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Genesis 28:19 KJV
Genesis · chapter 28 · verse 19
And he called the name of that place Bethel: but the name of that city was called Luz at the first.Genesis 28:19 · King James Version
Genesis 28:19 in context
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.
20And 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 raiment to put on,
21So that I come again to my father’s house in peace; then shall the LORD be my God:
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- calledqârâʼto call out toH7121 →
- BethelBêyth-ʼÊlBeth-El, a place in PalestineH1008 →
- placemâqôwmproperly, a standingH4725 →
- nameshêman appellation, as amark or memorial of individualityH8034 →
- cityʻîyra city in the widest senseH5892 →
- LuzLûwzLuz, the name of two places in PalestineH3870 →
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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