Genesis 28:17

KJV1611 – Modern English

And 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.

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  • Gen 35:1-9 : 1 And 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. 2 Then Jacob said to his household, and to all that were with him, Put away the foreign gods that are among you, and be clean, and change your clothes: 3 And 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. 4 And they gave to Jacob all the foreign gods which were in their hands, 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 fear of God was upon the cities that were around 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 to 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 its name was called Allonbachuth. 9 And God appeared to Jacob again, when he came out of Padanaram, and blessed him. 10 And God said to him, Your name is Jacob: your name shall no longer be called Jacob, but Israel shall be your name: and he called his name Israel. 11 And God said to him, I am God Almighty: be fruitful and multiply; a nation and a company of nations shall be from you, and kings shall come from your body; 12 And the land which I gave Abraham and Isaac, to you I will give it, and to your descendants after you I will 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 your 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 to 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 because of the cloud: for the glory of the LORD had filled the house of God.
  • Eccl 5:1 : 1 Keep your foot when you go to the house of God, and be more ready to hear than to offer the sacrifice of fools, for they do not know that they do evil.
  • 1 Tim 3:15 : 15 But if I delay, that you may know how you ought to conduct yourself in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and foundation of the truth.
  • Luke 2:9 : 9 And, behold, the angel of the Lord came upon them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were greatly 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 demons had departed, sitting at the feet of Jesus, clothed, and in his right mind: and they were afraid.
  • Heb 10:21 : 21 And having a high priest over the house of God,
  • 1 Pet 4:17 : 17 For the time has come that judgment must begin at the house of God: and if it first begins with us, what will be the end of those who do not obey 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 on me, saying to me, Do not be afraid; I am the first and the last:
  • Matt 17:6 : 6 And when the disciples heard it, they fell on their faces and were very afraid.
  • Gen 28:22 : 22 And this stone, which I have set up for a pillar, shall be God's house: and of all that you give me I will surely give the tenth to you.

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    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.

    16And Jacob awoke from his sleep, and he said, Surely the LORD is in this place; and I did not know it.

  • Gen 28:18-22
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    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:

    22And this stone, which I have set up for a pillar, shall be God's house: and of all that you give me I will surely give the tenth to you.

  • Gen 28:11-13
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    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 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 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 35:6-7
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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.

  • Gen 32:1-2
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    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.

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

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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 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.

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

  • Gen 46:2-3
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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.

    3And He said, I am God, the God of your father; do not fear to go down into Egypt, for I will make of you a great nation there.

  • 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.

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

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

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    9And he said to them, I am a Hebrew; and I fear the LORD, the God of heaven, who has made the sea and the dry land.

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    8And he moved from there to a mountain on the east of Bethel, and pitched his tent, having Bethel on the west, and Ai on the east: and there he built an altar to the LORD, and called on the name of the LORD.

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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.

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

  • Exod 3:6
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    6Moreover he said, I am the God of your 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
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    28And he said to his brothers, My money is restored; and, lo, it is even in my sack: and their hearts failed them, and they were afraid, saying one to another, What is this that God has done to us?

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

  • Gen 33:20
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    20And he erected an altar there and called it El Elohe Israel.

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

  • Judg 6:22
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    22And when Gideon perceived that he was an angel of the LORD, Gideon said, Alas, O Lord GOD! for I have seen an angel of the LORD face to face.

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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:

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

  • Gen 31:45
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    45And Jacob took a stone, and set it up for a pillar.