Genesis 28:17

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

and he feareth, and saith, `How fearful `is' this place; this is nothing but a house of God, and this a gate of the heavens.'

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  • Gen 35:1-9 : 1 And God saith unto Jacob, `Rise, go up to Bethel, and dwell there, and make there an altar to God, who appeared unto thee in thy fleeing from the face of Esau thy brother.' 2 And Jacob saith unto his household, and unto all who `are' with him, `Turn aside the gods of the stranger which `are' in your midst, and cleanse yourselves, and change your garments; 3 and we rise, and go up to Bethel, and I make there an altar to God, who is answering me in the day of my distress, and is with me in the way that I have gone.' 4 And they give unto Jacob all the gods of the stranger that `are' in their hand, and the rings that `are' in their ears, and Jacob hideth them under the oak which `is' by Shechem; 5 and they journey, and the terror of God is on the cities which `are' round about them, and they have not pursued after the sons of Jacob. 6 And Jacob cometh in to Luz which `is' in the land of Canaan (it `is' Bethel), he and all the people who `are' with him, 7 and he buildeth there an altar, and proclaimeth at the place the God of Bethel: for there had God been revealed unto him, in his fleeing from the face of his brother. 8 And Deborah, Rebekah's nurse, dieth, and she is buried at the lower part of Bethel, under the oak, and he calleth its name `Oak of weeping.' 9 And God appeareth unto Jacob again, in his coming from Padan-Aram, and blesseth him; 10 and God saith to him, `Thy name `is' Jacob: thy name is no more called Jacob, but Israel is thy name;' and He calleth his name Israel. 11 And God saith to him, `I `am' God Almighty; be fruitful and multiply, a nation and an assembly of nations is from thee, and kings from thy loins go out; 12 and the land which I have given to Abraham and to Isaac -- to thee I give it, yea to thy seed after thee I give the land.' 13 And God goeth up from him, in the place where He hath spoken with him.
  • Exod 3:6 : 6 He saith also, `I `am' the God of thy father, God of Abraham, God of Isaac, and God of Jacob;' and Moses hideth his face, for he is afraid to look towards God.
  • Judg 13:22 : 22 And Manoah saith unto his wife, `We certainly die, for we have seen God.'
  • 2 Chr 5:14 : 14 and the priests have not been able to stand to minister from the presence of the cloud, for the honour of Jehovah hath filled the house of God.
  • Eccl 5:1 : 1 Keep thy feet when thou goest unto a house of God, and draw near to hear rather than to give of fools the sacrifice, for they do not know they do evil.
  • 1 Tim 3:15 : 15 and if I delay, that thou mayest know how it behoveth `thee' to conduct thyself in the house of God, which is an assembly of the living God -- a pillar and foundation of the truth,
  • Luke 2:9 : 9 and lo, a messenger of the Lord stood over them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they feared a great fear.
  • Luke 8:35 : 35 and they came forth to see what was come to pass, and they came unto Jesus, and found the man sitting, out of whom the demons had gone forth, clothed, and right-minded, at the feet of Jesus, and they were afraid;
  • Heb 10:21 : 21 and a high priest over the house of God,
  • 1 Pet 4:17 : 17 because it is the time of the beginning of the judgment from the house of God, and if first from us, what the end of those disobedient to the good news of God?
  • Rev 1:17 : 17 And when I saw him, I did fall at his feet as dead, and he placed his right hand upon me, saying to me, `Be not afraid; I am the First and the Last,
  • Matt 17:6 : 6 And the disciples having heard, did fall upon their face, and were exceedingly afraid,
  • Gen 28:22 : 22 then this stone which I have made a standing pillar is a house of God, and all that Thou dost give to me -- tithing I tithe to Thee.'

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    15`And lo, I `am' with thee, and have kept thee whithersoever thou goest, and have caused thee to turn back unto this ground; for I leave thee not till that I have surely done that which I have spoken to thee.'

    16And Jacob awaketh out of his sleep, and saith, `Surely Jehovah is in this place, and I knew not;'

  • Gen 28:18-22
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    18And Jacob riseth early in the morning, and taketh the stone which he hath made his pillows, and maketh it a standing pillar, and poureth oil upon its top,

    19and he calleth the name of that place Bethel, `house of God,' and yet, Luz `is' the name of the city at the first.

    20And Jacob voweth a vow, saying, `Seeing God is with me, and hath kept me in this way which I am going, and hath given to me bread to eat, and a garment to put on --

    21when I have turned back in peace unto the house of my father, and Jehovah hath become my God,

    22then this stone which I have made a standing pillar is a house of God, and all that Thou dost give to me -- tithing I tithe to Thee.'

  • Gen 28:11-13
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    13and lo, Jehovah is standing upon it, and He saith, `I `am' Jehovah, God of Abraham thy father, and God of Isaac; the land on which thou art lying, to thee I give it, and to thy seed;

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    1And God saith unto Jacob, `Rise, go up to Bethel, and dwell there, and make there an altar to God, who appeared unto thee in thy fleeing from the face of Esau thy brother.'

  • Gen 35:13-15
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    74%

    13And God goeth up from him, in the place where He hath spoken with him.

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    6And Jacob cometh in to Luz which `is' in the land of Canaan (it `is' Bethel), he and all the people who `are' with him,

    7and he buildeth there an altar, and proclaimeth at the place the God of Bethel: for there had God been revealed unto him, in his fleeing from the face of his brother.

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    1And Jacob hath gone on his way, and messengers of God come upon him;

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    7From before the Lord be afraid, O earth, From before the God of Jacob,

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    3and we rise, and go up to Bethel, and I make there an altar to God, who is answering me in the day of my distress, and is with me in the way that I have gone.'

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    2and God speaketh to Israel in visions of the night, and saith, `Jacob, Jacob;' and he saith, `Here `am' I.'

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    8And he removeth from thence towards a mountain at the east of Beth-El, and stretcheth out the tent (Beth-El at the west, and Hai at the east), and he buildeth there an altar to Jehovah, and preacheth in the name of Jehovah.

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    31And Jacob answereth and saith to Laban, `Because I was afraid, for I said, Lest thou take violently away thy daughters from me;

  • Gen 32:27
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    27And he saith unto him, `What `is' thy name?' and he saith, `Jacob.'

  • Exod 3:6
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    6He saith also, `I `am' the God of thy father, God of Abraham, God of Isaac, and God of Jacob;' and Moses hideth his face, for he is afraid to look towards God.

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    5Till I do find a place for Jehovah, Tabernacles for the Mighty One of Jacob.

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    2Who hath sworn to Jehovah. He hath vowed to the Mighty One of Jacob:

  • Judg 6:22
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    45And Jacob taketh a stone, and lifteth it up `for' a standing pillar;