Old Testament · SCRIPTURE
Genesis 28:17
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And he was afraid and said, “How awesome is this place! This is none other than the house of God; this is the gate of heaven!”
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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.
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He was afraid, and said, “How awesome this place is! This is none other than God’s house, and this is the gate of heaven.”
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And he was afraid, and said, How dreadful is this place! this is none other than the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven.
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READ IN CONTEXT · BSB
Genesis 28
15 Look, I am with you, and I will watch over you wherever you go, and I will bring you back to this land. For I will not leave you until I have done what I have promised you.”
16 When Jacob woke up, he said, “Surely the LORD is in this place, and I was unaware of it.”
17 And he was afraid and said, “How awesome is this place! This is none other than the house of God; this is the gate of heaven!”
18 Early the next morning, Jacob took the stone that he had placed under his head, and he set it up as a pillar. He poured oil on top of it,
19 and he called that place Bethel, though previously the city had been named Luz.
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