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Genesis 28:17 KJV
Genesis · chapter 28 · verse 17
And he was afraid, and said, How dreadful is this place! this is none other but the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven.Genesis 28:17 · King James Version
Genesis 28:17 in context
15And, behold, I am with thee, and will keep thee in all places whither thou goest, and will bring thee again into this land; for I will not leave thee, until I have done that which I have spoken to thee of.
16And Jacob awaked out of his sleep, and he said, Surely the LORD is in this place; and I knew it not.
17And he was afraid, and said, How dreadful is this place! this is none other but the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven.
18And Jacob rose up early in the morning, and took the stone that he had put for his pillows, and set it up for a pillar, and poured oil upon the top of it.
19And he called the name of that place Bethel: but the name of that city was called Luz at the first.
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Key words (Strong's)
- afraidyârêʼto fearH3372 →
- placemâqôwmproperly, a standingH4725 →
- housebayitha houseH1004 →
- saidʼâmarto sayH559 →
- gateshaʻaran openingH8179 →
- Godʼĕlôhîymgods in the ordinary senseH430 →
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God manifested himself and his favour to Jacob when he was asleep and purely passive; for the spirit, like the wind, blows when and where he listeth, and God's grace, like the dew, tarrieth not for the sons of men, Mic 5:7. But Jacob applied himself to the improvement of the visit God had made him when he was awake;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 16-22