with you.'

  • Gen 35:9
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    9God appeared to Jacob again after he returned from Paddan-Aram, and He blessed him.

  • Gen 31:42
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    42If the God of my father, the God of Abraham, and the Fear of Isaac had not been with me, you would surely have sent me away empty-handed. But God has seen my hardship and the toil of my hands, and last night he rebuked you.

  • Gen 35:3
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    3"Let us arise and go up to Bethel, and I will build an altar there to the God who answered me in the day of my distress and who has been with me wherever I have gone."

  • Gen 48:3
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    3Jacob said to Joseph, 'God Almighty appeared to me at Luz in the land of Canaan and blessed me.'

  • Gen 35:6-7
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    6Jacob and all the people with him came to Luz (that is Bethel) in the land of Canaan.

    7There he built an altar and named the place El Bethel (God of Bethel), because it was there that God revealed Himself to him when he was fleeing from his brother.

  • Ps 132:2
    69%

    2He swore to the LORD, and made a vow to the Mighty One of Jacob:

  • Gen 32:24
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    24After he had sent them across the stream, he also sent over all his possessions.

  • Gen 20:6
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    6Then God said to him in the dream, 'Yes, I know that you did this with a clear conscience, so I also kept you from sinning against Me. That is why I did not let you touch her.'

  • Ps 3:5
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    5I call out to the LORD with my voice, and He answers me from His holy mountain. Selah.

  • Gen 31:24-25
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    69%

    24But God came to Laban the Aramean in a dream at night and said to him, 'Be careful not to say anything to Jacob, either good or bad.'

    25Laban caught up with Jacob. Now Jacob had pitched his tent in the hill country, and Laban and his relatives camped in the hill country of Gilead.

  • Acts 7:32
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    32'I am the God of your ancestors, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.' Moses trembled with fear and did not dare to look closely.

  • Gen 31:31
    69%

    31Jacob answered Laban, 'I was afraid, because I thought you would take your daughters away from me by force.