 | Mystery - 1850 - 512 pages
...prefigured in these words, " And Jacob 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 but the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven." (Gen. xxviii. 16, 17.) The duty of God's people,... | |
 | John Bunyan - Spiritual directors - 1850 - 500 pages
...Jacob awoke out of his sleep and said, ' Surely the Lord was in this place, and I knew it not ;' 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.' " At another time, when Jacob had that memorable... | |
 | David M'Conaughy - Bible - 1850 - 420 pages
...awaked out of his sleep, and he 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 but the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven." We may, although inadequately, imagine the change... | |
 | Thomas Boston - Presbyterian Church - 1851 - 702 pages
...God's infinite excellence and perfection striking an awe upon the soul : Gen. xxviii. 17, " And Jacob was afraid, and said, How dreadful is this place ! this is none other but the house of God, and the gate of heaven." On this account, God was called the fear of the holy patriarchs,... | |
 | Roland Mushat Frye - Bibles - 1978 - 644 pages
...awaked out of his sleep, and he said, Surely the Lord is in this place; and I knew it not. 17 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. 18 And Jacob rose up early in the morning, and took... | |
 | Zondervan - Bible - 1984 - 940 pages
...awaked out of his sleep, and he said. Surely the LORD is in this place; and I knew it not. 17 And he me, then shall there enlargement and deliverance arise to the Jews from the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven. 18 And Jacob rose up early in the morning, and took... | |
 | Catharine Parr Traill - Education - 1986 - 388 pages
...way from Beer-sheba to Harán, Jacob, awaking from a dream in which he saw God and heard Him speak, "was afraid, and said, How dreadful is this place! this is none other but the house of God, and this« the gate of heaven." See The Interpreter's Bible. Vol. 1. 1952, p. 691.... | |
 | John R. Rice - Religion - 2000 - 568 pages
...awaked out of his sleep, and he said, Surely the LORD is in this place; and I knew it not. 17 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. 18 And Jacob rose up early in the morning, and took... | |
 | Herbert Lockyer - Religion - 1964 - 324 pages
...most prayerful, reverent attention. When Jacob came to the place he named Bethel, we are told that 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" (Genesis 28:17). Let these be our feelings as we... | |
 | Witness Lee - Bible - 1989 - 159 pages
...heaven: and behold the angels of God ascending and descending on it" (Gen. 28:12). When he awoke, "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" (v. 17). He called that place Bethel, the house of... | |
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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. 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. 
