Genesis 28:17

Geneva Bible (1560)

And he was afraid, & said, How fearefull is this place! this is none other but the house of God, and this is the gate of heauen.

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  • Gen 35:1-9 : 1 Then God sayde to Iaakob, Arise, goe vp to Beth-el and dwell there, and make there an altar vnto God, that appeared vnto thee, when thou fleddest from Esau thy brother. 2 Then saide Iaakob vnto his houshold and to all that were with him, Put away the strange gods that are among you, and clense your selues, and change your garments: 3 For we will rise and goe vp to Beth-el, and I will make an altar there vnto God, which heard me in the day of my tribulation, and was with me in the way which I went. 4 And they gaue vnto Iaakob all the strange gods, which were in their hands, and all their earings which were in their eares, and Iaakob hidde them vnder an oke, which was by Shechem. 5 Then they went on their iourney, and the feare of God was vpon the cities that were roud about them: so that they did not followe after the sonnes of Iaakob. 6 So came Iaakob to Luz, which is in the land of Canaan: (the same is Beth-el) hee and all the people that was with him. 7 And he built there an altar, and had called the place, The God of Beth-el, because that God appeared vnto him there, when he fled from his brother. 8 Then Deborah Rebekahs nourse dyed, and was buried beneath Beth-el vnder an oke: and he called the name of it Allon Bachuth. 9 Againe God appeared vnto Iaakob, after he came out of Padan Aram, and blessed him. 10 Moreouer God said vnto him, Thy name is Iaakob: thy name shalbe no more called Iaakob, but Israel shalbe thy name: and hee called his name Israel. 11 Againe God said vnto him, I am God all sufficient. growe, and multiplie. a nation and a multitude of nations shall spring of thee, and Kings shall come out of thy loynes. 12 Also I will giue the lande, which I gaue to Abraham and Izhak, vnto thee: and vnto thy seede after thee will I giue that land. 13 So God ascended from him in the place where he had talked with him.
  • Exod 3:6 : 6 Moreouer he saide, I am the God of thy father, the God of Abraham, the God of Izhak, and the God of Iaakob. Then Moses hid his face: for he was afraid to looke vpon God.
  • Judg 13:22 : 22 And Manoah said vnto his wife, We shal surely dye, because we haue seene God.
  • 2 Chr 5:14 : 14 So that the Priests could not stand to minister, because of the cloude: for the glory of the Lord had filled the house of God.
  • Eccl 5:1 : 1 (4:17) Take heede to thy foote when thou entrest into the House of God, and be more neere to heare then to giue the sacrifice of fooles: for they knowe not that they doe euil.
  • 1 Tim 3:15 : 15 But if I tary long, that thou maist yet know, how thou oughtest to behaue thy self in ye house of God, which is the Church of the liuing God, the pillar and ground of trueth.
  • Luke 2:9 : 9 And loe, the Angel of the Lord came vpon them, and the glorie of the Lord shone about them, and they were sore afraide.
  • Luke 8:35 : 35 Then they came out to see what was done, and came to Iesus, and found the man, out of whom the deuils were departed, sitting at the feete of Iesus, clothed, and in his right minde: and they were afrayd.
  • Heb 10:21 : 21 And seeing we haue an hie Priest, which is ouer the house of God,
  • 1 Pet 4:17 : 17 For the time is come, that iudgement must beginne at the house of God. If it first beginne at vs, what shall the ende be of them which obey not the Gospel of God?
  • Rev 1:17 : 17 And when I saw him, I fell at his feete as dead: then he laid his right hand vpon me, saying vnto me, Feare not: I am that first and that last,
  • Matt 17:6 : 6 And when the disciples heard that, they fell on their faces, and were sore afraide.
  • Gen 28:22 : 22 And this stone, which I haue set vp as a pillar, shall be Gods house: and of all that thou shalt giue me, wil I giue the tenth vnto thee.

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  • Gen 28:15-16
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    86%

    15 And lo, I am with thee, and wil keepe thee whithersoeuer thou goest, and will bring thee againe into this lande: for I will not forsake thee vntill I haue performed that, that I haue promised thee.

    16 Then Iaakob awoke out of his sleepe, & sayde, Surely the Lorde is in this place, and I was not aware.

  • Gen 28:18-22
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    18 Then Iaakob rose vp early in the morning, and tooke the stone that hee had layde vnder his head, and set it vp as a pillar, and powred oyle vpon the top of it.

    19 And he called ye name of that place Bethel: notwithstanding the name of the citie was at the first called Luz.

    20 Then Iaakob vowed a vowe, saying, If God will be with me, and will keepe me in this iourney which I go, & wil giue me bread to eate, and clothes to put on:

    21 So that I come againe vnto my fathers house in safetie, then shal the Lord be my God.

    22 And this stone, which I haue set vp as a pillar, shall be Gods house: and of all that thou shalt giue me, wil I giue the tenth vnto thee.

