Genesis 28:16
And Jacob awaked out of his sleep, and he said, Surely the LORD is in this place; and I knew it not.
KJV
Cumque evigilasset Jacob de somno, ait : Vere Dominus est in loco isto, et ego nesciebam.
Vulgate
⸂⸆⸃ καὶ ἐξηγέρθη Ἰακὼβ ἀπὸ τοῦ ὕπνου αὐτοῦ καὶ εἶπεν ὅτι Ἔστιν Κύριος ἐν τῷ τόπῳ τούτῳ, ἐγὼ δὲ οὐκ ᾔδειν.
LXX
And Jacob awaked out of his sleep, and he said, Surely Jehovah is in this place; and I knew it not.
ASV
וַ/יִּיקַ֣ץ יַעֲקֹב֮ מִ/שְּׁנָת/וֹ֒ וַ/יֹּ֕אמֶר אָכֵן֙ יֵ֣שׁ יְהוָ֔ה בַּ/מָּק֖וֹם הַ/זֶּ֑ה וְ/אָנֹכִ֖י לֹ֥א יָדָֽעְתִּי
Hebrew
Open in reader with connections →
In this verse
In the original Hebrew
12 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
אָכֵן֙
'kn
adverb · 18×
אָנֹכִ֖י
'nky
pronoun · 356×
וֹ
v
noun · 398×
וֹ
v
noun · 23×
זֶּֽה
zh
pronoun · 1173×
יְהוָ֖ה
yhvh
proper_noun · 6455×
יֶשׁ
ysh
pronoun · 137×
יַעֲקֹ֖ב
y'qb
proper_noun · 346×
יָדְע֖וּ
yd'v
verb · 944×
יִּקַ֥ץ
yqts
verb · 10×
יֹּ֣אמֶר
y'mr
verb · 5290×
לֹ֣א
l'
proper_noun · 5171×
Theophany
Historic Christian voices
7 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
§2573God renews his promise to Jacob, the ancestor of the twelve tribes of Israel.17 Before confronting his elder brother Esau, Jacob wrestles all night with a mysterious figure who refuses to reveal his name, but he blesses him before leaving him at dawn. From this account, the spiritual tradition of the Church has retained the symbol of prayer as a battle of faith and as the trium…
And he dreamed, and behold a ladder set up on the earth. Jacob's vision of the ladder reaching from earth to heaven is a representation of Christ as the Mediator, through whom alone there is intercourse between God and men. The angels ascending and descending signify the ministry of divine providence. The promise that in Jacob's seed all families of the earth would be blessed i…
Cross-references
- 1Sam 3:4 — That the LORD called Samuel: and he answered, Here am I.
- Eccl 5:1 — Keep thy foot when thou goest to the house of God, and be more ready to hear, than to give the sacrifice of fools: for they consider not that they do evil.
- Exod 3:5 — And he said, Draw not nigh hither: put off thy shoes from off thy feet, for the place whereon thou standest is holy ground.
- Exod 3:5 — And he said, Draw not nigh hither: put off thy shoes from off thy feet, for the place whereon thou standest is holy ground.
- Exod 15:11 — Who is like unto thee, O LORD, among the gods? who is like thee, glorious in holiness, fearful in praises, doing wonders?
- Isa 8:13 — Sanctify the LORD of hosts himself; and let him be your fear, and let him be your dread.
- Job 9:11 — Lo, he goeth by me, and I see him not: he passeth on also, but I perceive him not.
- Job 33:14 — For God speaketh once, yea twice, yet man perceiveth it not.
- Josh 5:15 — And the captain of the LORD’s host said unto Joshua, Loose thy shoe from off thy foot; for the place whereon thou standest is holy. And Joshua did so.
- Judg 13:6 — Then the woman came and told her husband, saying, A man of God came unto me, and his countenance was like the countenance of an angel of God, very terrible: but I asked him not whence he was, neither
- Ps 68:35 — O God, thou art terrible out of thy holy places: the God of Israel is he that giveth strength and power unto his people. Blessed be God.