Genesis 28:17

Bishops' Bible (1568)

And he was a frayde, and saide: howe dreadefull is this place? it is none other but euen the house of God, & it is the gate of heauen.

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  • Gen 35:1-9 : 1 And God sayd vnto Iacob: aryse, and get thee vp to Bethel, and dwell there, and make there an aulter vnto God that appeared vnto thee when thou fleddest from the face of Esau thy brother. 2 Then sayde Iacob vnto his householde, and to all that were with hym: put away the straunge gods that are among you, and be cleane, and chaunge your garmentes. 3 For we wyll aryse and go vp to Bethel, and I wyll make an aulter there vnto God, whiche hearde me in the day of my affliction, and was with me in the way whiche I went. 4 And they gaue vnto Iacob all the straunge gods whiche they had in their hand, and al their earinges which were in theyr eares, and Iacob hyd them vnder an oke whiche was by Sichem. 5 And when they departed, the feare of God fel vpon the cities that were round about them, and they did not pursue the sonnes of Iacob. 6 So came Iacob to Luz, whiche is in the lande of Chanaan (the same is Bethel) he and all the people that was with him. 7 And he builded there an aulter, and called the place, the God of Bethel, because that god appeared vnto him there when he fled fro the face of his brother. 8 But Debora Rebeccas nurse died, and was buryed beneath Bethel vnder an oke: and the name of it was called, the oke of lamentation. 9 And God appeared vnto Iacob agayne, after he came out of Mesopotamia, and blessed him. 10 And God sayd vnto him: thy name is Iacob, notwithstanding thou shalt be no more called Iacob, but Israel shalbe thy name: & he called his name Israel. 11 And God sayd vnto him: I am God almightie, be fruitefull and multiplie: a nation, and a multitude of nations shall spring of thee, yea and kinges shall come out of thy loynes. 12 And the lande which I gaue Abraham and Isahac, wil I geue vnto thee, and vnto thy seede after thee wyll I geue that lande also. 13 And so God departed from him, in the place where he had talked with him.
  • Exod 3:6 : 6 And he sayde: I am the God of thy father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isahac, and the God of Iacob. And Moyses hid his face, for he was afrayde to loke vpon God.
  • Judg 13:22 : 22 And sayd vnto his wyfe: We shal surely dye, because we haue seene God.
  • 2 Chr 5:14 : 14 So that the priestes coulde not endure to minister by the reason of the cloude: For the maiestie of the Lorde had filled the house of God.
  • Eccl 5:1 : 1 When thou commest into the house of God, kepe thy foote and drawe nye, that God which is at hande may heare that thou geue not the offerynges of fooles: for they knowe naught but to do euyll.
  • 1 Tim 3:15 : 15 But yf I tary long, that thou mayest knowe howe thou oughtest to behaue thy selfe in the house of God, whiche is the Church of the lyuyng God, the pyller and grounde of trueth.
  • Luke 2:9 : 9 And loe, the Angel of the Lorde stoode harde by them, and the glorie of the Lorde shone rounde about them, & they were sore afrayde.
  • Luke 8:35 : 35 Therfore they came out to see what was done, and came to Iesus, & founde the man out of whom the deuyls were departed, sittyng at the feete of Iesus, clothed, & in his ryght mynde, and they were afrayde.
  • Heb 10:21 : 21 And seyng we haue an hye priest ouer the house of God:
  • 1 Pet 4:17 : 17 For the tyme is come that iudgement must begin at the house of God. Yf it first begin at vs, what shall the ende be of them whiche beleue not the Gospell of God?
  • Rev 1:17 : 17 And when I sawe hym, I fell at his feete euen as dead: And he layde his ryght hande vpon me, saying vnto me, feare not, I am the first and the last,
  • Matt 17:6 : 6 And when the disciples hearde these thynges they fell on their face, and were sore afrayde.
  • Gen 28:22 : 22 And this stone whiche I haue set vp on an ende, shalbe Gods house: and of all that thou shalt geue me, I wyl surely geue the tenth vnto thee.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • Gen 28:15-16
    2 verses
    86%

    15And see, I am with thee, and wyll be thy keper in all places whyther thou goest, and wyll bryng thee agayne into this lande: For I wyl not leaue thee, vntyll I haue made good that whiche I haue promised thee.

    16When Iacob was awaked out of his sleepe, he sayde: Surely the Lorde is in this place, and I knewe it not.

  • Gen 28:18-22
    5 verses
    77%

    18And Iacob rose vp early in the mornyng, and toke the stone that he hadde layed vnder his head, and pitched it vpon an ende, and powred oyle in the toppe of it.

    19And he called the name of the place Bethel: but the name of the citie was called Luz, before tyme.

    20And Iacob vowed a vowe, saying: Yf God wyll be with me, and wyll kepe me in this iourney in which I go, and wyll geue me bread to eate, and clothes to put on:

    21So that I come agayne vnto my fathers house in saftie: then shal the Lord be my God.

    22And this stone whiche I haue set vp on an ende, shalbe Gods house: and of all that thou shalt geue me, I wyl surely geue the tenth vnto thee.

  • Gen 28:11-13
    3 verses
    77%

    11And he came vnto a certayne place, & taryed there all night, because the sunne was downe: and toke of the stones of the place, and put vnder his head, and layde hym downe in the same place to sleepe.

    12And he dreamed, and beholde there stoode a lather vpo the earth, and the toppe of it reached vp to heauen: and see, the angels of God went vp & downe vpon it.

    13Yea, and God from aboue leaned vpon it, and sayde: I am the Lord God of Abraham thy father, and the God of Isahac, the land which thou sleepest vpon, wyll I geue thee and thy seede.

  • Gen 35:1
    74%

    1And God sayd vnto Iacob: aryse, and get thee vp to Bethel, and dwell there, and make there an aulter vnto God that appeared vnto thee when thou fleddest from the face of Esau thy brother.

  • Gen 35:13-15
    3 verses
    74%

    13And so God departed from him, in the place where he had talked with him.

    14And Iacob set vp on ende in the place where he talked with him euen a stone set he vp on ende, & powred drinke offering theron, & powred also oyle theron.

    15And Iacob called the name of the place where God spake with hym, Bethel.

  • Gen 35:6-7
    2 verses
    73%

    6So came Iacob to Luz, whiche is in the lande of Chanaan (the same is Bethel) he and all the people that was with him.

    7And he builded there an aulter, and called the place, the God of Bethel, because that god appeared vnto him there when he fled fro the face of his brother.

  • Gen 32:1-2
    2 verses
    73%

    1But Iacob went foorth on his iourney, and the angelles of God came and met him.

    2And when Iacob saw them, he sayde: this is gods hoste, & called the name of the same place, Mahanaim.

  • Ps 114:7
    72%

    7Tremble thou earth at the presence of the Lorde: at the presence of the Lorde of Iacob.

  • Gen 31:13
    72%

    13I am the God of Bethel, where thou annoyntedst the stone set vp on an ende, and where thou vowedst a vowe vnto me: nowe therefore aryse, and get thee out of this countrey, and returne vnto the lande where thou wast borne.

  • Gen 35:3
    71%

    3For we wyll aryse and go vp to Bethel, and I wyll make an aulter there vnto God, whiche hearde me in the day of my affliction, and was with me in the way whiche I went.

  • Gen 31:11
    71%

    11And the angell of God spake vnto me in a dreame, saying: Iacob? And I aunswered: here am I.

  • Gen 46:2-3
    2 verses
    70%

    2And God spake vnto Israel in a vision by nyght, saying: Iacab, Iacob? And he aunswered: here am I.

    3And he sayde: I am God, the God of thy father, feare not to go downe into Egypt: for I wyll there make of thee a great people.

  • Acts 7:32
    70%

    32I am the God of thy fathers, ye God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and ye God of Iacob. Then Moyses trembled, & durst not beholde.

  • Gen 32:30
    70%

    30And Iacob called the name of the place Peniel: for I haue seene God face to face, and my life is preserued.

  • Gen 31:53
    69%

    53The God of Abraham, and the God of Nachor, and the God of theyr father, be iudge betwixt vs. And Iacob sware by the feare of his father Isahac.

  • Jonah 1:9-10
    2 verses
    69%

    9And he aunswered them: I am an Hebrue, and I feare the Lorde God of heauen, which hath made the sea, and the drye lande.

    10Then were the men exceedingly afraide, & saide vnto him: Why hast thou done this? (for the men knewe that he fled from the presence of the Lorde, because he had tolde them.)

  • Gen 12:8
    69%

    8And remouyng thence vnto a mountayne that was eastwarde from Bethel, he pitched his tent, hauyng Bethel on the west syde, & Hai on the east: and there he buyldyng an aulter vnto the Lorde, dyd call vpon the name of the Lorde.

  • Gen 31:31
    69%

    31Iacob aunswered and sayde to Laban: because I was afrayde, & thought that peraduenture thou wouldest take away thy daughters from me.

  • Gen 32:27
    69%

    27And he sayde vnto hym: what is thy name? He aunswered: Iacob.

  • Exod 3:6
    68%

    6And he sayde: I am the God of thy father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isahac, and the God of Iacob. And Moyses hid his face, for he was afrayde to loke vpon God.

  • Gen 42:28
    68%

    28And he said vnto his brethren, my money is restored me agayne, for lo, it is euen in my sacke. And their heart fayled them, and they were astonyed, and sayd one to another, why hath God dealt thus with vs?

  • Ps 132:5
    68%

    5Untill I finde out a place for the temple of God: an habitation for the most mightie Lorde of Iacob.

  • Gen 33:20
    68%

    20And he made there an aulter, and called it, the mightie God of Israel.

  • Ps 132:2
    68%

    2Who swore vnto God: who made a vowe vnto the most mightie Lorde of Iacob.

  • Judg 6:22
    68%

    22And when Gedeon perceaued that it was an angel of the Lorde, he sayde: Alas, O Lorde God, haue I therfore seene an angel of the Lorde face to face, that I should dye?

  • Gen 32:9
    68%

    9And Iacob said agayne: O God of my father Abraham, and God of my father Isahac, Lorde whiche saydest vnto me, returne vnto thy countrey, and to thy kindred, & I will do well with thee:

  • Gen 35:9
    68%

    9And God appeared vnto Iacob agayne, after he came out of Mesopotamia, and blessed him.

  • Gen 31:45
    68%

    45Then toke Iacob a stone, and set it vp on ende.