Genesis 28:16

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

Then Jacob woke up and thought,“Surely the LORD is in this place, but I did not realize it!”

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Referenced Verses

  • Josh 5:15 : 15 The commander of the LORD’s army answered Joshua,“Remove your sandals from your feet, because the place where you stand is holy.” Joshua did so.
  • Exod 3:5 : 5 God said,“Do not approach any closer! Take your sandals off your feet, for the place where you are standing is holy ground.”
  • Exod 15:11 : 11 Who is like you, O LORD, among the gods? Who is like you?– majestic in holiness, fearful in praises, working wonders?
  • 1 Sam 3:4-7 : 4 The LORD called to Samuel, and he replied,“Here I am!” 5 Then he ran to Eli and said,“Here I am, for you called me.” But Eli said,“I didn’t call you. Go back and lie down.” So he went back and lay down. 6 The LORD again called,“Samuel!” So Samuel got up and went to Eli and said,“Here I am, for you called me.” But Eli said,“I didn’t call you, my son. Go back and lie down.” 7 Now Samuel did not yet know the LORD; the LORD’s messages had not yet been revealed to him.
  • Job 9:11 : 11 If he passes by me, I cannot see him, if he goes by, I cannot perceive him.
  • Job 33:14 : 14 Elihu Disagrees With Job’s View of God“For God speaks, the first time in one way, the second time in another, though a person does not perceive it.
  • Ps 68:35 : 35 You are awe-inspiring, O God, as you emerge from your holy temple! It is the God of Israel who gives the people power and strength. God deserves praise!
  • Isa 8:13 : 13 You must recognize the authority of the LORD of Heaven’s Armies. He is the one you must respect; he is the one you must fear.

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  • Gen 28:17-21
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    17He was afraid and said,“What an awesome place this is! This is nothing else than the house of God! This is the gate of heaven!”

    18Early in the morning Jacob took the stone he had placed near his head and set it up as a sacred stone. Then he poured oil on top of it.

    19He called that place Bethel, although the former name of the town was Luz.

    20Then Jacob made a vow, saying,“If God is with me and protects me on this journey I am taking and gives me food to eat and clothing to wear,

    21and I return safely to my father’s home, then the LORD will become my God.

  • Gen 28:10-13
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    77%

    10Jacob’s Dream at Bethel Meanwhile Jacob left Beer Sheba and set out for Haran.

    11He reached a certain place where he decided to camp because the sun had gone down. He took one of the stones and placed it near his head. Then he fell asleep in that place

    12and had a dream. He saw a stairway erected on the earth with its top reaching to the heavens. The angels of God were going up and coming down it

    13and the LORD stood at its top. He said,“I am the LORD, the God of your grandfather Abraham and the God of your father Isaac. I will give you and your descendants the ground you are lying on.

  • Gen 31:11
    76%

    11In the dream the angel of God said to me,‘Jacob!’‘Here I am!’ I replied.

  • Gen 46:2
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    2God spoke to Israel in a vision during the night and said,“Jacob, Jacob!” He replied,“Here I am!”

  • Gen 28:15
    75%

    15I am with you! I will protect you wherever you go and will bring you back to this land. I will not leave you until I have done what I promised you!”

  • Gen 32:9
    73%

    9Then Jacob prayed,“O God of my father Abraham, God of my father Isaac, O LORD, you said to me,‘Return to your land and to your relatives and I will make you prosper.’

  • Jer 31:26
    73%

    26Then they will say,‘Under these conditions I can enjoy sweet sleep when I wake up and look around.’”

  • Ps 132:5
    73%

    5until I find a place for the LORD, a fine dwelling place for the Powerful One of Jacob.”

  • Gen 31:13
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    13I am the God of Bethel, where you anointed the sacred stone and made a vow to me. Now leave this land immediately and return to your native land.’”

  • Gen 32:1-2
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    73%

    1Jacob Wrestles at Peniel So Jacob went on his way and the angels of God met him.

    2When Jacob saw them, he exclaimed,“This is the camp of God!” So he named that place Mahanaim.

  • Gen 35:13-15
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    13Then God went up from the place where he spoke with him.

    14So Jacob set up a sacred stone pillar in the place where God spoke with him. He poured out a drink offering on it, and then he poured oil on it.

    15Jacob named the place where God spoke with him Bethel.

  • Gen 35:1
    72%

    1The Return to Bethel Then God said to Jacob,“Go up at once to Bethel and live there. Make an altar there to God, who appeared to you when you fled from your brother Esau.”

  • Gen 32:29-30
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    72%

    29Then Jacob asked,“Please tell me your name.”“Why do you ask my name?” the man replied. Then he blessed Jacob there.

    30So Jacob named the place Peniel, explaining,“Certainly I have seen God face to face and have survived.”

  • Gen 32:27
    71%

    27The man asked him,“What is your name?” He answered,“Jacob.”

  • Gen 31:3
    71%

    3The LORD said to Jacob,“Return to the land of your fathers and to your relatives. I will be with you.”

  • Gen 35:9
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    9God appeared to Jacob again after he returned from Paddan Aram and blessed him.

  • Gen 31:42
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    42If the God of my father– the God of Abraham, the one whom Isaac fears– had not been with me, you would certainly have sent me away empty-handed! But God saw how I was oppressed and how hard I worked, and he rebuked you last night.”

  • Gen 35:3
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    3Let us go up at once to Bethel. Then I will make an altar there to God, who responded to me in my time of distress and has been with me wherever I went.”

  • Gen 48:3
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    3Jacob said to Joseph,“The Sovereign God appeared to me at Luz in the land of Canaan and blessed me.

  • Gen 35:6-7
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    6Jacob and all those who were with him arrived at Luz(that is, Bethel) in the land of Canaan.

    7He built an altar there and named the place El Bethel because there God had revealed himself to him when he was fleeing from his brother.

  • Ps 132:2
    69%

    2and how he made a vow to the LORD, and swore an oath to the Powerful One of Jacob.

  • Gen 32:24
    69%

    24So Jacob was left alone. Then a man wrestled with him until daybreak.

  • Gen 20:6
    69%

    6Then in the dream God replied to him,“Yes, I know that you have done this with a clear conscience. That is why I have kept you from sinning against me and why I did not allow you to touch her.

  • Ps 3:5
    69%

    5I rested and slept; I awoke, for the LORD protects me.

  • Gen 31:24-25
    2 verses
    69%

    24But God came to Laban the Aramean in a dream at night and warned him,“Be careful that you neither bless nor curse Jacob.”

    25Laban overtook Jacob, and when Jacob pitched his tent in the hill country of Gilead, Laban and his relatives set up camp there too.

  • Acts 7:32
    69%

    32‘I am the God of your forefathers, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.’ Moses began to tremble and did not dare to look more closely.

  • Gen 31:31
    69%

    31“I left secretly because I was afraid!” Jacob replied to Laban.“I thought you might take your daughters away from me by force.