Genesis 28:17
“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 heauen.”
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Genesis 28:17 Context
15And behold, I am with thee, and will keepe thee in all places whither thou goest, and will bring thee againe into this land: for I will not leaue thee, vntill I haue done that which I haue spoken to thee of. 16¶ And Iacob awaked out of his sleepe, 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 heauen. 18And Iacob rose vp earely in the morning, and tooke the stone that hee had put for his pillowes, and set it vp for a pillar, and powred oile vpon the top of it. 19And hee called the name of that place Beth-el: but the name of that citie was called Luz, at the first.
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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.
- King James Version
He was afraid and said, "How awesome is this place! This is none other than the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven."
- New American Standard Version (1995)