Genesis 28:16

World English Bible (2000)

Jacob awakened out of his sleep, and he said, "Surely Yahweh is in this place, and I didn't know it."

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  • Josh 5:15 : 15 The prince of Yahweh's army said to Joshua, "Take your shoes off of your feet; for the place on which you stand is holy." Joshua did so.
  • Exod 3:5 : 5 He said, "Don't come close. Take your sandals off of your feet, for the place you are standing on is holy ground."
  • Exod 15:11 : 11 Who is like you, Yahweh, among the gods? Who is like you, glorious in holiness, fearful in praises, doing wonders?
  • 1 Sam 3:4-7 : 4 that Yahweh called Samuel; and he said, "Here I am." 5 He ran to Eli, and said, "Here I am; for you called me." He said, "I didn't call; lie down again." He went and lay down. 6 Yahweh called yet again, "Samuel!" Samuel arose and went to Eli, and said, "Here I am; for you called me." He answered, "I didn't call, my son; lie down again." 7 Now Samuel didn't yet know Yahweh, neither was the word of Yahweh yet revealed to him.
  • Job 9:11 : 11 Behold, he goes by me, and I don't see him. He passes on also, but I don't perceive him.
  • Job 33:14 : 14 For God speaks once, yes twice, though man pays no attention.
  • Ps 68:35 : 35 You are awesome, God, in your sanctuaries. The God of Israel gives strength and power to his people. Praise be to God! For the Chief Musician. To the tune of "Lilies." By David.
  • Isa 8:13 : 13 Yahweh of Armies is who you must respect as holy. He is the one you must fear. He is the one you must dread.

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    17 He was afraid, and said, "How dreadful is this place! This is none other than God's house, and this is the gate of heaven."

    18 Jacob rose up early in the morning, and took the stone that he had put under his head, and set it up for a pillar, and poured oil on its top.

    19 He called the name of that place Bethel, but the name of the city was Luz at the first.

    20 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 clothing to put on,

    21 so that I come again to my father's house in peace, and Yahweh will be my God,

  • Gen 28:10-13
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    10 Jacob went out from Beersheba, and went toward Haran.

    11 He came to a certain place, and stayed there all night, because the sun had set. He took one of the stones of the place, and put it under his head, and lay down in that place to sleep.

    12 He dreamed. Behold, a stairway set upon the earth, and its top reached to heaven. Behold, the angels of God ascending and descending on it.

    13 Behold, Yahweh stood above it, and said, "I am Yahweh, the God of Abraham your father, and the God of Isaac. The land whereon you lie, to you will I give it, and to your seed.

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    11 The angel of God said to me in the dream, 'Jacob,' and I said, 'Here I am.'

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    2 God spoke to Israel in the visions of the night, and said, "Jacob, Jacob!" He said, "Here I am."

  • Gen 28:15
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    15 Behold, I am with you, and will keep you, wherever you go, and will bring you again into this land. For I will not leave you, until I have done that which I have spoken of to you."

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    26 On this I awakened, and saw; and my sleep was sweet to me.

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    13 I am the God of Bethel, where you anointed a pillar, where you vowed a vow to me. Now arise, get out from this land, and return to the land of your birth.'"

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

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

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

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  • Gen 32:29-30
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    29 Jacob asked him, "Please tell me your name." He said, "Why is it that you ask what my name is?" He blessed him there.

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    27 He said to him, "What is your name?" He said, "Jacob."

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    3 Yahweh said to Jacob, "Return to the land of your fathers, and to your relatives, and I will be with you."

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    24 God came to Laban, the Syrian, in a dream of the night, and said to him, "Take heed to yourself that you don't speak to Jacob either good or bad."

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