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.'Genesis 28:17 Additional Translations
Clarke's Commentary on the BibleHow dreadful is this place! - The appearance of the ladder, the angels, and the Divine glory at the top of the ladder, must have left deep, solemn, and even awful impressions on the mind of Jacob; and hence the exclamation in the text, How dreadful is this place! This is none other but the house of God - The Chaldee gives this place a curious turn: "This is not a common place, but a place in which God delights; and opposite to this place is the gate of heaven." Onkelos seems to suppose that the gate or entrance into heaven was actually above this spot, and that when the angels of God descended to earth, they came through that opening into this place, and returned by the same way. And it really appears that Jacob himself had a similar notion.
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he was.
Exodus 3:6 Moreover he said, I am the God of your father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. And Moses hid his face...
Judges 13:22 And Manoah said to his wife, We shall surely die, because we have seen God.
Matthew 17:6 And when the disciples heard it, they fell on their face, and were sore afraid.
Luke 2:9 And, see, the angel of the Lord came on 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...
Revelation 1:17 And when I saw him, I fell at his feet as dead. And he laid his right hand on me, saying to me, Fear not; I am the first and the last:
the house.
Genesis 28:22 And this stone, which I have set for a pillar, shall be God's house...
Genesis 35:1-13 And God said to Jacob, Arise, go up to Bethel, and dwell there: and make there an altar to God...
2 Chronicles 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.
Ecclesiastes 5:1 Keep your foot when you go to the house of God, and be more ready to hear, than to give the sacrifice of fools...
1 Timothy 3:15 But if I tarry long, that you may know how you ought to behave yourself in the house of God, which is the church of the living God...
Hebrews 10:21 And having an high priest over the house of God;
1 Peter 4:17 For the time is come that judgment must begin at the house of God: and if it first begin at us...
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