Genesis 28:17
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“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 awesome is this place! This is none other than the house of God; this is the gate of heaven!””
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“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.”
King James Version · Public Domain“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.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“and he feareth, and saith, `How fearful <FI>is<Fi> this place; this is nothing but a house of God, and this a gate of the heavens.'”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Genesis 28:17 — 15 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 28:22And this stone I have set up as a pillar will be God’s house, and of all that You give me I will surely give You a tenth.”
- Genesis 35:1Then God said to Jacob, “Arise, go up to Bethel, and settle there. Build an altar there to the God who appeared to you when you fled from your brother Esau.”
- Genesis 35:7There Jacob built an altar, and he called that place El-bethel, because it was there that God had revealed Himself to Jacob as he fled from his brother.
- Exodus 3:5“Do not come any closer,” God said. “Take off your sandals, for the place where you are standing is holy ground.”
- Exodus 3:6Then He said, “I am the God of your father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.” At this, Moses hid his face, for he was afraid to look at God.
- Judges 13:22“We are going to die,” he said to his wife, “for we have seen God!”
- 2 Chronicles 5:14so that the priests could not stand there to minister because of the cloud; for the glory of the LORD filled the house of God.
- Ecclesiastes 5:1Guard your steps when you go to the house of God. Draw near to listen rather than to offer the sacrifice of fools, who do not know that they do wrong.
- Matthew 17:6When the disciples heard this, they fell facedown in terror.
- Luke 2:9Just then an angel of the Lord stood before them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were terrified.
- Luke 8:35So the people went out to see what had happened. They came to Jesus and found the man whom the demons had left, sitting at Jesus’ feet, clothed and in his right mind; and they were afraid.
- 1 Timothy 3:15in case I am delayed, so that you will know how each one must conduct himself in God’s household, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and foundation of the truth.
- Hebrews 10:21and since we have a great priest over the house of God,
- 1 Peter 4:17For it is time for judgment to begin with the family of God; and if it begins with us, what will the outcome be for those who disobey the gospel of God?
- Revelation 1:17When I saw Him, I fell at His feet like a dead man. But He placed His right hand on me and said, “Do not be afraid. I am the First and the Last,
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