 | Moses Alshekh - Bible - 2006 - 970 pages
...place where God's Presence has rested. Upon awakening from his dream, Jacob proclaimed, How awesome is this place! This is none other than the House of God, and this is the gate of heaven (GENESIS 28:17). Because Jerusalem is where God's bountiful blessing desabove (verse... | |
 | Elyse Fitzpatrick - Religion - 2006 - 162 pages
...of God and didn't know it! "Surely the LORD is in this place, and I did not know it. ... How awesome is this place! This is none other than the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven. . . . He called the name of that place Bethel" (Gen. 28:16-17, 19). There have... | |
 | Grace Johnson - 2006 - 170 pages
..."Surely the LORD is in this place, and I did not know it." 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!" Then Jacob rose early in the morning, and took the stone that he had put at his... | |
 | Steve Gaines, Dean Merrill - Presence of God - 2007 - 284 pages
...Jacob woke up, he exclaimed, "Surely the LORD is in this place, and I did not know it. ... How awesome is this place! This is none other than the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven" (Gen. 28:16-17). He named that spot Bethel, which is a Hebrew word meaning "house... | |
 | Gene Garrick - Religion - 2007 - 146 pages
...said, "surely the Lord is in this place, and I did not know it.' 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.'" (Genesis 28:16-17) Early the next morning Jacob ran and took the stone that he... | |
 | Shmuel Goldin - Bible - 2007 - 352 pages
...Jewish thought. Yaakov exclaims: "Behold the Lord is in this place and I did not know. ... How awesome is this place! This is none other than the House of God and this is the gate to heaven!"12 On the basis of this observation, Yaakov subsequently renames the location Beit... | |
 | David Flusser - History - 2007 - 371 pages
...is not to Jacob's second visit to Bethel (Gen. 35:6-7), 15 when Jacob says of the site: "How awesome is this place! This is none other than the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven" (Gen. 28:17). This verse is the basis for the midrashic interpretation according... | |
 | Alexander Roberts - Religion - 2007 - 616 pages
...said, Surely the Lord is in this place, and I knew it not. 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. And Jacob rose up in the morning, and took the stone which he had placed under... | |
 | Ford Wilson - Religion - 2007 - 406 pages
...the Lord (Jehovah) is in this place, and I did not know it? 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!'" **Then Jacob rose early in the morning, and took the stone that he had put at... | |
 | Sidney Greidanus - Religion - 2007 - 537 pages
..."Surely the LORD is in this place — and I did not know it! And he was afraid,25 and said, 'How awesome is this place! This is none other than the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven.' " 23. NIV Study Bible, Gen 28:15, n. 24. Brueggemann, Genesis, 245. 25. "Perhaps... | |
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How awesome is this place! This is none other than the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven. 
