Genesis 28:17
Good News Translation
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."

New 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.”

Contemporary English Version
Then Jacob became frightened and said, "What a frightening place! It must be the house of God and the gateway to heaven."

New American Bible
He was afraid and said: “How awesome this place is! This is nothing else but the house of God, the gateway to heaven!”

Douay-Rheims Bible
And trembling, he said: How terrible is this place? this is no other but the house of God, and the gate of heaven.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And trembling, he said: How terrible is this place? this is no other but the house of God, and the gate of heaven.

he was.

Exodus 3:6 And he said: I am the God of thy father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. Moses hid his face: for he durst not look at God.

Judges 13:22 And he said to his wife: We shall certainly die, because we have seen God.

Matthew 17:6 And the disciples hearing fell upon their face, and were very much afraid.

Luke 2:9 And behold an angel of the Lord stood by them and the brightness of God shone round about them: and they feared with a great fear.

Luke 8:35 And they went out to see what was done. And they came to Jesus and found the man out of whom the devils were departed, sitting at his feet, clothed and in his right mind. And they were afraid.

Revelation 1:17 And when I had seen him, I fell at his feet as dead. And he laid his right hand upon me, saying: Fear not. I am the First and the Last,

the house.

Genesis 28:22 And this stone, which I have set up for a title, shall be called the house of God: and of all things that thou shalt give to me, I will offer tithes to thee.

Genesis 35:1-13 In the mean time God said to Jacob: Arise and go up to Bethel, and dwell there, and make there an altar to God, who appeared to thee when thou didst flee from Esau, thy brother. . . .

2 Chronicles 5:14 Nor could the priests stand and minister by reason of the cloud. For the glory of the Lord had filled the house of God.

Ecclesiastes 5:1 Keep thy foot, when thou goest into the house of God, and draw nigh to hear. For much better is obedience, than the victims of fools, who know not what evil they do.

1 Timothy 3:15 But if I tarry long, that thou mayest know how thou oughtest to behave thyself in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth.

Hebrews 10:21 And a high priest over the house of God:

1 Peter 4:17 For the time is, that judgment should begin at the house of God. And if at first at us, what shall be the end of them that believe not the gospel of God?

Context
Jacob's Ladder
16And when Jacob awaked out of sleep, he said: Indeed the Lord is in this place, and I knew it not. 17And trembling, he said: How terrible is this place? this is no other but the house of God, and the gate of heaven.
Cross References
Psalm 68:35
God is wonderful in his saints: the God of Israel is he who will give power and strength to his people. Blessed be God.

Genesis 28:18
And Jacob arising in the morning, took the stone which he had laid under his head, and set it up for a title, pouring oil upon the top of it.

Genesis 28:16
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