Genesis 28:17

Authorized King James Version (1611)

And he was afraid, and said, How dreadful [is] this place! this [is] none other but the house of God, and this [is] the gate of heaven.

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  • Gen 35:1-9 : 1 ¶ And God said unto Jacob, Arise, go up to Bethel, and dwell there: and make there an altar unto God, that appeared unto thee when thou fleddest from the face of Esau thy brother. 2 Then Jacob said unto his household, and to all that [were] with him, Put away the strange gods that [are] among you, and be clean, and change your garments: 3 And let us arise, and go up to Bethel; and I will make there an altar unto God, who answered me in the day of my distress, and was with me in the way which I went. 4 And they gave unto Jacob all the strange gods which [were] in their hand, and [all their] earrings which [were] in their ears; and Jacob hid them under the oak which [was] by Shechem. 5 And they journeyed: and the terror of God was upon the cities that [were] round about them, and they did not pursue after the sons of Jacob. 6 ¶ So Jacob came to Luz, which [is] in the land of Canaan, that [is], Bethel, he and all the people that [were] with him. 7 And he built there an altar, and called the place Elbethel: because there God appeared unto him, when he fled from the face of his brother. 8 But Deborah Rebekah's nurse died, and she was buried beneath Bethel under an oak: and the name of it was called Allonbachuth. 9 And God appeared unto Jacob again, when he came out of Padanaram, and blessed him. 10 And God said unto him, Thy name [is] Jacob: thy name shall not be called any more Jacob, but Israel shall be thy name: and he called his name Israel. 11 And God said unto him, I [am] God Almighty: be fruitful and multiply; a nation and a company of nations shall be of thee, and kings shall come out of thy loins; 12 And the land which I gave Abraham and Isaac, to thee I will give it, and to thy seed after thee will I give the land. 13 And God went up from him in the place where he talked with him.
  • Exod 3:6 : 6 Moreover he said, I [am] the God of thy father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. And Moses hid his face; for he was afraid to look upon God.
  • Judg 13:22 : 22 And Manoah said unto his wife, We shall surely die, because we have seen God.
  • 2 Chr 5:14 : 14 So that the priests could not stand to minister by reason of the cloud: for the glory of the LORD had filled the house of God.
  • Eccl 5:1 : 1 ¶ Keep thy foot when thou goest to the house of God, and be more ready to hear, than to give the sacrifice of fools: for they consider not that they do evil.
  • 1 Tim 3:15 : 15 But if I tarry long, that thou mayest know how thou oughtest to behave thyself in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth.
  • Luke 2:9 : 9 And, lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them, and the glory of the Lord shone round about them: and they were sore afraid.
  • Luke 8:35 : 35 Then they went out to see what was done; and came to Jesus, and found the man, out of whom the devils were departed, sitting at the feet of Jesus, clothed, and in his right mind: and they were afraid.
  • Heb 10:21 : 21 And [having] an high priest over the house of God;
  • 1 Pet 4:17 : 17 For the time [is come] that judgment must begin at the house of God: and if [it] first [begin] at us, what shall the end [be] of them that obey not the gospel of God?
  • Rev 1:17 : 17 And when I saw him, I fell at his feet as dead. And he laid his right hand upon me, saying unto me, ‹Fear not; I am the first and the last:›
  • Matt 17:6 : 6 And when the disciples heard [it], they fell on their face, and were sore afraid.
  • Gen 28:22 : 22 And this stone, which I have set [for] a pillar, shall be God's house: and of all that thou shalt give me I will surely give the tenth unto thee.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Gen 28:15-16
    2 verses
    86%

    15 And, behold, I [am] with thee, and will keep thee in all [places] whither thou goest, and will bring thee again into this land; for I will not leave thee, until I have done [that] which I have spoken to thee of.

    16 ¶ And Jacob awaked out of his sleep, and he said, Surely the LORD is in this place; and I knew [it] not.

  • Gen 28:18-22
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    77%

    18 And Jacob rose up early in the morning, and took the stone that he had put [for] his pillows, and set it up [for] a pillar, and poured oil upon the top of it.

    19 And he called the name of that place Bethel: but the name of that city [was called] Luz at the first.

    20 And Jacob vowed a vow, saying, If God will be with me, and will keep me in this way that I go, and will give me bread to eat, and raiment to put on,

    21 So that I come again to my father's house in peace; then shall the LORD be my God:

    22 And this stone, which I have set [for] a pillar, shall be God's house: and of all that thou shalt give me I will surely give the tenth unto thee.

  • Gen 28:11-13
    3 verses
    77%

    11 And he lighted upon a certain place, and tarried there all night, because the sun was set; and he took of the stones of that place, and put [them for] his pillows, and lay down in that place to sleep.