  • Gen 28:11-13
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    11 And he came vnto a certaine place, and taried there al night, because the sunne was downe, and tooke of the stones of the place, and layde vnder his head and slept in the same place.

    12 Then he dreamed, & behold, there stoode a ladder vpon the earth, and the top of it reached vp to heauen: and loe, the Angels of God went vp and downe by it.

    13 And behold, the Lord stoode aboue it, & sayd, I am the Lord God of Abraham thy father, and the God of Izhak: the land, vpon the which thou sleepest, wil I giue thee and thy seede.

  • Gen 35:1
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    1 Then God sayde to Iaakob, Arise, goe vp to Beth-el and dwell there, and make there an altar vnto God, that appeared vnto thee, when thou fleddest from Esau thy brother.

  • Gen 35:13-15
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    13 So God ascended from him in the place where he had talked with him.

    14 And Iaakob set vp a pillar in the place where he talked with him, a pillar of stone, and powred drinke offring thereon: also hee powred oyle thereon.

    15 And Iaakob called the name of the place, where God spake with him, Beth-el.

  • Gen 35:6-7
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    6 So came Iaakob to Luz, which is in the land of Canaan: (the same is Beth-el) hee and all the people that was with him.

    7 And he built there an altar, and had called the place, The God of Beth-el, because that God appeared vnto him there, when he fled from his brother.

  • Gen 32:1-2
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    1 Nowe Iaakob went forth on his iourney and the Angels of God met him.

    2 And when Iaakob saw them, he said, This is Gods hoste, and called the name of the same place Mahanaim.

  • Ps 114:7
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    7 The earth trembled at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of the God of Iaakob,

  • Gen 31:13
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    13 I am the God of Beth-el, where thou anoyntedst the pillar, where thou vowedst a vowe vnto me. Nowe arise, get thee out of this countrey and returne vnto ye land where thou wast borne.

  • Gen 35:3
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    3 For we will rise and goe vp to Beth-el, and I will make an altar there vnto God, which heard me in the day of my tribulation, and was with me in the way which I went.

  • Gen 31:11
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    11 And the Angel of God sayde to mee in a dreame, Iaakob; I answered, Lo, I am here.

  • Gen 46:2-3
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    2 And God spake vnto Israel in a vision by night, saying, Iaakob, Iaakob. Who answered, I am here.

    3 Then hee sayde, I am God, the God of thy father, feare not to goe downe into Egypt: for I will there make of thee a great nation.

  • Acts 7:32
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    32 I am the God of thy fathers, the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Iacob. Then Moses trembled, & durst not behold it.

  • Gen 32:30
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    30 And Iaakob called the name of the place, Peniel: for, saide he, I haue seene God face to face, and my life is preserued.

  • Gen 31:53
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    53 The God of Abraham, and the God of Nabor, and the God of their father be iudge betweene vs: But Iaakob sware by the feare of his father Izhak.

  • Jonah 1:9-10
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    9 And he answered them, I am an Ebrewe, and I feare the Lord God of heauen, which hath made the sea, and the dry lande.

    10 Then were the men exceedingly afrayde, and said 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
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    8 Afterward remouing thence vnto a moutaine Eastward from Beth-el, he pitched his tent hauing Beth-el on the Westside, & Haai on the East: and there he built an altar vnto the Lord, and called on the Name of the Lord.

  • Gen 31:31
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    31 Then Iaakob answered, and said to Laban, Because I was afraid, & thought that thou wouldest haue taken thy daughters from me.

  • Gen 32:27
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    27 Then said he vnto him, What is thy name? And he said, Iaakob.

  • Exod 3:6
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    6 Moreouer he saide, I am the God of thy father, the God of Abraham, the God of Izhak, and the God of Iaakob. Then Moses hid his face: for he was afraid to looke vpon God.

  • Gen 42:28
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    28 Then he sayde vnto his brethren, My money is restored: for loe, it is euen in my sacke; their heart fayled them, and they were astonished, and sayde one to another, What is this, that God hath done vnto vs?

  • Ps 132:5
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    5 Vntill I finde out a place for the Lorde, an habitation for the mightie God of Iaakob.

  • Gen 33:20
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    20 And he set vp there an altar, and called it, The mightie God of Israel.

  • Ps 132:2
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    2 Who sware vnto the Lorde, and vowed vnto the mightie God of Iaakob, saying,

  • Judg 6:22
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    22 And when Gideon perceiued that it was an Angel of the Lord, Gideon then sayde, Alas, my Lord God: for because I haue seene an Angell of the Lord face to face, I shall die.

  • Gen 32:9
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    9 Moreouer Iaakob said, O God of my father Abraham, & God of my father Izhak: Lord, which saydest vnto me, Returne vnto thy coutrey and to thy kinred, and I will do thee good,

  • Gen 35:9
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    9 Againe God appeared vnto Iaakob, after he came out of Padan Aram, and blessed him.

  • Gen 31:45
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    45 Then tooke Iaakob a stone, and set it vp as a pillar: