Genesis 28
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Genesis 28:17-19

17And he wasH3372 afraidH3372 and saidH559, “1HowH4100 awesomeH3372 is thisH2088 placeH4725! ThisH2088 is noneH369 otherH369 thanH3588H518 the houseH1004 of GodH430, and thisH2088 is the gateH8179 of heavenH8064!”

18So JacobH3290 gotH7925 upH7925 earlyH7925 in the morningH1242, and tookH3947 2the stoneH68 that he had placedH7760 as a supportH4763 forH4763 his headH4763, and setH7760 it upH7760 as a memorialH4676 stoneH4676, and pouredH3332 oilH8081 on its topH7218. 19Then he namedH7121H8034 that placeH4725 34BethelH1008; butH199 5previouslyH7223 the nameH8034 of the cityH5892 had been 6LuzH3870.

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Notes

  1. 1. Genesis 28:17 Ps 68:35 ↩
  2. 2. Genesis 28:18 Gen 28:11; 35:14 ↩
  3. 3. Genesis 28:19 I.e., the house of God ↩
  4. 4. Genesis 28:19 Judg 1:23 ↩
  5. 5. Genesis 28:19 Lit at the first ↩
  6. 6. Genesis 28:19 Gen 35:6; 48:3 ↩

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