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The Book of Genesis, Chapter 28, Verse 17

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And Jacob awaked out of his sleep, and he said, Surely the LORD is in this place; and I knew [it] not.
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.
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.
New English Translation
He was afraid and said,“What an awesome place this is! This is nothing else than the house of God! This is the gate of heaven!”
World English Bible
He was afraid, and said, "How dreadful is this place! This is none other than God's house, and this is the gate of heaven."
18
And Jacob rose up early in the morning, and took the stone that he had put [for] his pillows, and set it up [for] a pillar, and poured oil upon the top of it.
19
And he called the name of that place Bethel: but the name of that city [was called] Luz at the first.
20
And Jacob vowed a vow, saying, If God will be with me, and will keep me in this way that I go, and will give me bread to eat, and raiment to put on,
21
So that I come again to my father's house in peace; then shall the LORD be my God:
22
And this stone, which I have set [for] a pillar, shall be God's house: and of all that thou shalt give me I will surely give the tenth unto thee.
1
Then Jacob went on his journey, and came into the land of the people of the east.
2
And he looked, and behold a well in the field, and, lo, there [were] three flocks of sheep lying by it; for out of that well they watered the flocks: and a great stone [was] upon the well's mouth.
3
And thither were all the flocks gathered: and they rolled the stone from the well's mouth, and watered the sheep, and put the stone again upon the well's mouth in his place.
4
And Jacob said unto them, My brethren, whence [be] ye? And they said, Of Haran [are] we.
5
And he said unto them, Know ye Laban the son of Nahor? And they said, We know [him].