    12 And he dreamed, and behold a ladder set up on the earth, and the top of it reached to heaven: and behold the angels of God ascending and descending on it.

    13 And, behold, the LORD stood above it, and said, I [am] the LORD God of Abraham thy father, and the God of Isaac: the land whereon thou liest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed;

  • Gen 35:1
    74%

    1 ¶ And God said unto Jacob, Arise, go up to Bethel, and dwell there: and make there an altar unto God, that appeared unto thee when thou fleddest from the face of Esau thy brother.

  • Gen 35:13-15
    3 verses
    74%

    13 And God went up from him in the place where he talked with him.

    14 And Jacob set up a pillar in the place where he talked with him, [even] a pillar of stone: and he poured a drink offering thereon, and he poured oil thereon.

    15 And Jacob called the name of the place where God spake with him, Bethel.

  • Gen 35:6-7
    2 verses
    73%

    6 ¶ So Jacob came to Luz, which [is] in the land of Canaan, that [is], Bethel, he and all the people that [were] with him.

    7 And he built there an altar, and called the place Elbethel: because there God appeared unto him, when he fled from the face of his brother.

  • Gen 32:1-2
    2 verses
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    1 ¶ And Jacob went on his way, and the angels of God met him.

    2 And when Jacob saw them, he said, This [is] God's host: and he called the name of that place Mahanaim.

  • Ps 114:7
    72%

    7 Tremble, thou earth, at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of the God of Jacob;

  • Gen 31:13
    72%

    13 I [am] the God of Bethel, where thou anointedst the pillar, [and] where thou vowedst a vow unto me: now arise, get thee out from this land, and return unto the land of thy kindred.

  • Gen 35:3
    71%

    3 And let us arise, and go up to Bethel; and I will make there an altar unto God, who answered me in the day of my distress, and was with me in the way which I went.

  • Gen 31:11
    71%

    11 And the angel of God spake unto me in a dream, [saying], Jacob: And I said, Here [am] I.

  • Gen 46:2-3
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    70%

    2 And God spake unto Israel in the visions of the night, and said, Jacob, Jacob. And he said, Here [am] I.

    3 And he said, I [am] God, the God of thy father: fear not to go down into Egypt; for I will there make of thee a great nation:

  • Acts 7:32
    70%

    32 [Saying], I [am] the God of thy fathers, the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. Then Moses trembled, and durst not behold.

  • Gen 32:30
    70%

    30 And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: for I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved.

  • Gen 31:53
    69%

    53 The God of Abraham, and the God of Nahor, the God of their father, judge betwixt us. And Jacob sware by the fear of his father Isaac.

  • Jonah 1:9-10
    2 verses
    69%

    9 And he said unto them, I [am] an Hebrew; and I fear the LORD, the God of heaven, which hath made the sea and the dry [land].

    10 Then were the men exceedingly afraid, and said unto him, Why hast thou done this? For the men knew that he fled from the presence of the LORD, because he had told them.

  • Gen 12:8
    69%

    8 And he removed from thence unto a mountain on the east of Bethel, and pitched his tent, [having] Bethel on the west, and Hai on the east: and there he builded an altar unto the LORD, and called upon the name of the LORD.

  • Gen 31:31
    69%

    31 And Jacob answered and said to Laban, Because I was afraid: for I said, Peradventure thou wouldest take by force thy daughters from me.

  • Gen 32:27
    69%

    27 And he said unto him, What [is] thy name? And he said, Jacob.

  • Exod 3:6
    68%

    6 Moreover he said, I [am] the God of thy father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. And Moses hid his face; for he was afraid to look upon God.

  • Gen 42:28
    68%

    28 And he said unto his brethren, My money is restored; and, lo, [it is] even in my sack: and their heart failed [them], and they were afraid, saying one to another, What [is] this [that] God hath done unto us?

  • Ps 132:5
    68%

    5 Until I find out a place for the LORD, an habitation for the mighty [God] of Jacob.

  • Gen 33:20
    68%

    20 And he erected there an altar, and called it Elelohe-Israel.

  • Ps 132:2
    68%

    2 How he sware unto the LORD, [and] vowed unto the mighty [God] of Jacob;

  • Judg 6:22
    68%

    22 And when Gideon perceived that he [was] an angel of the LORD, Gideon said, Alas, O Lord GOD! for because I have seen an angel of the LORD face to face.

  • Gen 32:9
    68%

    9 ¶ And Jacob said, O God of my father Abraham, and God of my father Isaac, the LORD which saidst unto me, Return unto thy country, and to thy kindred, and I will deal well with thee:

  • Gen 35:9
    68%

    9 And God appeared unto Jacob again, when he came out of Padanaram, and blessed him.

  • Gen 31:45
    68%

    45 And Jacob took a stone, and set it up [for] a pillar.

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