Genesis 28:16

KJV1611 – Modern English

And Jacob awoke from his sleep, and he said, Surely the LORD is in this place; and I did not know it.

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  • Josh 5:15 : 15 And the captain of the LORD's army said to Joshua, Take your shoe off your foot, for the place where you stand is holy. And Joshua did so.
  • Exod 3:5 : 5 And he said, Do not draw near here; take off your shoes from your feet, for the place where you stand is holy ground.
  • Exod 15:11 : 11 Who is like you, O LORD, among the gods? Who is like you, glorious in holiness, fearful in praises, doing wonders?
  • 1 Sam 3:4-7 : 4 That the LORD called Samuel; and he answered, Here I am. 5 And he ran to Eli, and said, Here I am; for you called me. And he said, I did not call; lie down again. And he went and lay down. 6 And the LORD called yet again, Samuel. So Samuel arose and went to Eli, and said, Here I am; for you did call me. And he answered, I did not call, my son; lie down again. 7 Now Samuel did not yet know the LORD, neither was the word of the LORD yet revealed to him.
  • Job 9:11 : 11 Lo, He passes by me, and I see Him not: He goes by also, but I do not perceive Him.
  • Job 33:14 : 14 For God speaks once, yes, twice, yet man does not perceive it.
  • Ps 68:35 : 35 O God, you are awesome out of your holy places: the God of Israel is he who gives strength and power to his people. Blessed be God.
  • Isa 8:13 : 13 Sanctify the LORD of hosts himself; and let Him be your fear, and let Him be your dread.

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  • Gen 28:17-21
    5 verses
    86%

    17And he was afraid, and said, How awesome is this place! This is none other than the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven.

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

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

    20And 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 clothes to wear,

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

  • Gen 28:10-13
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    77%

    10And Jacob departed from Beersheba, and went toward Haran.

    11And he came upon a certain place, and stayed there all night, because the sun had set; and he took one of the stones of that place, and put it for his pillow, and lay down in that place to sleep.

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

    13And behold, the LORD stood above it, and said, I am the LORD God of Abraham your father, and the God of Isaac: the land where you lie, I will give to you and to your descendants;

  • Gen 31:11
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    11And the angel of God spoke to me in a dream, saying, Jacob: And I said, Here I am.

  • Gen 46:2
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    2And God spoke to Israel in the visions of the night and said, Jacob, Jacob. And he said, Here I am.

  • Gen 28:15
    75%

    15And behold, I am with you, and will keep you in all places wherever you go, and will bring you again into this land; for I will not leave you, until I have done what I have spoken to you of.

  • Gen 32:9
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    9And Jacob said, O God of my father Abraham, and God of my father Isaac, the LORD who said to me, Return to your country and to your relatives, and I will deal well with you:

  • Jer 31:26
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    26Upon this I awoke, and looked around; and my sleep was sweet 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 the pillar, and where you vowed a vow unto me: now arise, get out of this land, and return unto the land of your kindred.

  • Gen 32:1-2
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    73%

    1And Jacob went on his way, and the angels of God met him.

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

  • Gen 35:13-15
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    13And God went up from him in the place where he talked with him.

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

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

  • Gen 35:1
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    1And God said to Jacob, Arise, go up to Bethel, and live there: and make there an altar to God, who appeared to you when you fled from the face of Esau your brother.

  • Gen 32:29-30
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    72%

    29And Jacob asked him, and said, Tell me, I pray, your name. And he said, Why is it that you ask about my name? And he blessed him there.

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

  • Gen 32:27
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    27And he said to him, What is your name? And he said, Jacob.

  • Gen 31:3
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    3And the LORD said to Jacob, Return to the land of your fathers, and to your kindred; and I will be with you.

  • Gen 35:9
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    9And God appeared to Jacob again, when he came out of Padanaram, and blessed him.

  • Gen 31:42
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    42Except the God of my father, the God of Abraham, and the fear of Isaac, had been with me, surely you would have sent me away now empty. God has seen my affliction and the labor of my hands, and rebuked you last night.

  • Gen 35:3
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    3And let us arise, and go up to Bethel; and I will make there an altar to God, who answered me in the day of my distress, and was with me in the way which I went.

  • Gen 48:3
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    3And Jacob 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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    6So Jacob came to Luz, which is in the land of Canaan, that is, Bethel, he and all the people that were with him.

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

  • Ps 132:2
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    2How he swore to the LORD, and vowed to the Mighty One of Jacob;

  • Gen 32:24
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    24And Jacob was left alone; and a man wrestled with him until the breaking of the day.

  • Gen 20:6
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    6And God said to him in a dream, Yes, I know that you did this in the integrity of your heart; for I also kept you from sinning against me: therefore I did not let you touch her.

  • Ps 3:5
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    5I lay down and slept; I awoke, for the LORD sustained me.

  • Gen 31:24-25
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    24And God came to Laban the Syrian in a dream by night, and said to him, Beware that you speak not to Jacob either good or bad.

    25Then Laban overtook Jacob. Now Jacob had pitched his tent in the mount, and Laban with his brethren pitched in Mount Gilead.

  • Acts 7:32
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    32Saying, I am the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. Then Moses trembled and did not dare to look.

  • Gen 31:31
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    31And Jacob answered and said to Laban, Because I was afraid: for I said, Perhaps you would take your daughters from me by force.