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Genesis 28:17
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15 Behold, aI am with you and will bkeep you wherever you go, and will cbring you back to this land; for dI will not leave you euntil I have done what I have spoken to you.”  
16 Then Jacob awoke from his sleep and said, “Surely the Lord is in athis place, and I did not know it.”  
17 And 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!”
18 Then Jacob rose early in the morning, and took the stone that he had put at his head, aset it up as a pillar, band poured oil on top of it.  
19 And he called the name of athat place Bethel; but the name of that city had been Luz previously.  
20 aThen Jacob made a vow, saying, “If bGod will be with me, and keep me in this way that I am going, and give me cbread to eat and clothing to put on,  
21 so that aI come back to my father’s house in peace, bthen the Lord shall be my God.  
22 And this stone which I have set as a pillar ashall be God’s house, band of all that You give me I will surely give a1 tenth to You.” 
Verse Comparison: Genesis 28:17

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American Standard Version
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.

Amplified® Bible
He was afraid and said, How to be feared {and} reverenced is this place! This is none other than the house of God, and this is the gateway to heaven!

Contemporary English Version
Then Jacob became frightened and said, "This is a fearsome place! It must be the house of God and the ladder to heaven."

Darby English Version
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.

Good News Bible
He was afraid and said, "What a terrifying place this is! It must be the house of God; it must be the gate that opens into heaven."

King James Version
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.

New American Standard Bible
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 International Version
He was afraid and said, "How awesome is this place! This is none other than the house of God; this is the gate of heaven."

New King James Version
And 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!”

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
He became afraid and said, "How awesome does this place appear to me! This I acknowledge as none other than the house of God, and this I regard as the gate of heaven."

Revised Standard Version
And 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."

Young's Literal Translation
and he feareth, and saith, `How fearful `is' this place; this is nothing but a house of God, and this a gate of the heavens.'


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