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 heaven.
KJV
Pavensque, Quam terribilis est, inquit, locus iste ! non est hic aliud nisi domus Dei, et porta cæli.
Vulgate
καὶ ἐφοβήθη, καὶ εἶπεν Ὡς φοβερὸς ὁ τόπος οὗτος· οὐκ ἔστιν τοῦτο ἀλλ’ ἢ οἶκος θεοῦ, καὶ αὕτη ἡ πύλη τοῦ οὐρανοῦ.
LXX
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.
ASV
וַ/יִּירָא֙ וַ/יֹּאמַ֔ר מַה נּוֹרָ֖א הַ/מָּק֣וֹם הַ/זֶּ֑ה אֵ֣ין זֶ֗ה כִּ֚י אִם בֵּ֣ית אֱלֹהִ֔ים וְ/זֶ֖ה שַׁ֥עַר הַ/שָּׁמָֽיִם
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
12 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
אִם
'm
conjunction · 1065×
אֵ֥ין
'yn
noun · 787×
בֵּ֣ית
byt
noun · 2032×
וֹ
v
noun · 398×
זֶּֽה
zh
pronoun · 1173×
יֹּ֣אמֶר
y'mr
verb · 5290×
ךָ
k
noun · 2564×
כִּֽי
ky
pronoun · 4439×
מַה
mh
particle · 745×
שַׁ֣עַר
sh'r
noun · 375×
שָּׁמַ֔יִם
shmym
noun · 419×
תִּירָ֖א
tyr'
verb · 325×
Typology
Theophany
Historic Christian voices
4 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
- 1Chr 22:1 — Then David said, This is the house of the LORD God, and this is the altar of the burnt offering for Israel.
- 1Cor 3:17 — If any man defile the temple of God, him shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, which temple ye are.
- 1Pet 4:17 — For the time is come that judgment must begin at the house of God: and if it first begin at us, what shall the end be of them that obey not the gospel of God?
- 1Tim 3:15 — But if I tarry long, that thou mayest know how thou oughtest to behave thyself in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth.
- 2Chr 5:14 — So that the priests could not stand to minister by reason of the cloud: for the glory of the LORD had filled the house of God.
- 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 3:6 — Moreover he said, I am the God of thy father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. And Moses hid his face; for he was afraid to look upon God.
- Gen 16:13 — And she called the name of the LORD that spake unto her, Thou God seest me: for she said, Have I also here looked after him that seeth me?
- Gen 28:22 — And this stone, which I have set for a pillar, shall be God’s house: and of all that thou shalt give me I will surely give the tenth unto thee.
- Gen 28:22 — And this stone, which I have set for a pillar, shall be God’s house: and of all that thou shalt give me I will surely give the tenth unto thee.
- Gen 35:1 — And God said unto Jacob, Arise, go up to Bethel, and dwell there: and make there an altar unto God, that appeared unto thee when thou fleddest from the face of Esau thy brother.
- Heb 10:21 — And having an high priest over the house of God;
- Judg 13:22 — And Manoah said unto his wife, We shall surely die, because we have seen God.
- Luke 2:9 — And, lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them, and the glory of the Lord shone round about them: and they were sore afraid.
- Luke 8:35 — Then they went out to see what was done; and came to Jesus, and found the man, out of whom the devils were departed, sitting at the feet of Jesus, clothed, and in his right mind: and they were afraid.
- Matt 17:6 — And when the disciples heard it, they fell on their face, and were sore afraid.
- Rev 1:17 — And when I saw him, I fell at his feet as dead. And he laid his right hand upon me, saying unto me, Fear not; I am the first and the last: