Genesis 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.
KJV
et lapis iste, quem erexi in titulum, vocabitur Domus Dei : cunctorumque quæ dederis mihi, decimas offeram tibi.
Vulgate
καὶ ὁ λίθος οὗτος, ὃν ἔστησα στήλην, ἔσται μοι οἶκος θεοῦ· καὶ πάντων ὧν ἐάν μοι δῷς, δεκάτην ἀποδεκατώσω αὐτά σοι.
LXX
then this stone, which I have set up for a pillar, shall be God’s house: and of all that thou shalt give me I will surely give the tenth unto thee.
ASV
וְ/הָ/אֶ֣בֶן הַ/זֹּ֗את אֲשֶׁר שַׂ֨מְתִּי֙ מַצֵּבָ֔ה יִהְיֶ֖ה בֵּ֣ית אֱלֹהִ֑ים וְ/כֹל֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר תִּתֶּן לִ֔/י עַשֵּׂ֖ר אֲעַשְּׂרֶ֥/נּוּ לָֽ/ךְ
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
11 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
אֲשֶׁר
'shr
particle · 5461×
אֶ֣בֶן
'bn
noun · 267×
בֵּ֣ית
byt
noun · 2032×
זֹּ֔את
z't
pronoun · 604×
יְהִי֙
yhy
verb · 3549×
יַעְשֹׂ֑ר
y'shr
verb · 9×
יָּ֥שֶׂם
yshm
verb · 581×
ךָ
k
noun · 2564×
כָּל
kl
noun · 5376×
ם
m
noun · 32×
ם
m
verb · 1995×
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 29:14 — But who am I, and what is my people, that we should be able to offer so willingly after this sort? for all things come of thee, and of thine own have we given thee.
- 1Sam 10:3 — Then shalt thou go on forward from thence, and thou shalt come to the plain of Tabor, and there shall meet thee three men going up to God to Bethel, one carrying three kids, and another carrying three
- Deut 14:22 — Thou shalt truly tithe all the increase of thy seed, that the field bringeth forth year by year.
- Eccl 5:2 — Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thine heart be hasty to utter any thing before God: for God is in heaven, and thou upon earth: therefore let thy words be few.
- Gen 14:20 — And blessed be the most high God, which hath delivered thine enemies into thy hand. And he gave him tithes of all.
- Gen 14:20 — And blessed be the most high God, which hath delivered thine enemies into thy hand. And he gave him tithes of all.
- Gen 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.
- Gen 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.
- Gen 33:20 — And he erected there an altar, and called it EleloheIsrael.
- 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.
- Gen 35:6 — So Jacob came to Luz, which is in the land of Canaan, that is, Bethel, he and all the people that were with him.
- Gen 35:7 — And he built there an altar, and called the place Elbethel: because there God appeared unto him, when he fled from the face of his brother.
- Gen 35:14 — And Jacob set up a pillar in the place where he talked with him, even a pillar of stone: and he poured a drink offering thereon, and he poured oil thereon.
- Heb 7:2 — To whom also Abraham gave a tenth part of all; first being by interpretation King of righteousness, and after that also King of Salem, which is, King of peace;
- Lev 27:30 — And all the tithe of the land, whether of the seed of the land, or of the fruit of the tree, is the LORD’s: it is holy unto the LORD.
- Lev 27:30 — And all the tithe of the land, whether of the seed of the land, or of the fruit of the tree, is the LORD’s: it is holy unto the LORD.
- Prov 3:9 — Honour the LORD with thy substance, and with the firstfruits of all thine increase: