Genesis 28:17

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

He 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!”

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Referenced Verses

  • Gen 35:1-9 : 1 The 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.” 2 So Jacob told his household and all who were with him,“Get rid of the foreign gods you have among you. Purify yourselves and change your clothes. 3 Let 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.” 4 So they gave Jacob all the foreign gods that were in their possession and the rings that were in their ears. Jacob buried them under the oak near Shechem 5 and they started on their journey. The surrounding cities were afraid of God, and they did not pursue the sons of Jacob. 6 Jacob and all those who were with him arrived at Luz(that is, Bethel) in the land of Canaan. 7 He 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. 8 (Deborah, Rebekah’s nurse, died and was buried under the oak below Bethel; thus it was named Oak of Weeping.) 9 God appeared to Jacob again after he returned from Paddan Aram and blessed him. 10 God said to him,“Your name is Jacob, but your name will no longer be called Jacob; Israel will be your name.” So God named him Israel. 11 Then God said to him,“I am the Sovereign God. Be fruitful and multiply! A nation– even a company of nations– will descend from you; kings will be among your descendants! 12 The land I gave to Abraham and Isaac I will give to you. To your descendants I will also give this land.” 13 Then God went up from the place where he spoke with him.
  • Exod 3:6 : 6 He added,“I am the God of your father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.” Then Moses hid his face, because he was afraid to look at God.
  • Judg 13:22 : 22 Manoah said to his wife,“We will certainly die, because we have seen a supernatural being!”
  • 2 Chr 5:14 : 14 The priests could not carry out their duties because of the cloud; the LORD’s splendor filled God’s temple.
  • Eccl 5:1 : 1 Rash Vows(4:17) Be careful what you do when you go to the temple of God; draw near to listen rather than to offer a sacrifice like fools, for they do not realize that they are doing wrong.
  • 1 Tim 3:15 : 15 in case I am delayed, to let you know how people ought to conduct themselves in the household of God, because it is the church of the living God, the support and bulwark of the truth.
  • Luke 2:9 : 9 An angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were absolutely terrified.
  • Luke 8:35 : 35 So the people went out to see what had happened, and they came to Jesus. They found the man from whom the demons had gone out, sitting at Jesus’ feet, clothed and in his right mind, and they were afraid.
  • Heb 10:21 : 21 and since we have a great priest over the house of God,
  • 1 Pet 4:17 : 17 For it is time for judgment to begin, starting with the house of God. And if it starts with us, what will be the fate of those who are disobedient to the gospel of God?
  • Rev 1:17 : 17 When I saw him I fell down at his feet as though I were dead, but he placed his right hand on me and said:“Do not be afraid! I am the first and the last,
  • Matt 17:6 : 6 When the disciples heard this, they were overwhelmed with fear and threw themselves down with their faces to the ground.
  • Gen 28:22 : 22 Then this stone that I have set up as a sacred stone will be the house of God, and I will surely give you back a tenth of everything you give me.”

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Gen 28:15-16
    2 verses
    86%

    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!”

    16Then Jacob woke up and thought,“Surely the LORD is in this place, but I did not realize it!”

  • Gen 28:18-22
    5 verses
    77%

    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.

    22Then this stone that I have set up as a sacred stone will be the house of God, and I will surely give you back a tenth of everything you give me.”

  • Gen 28:11-13
    3 verses
    77%

    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 35:1
    74%

    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 35:13-15
    3 verses
    74%

    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 35:6-7
    2 verses
    73%

    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.

  • Gen 32:1-2
    2 verses
    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.

  • Ps 114:7
    72%

    7Tremble, O earth, before the Lord– before the God of Jacob,

  • Gen 31:13
    72%

    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 35:3
    71%

    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 31:11
    71%

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

  • Gen 46:2-3
    2 verses
    70%

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

    3He said,“I am God, the God of your father. Do not be afraid to go down to Egypt, for I will make you into a great nation there.

  • Acts 7:32
    70%

    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 32:30
    70%

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

  • Gen 31:53
    69%

    53May the God of Abraham and the god of Nahor, the gods of their father, judge between us.” Jacob took an oath by the God whom his father Isaac feared.

  • Jonah 1:9-10
    2 verses
    69%

    9He said to them,“I am a Hebrew! And I worship the LORD, the God of heaven, who made the sea and the dry land.”

    10Hearing this, the men became even more afraid and said to him,“What have you done?”(The men said this because they knew that he was trying to escape from the LORD, because he had previously told them.)

  • Gen 12:8
    69%

    8Then he moved from there to the hill country east of Bethel and pitched his tent, with Bethel on the west and Ai on the east. There he built an altar to the LORD and worshiped the LORD.

  • 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.

  • Gen 32:27
    69%

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

  • Exod 3:6
    68%

    6He added,“I am the God of your father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.” Then Moses hid his face, because he was afraid to look at God.

  • Gen 42:28
    68%

    28He said to his brothers,“My money was returned! Here it is in my sack!” They were dismayed; they turned trembling to one another and said,“What in the world has God done to us?”

  • Ps 132:5
    68%

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

  • Gen 33:20
    68%

    20There he set up an altar and called it“The God of Israel is God.”

  • Ps 132:2
    68%

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

  • Judg 6:22
    68%

    22When Gideon realized that it was the LORD’s angel, he said,“Oh no! Sovereign LORD! I have seen the LORD’s angel face to face!”

  • Gen 32:9
    68%

    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.’

  • Gen 35:9
    68%

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

  • Gen 31:45
    68%

    45So Jacob took a stone and set it up as a memorial pillar.