17and he feareth, and saith, 'How fearful is this place; this is nothing but a house of God, and this a gate of the heavens.'


In Context

14 and thy seed hath been as the dust of the land, and thou hast broken forth westward, and eastward, and northward, and southward, and all families of the ground have been blessed in thee and in thy seed.

15 And lo, I am with thee, and have kept thee whithersoever thou goest, and have caused thee to turn back unto this ground; for I leave thee not till that I have surely done that which I have spoken to thee.'

16 And Jacob awaketh out of his sleep, and saith, 'Surely Jehovah is in this place, and I knew not;'

17 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.'

18 And Jacob riseth early in the morning, and taketh the stone which he hath made his pillows, and maketh it a standing pillar, and poureth oil upon its top,

19 and he calleth the name of that place Bethel, house of God, and yet, Luz is the name of the city at the first.

Genesis 28:17 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

28:17And 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.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

28:17He was afraid and said, "How awesome is this place! This is none other than the house of God; this is the gate of heaven."

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

28:17And trembling he said: How terrible is this place! this is no other but the house of God, and the gate of heaven.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

28:17And 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.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

28:17And 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.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

28:17And 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.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

28:17And he was afraid, and said, How dreadful is this place! this is no other but the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

28:17He was afraid, and said, |How dreadful is this place! This is none other than God's house, and this is the gate of heaven.|

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

28:17And 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.