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Genesis 28:17

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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.

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  1. Genesis 28:15

    And, behold, I am with thee, and will keep thee in all places whither thou goest, and will bring thee again into this land; for I will not leave thee, until I have done that which I have spoken to thee of.

  2. 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.

  3. Genesis 28:18

    And Jacob rose up early in the morning, and took the stone that he had put for his pillows, and set it up for a pillar, and poured oil upon the top of it.

  4. Genesis 28:19

    And he called the name of that place Beth–el: but the name of that city was called Luz at the first.

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Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.