Genesis 28:16-17

The Biblical Illustrator - Genesis 28:17

Genesis 28:17How dreadful is this place I this is none other but the house of God, and this is the gate of heavenReverential aweI.It must have been the freshness of Jacob’s sense of recent sin that made a spot so peaceful and so blessed seem to him a “dreadful” place. Everything takes its character from the conscience. Even a Bethel was awful, and the ladder of angels terrible, to a man who had just been deceiving his father and robbing his brother. The gates of our heaven are the places of our... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Genesis 28:16

Gen 28:16 And Jacob awaked out of his sleep, and he said, Surely the LORD is in this place; and I knew [it] not. Ver. 16. And I knew it not, ] viz., That God is graciously present in one place, as well as in another. Our ignorance and unbelief is freely to be confessed and acknowledged. Thus David; Psa 73:22 Agur. Pro 30:2 Pray for me, saith Father Latimer to his friend; pray for me, I say: for I am sometimes so fearful, that I would creep into a mouse hole. a And in a certain sermon; b I... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Genesis 28:17

Gen 28:17 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. Ver. 17. How dreadful is this place! ] The place of God’s public worship is a place of angels and archangels, saith Chrysostom; a it is the kingdom of God; it is very heaven. What wonder, then, though Jacob be afraid, albeit he saw nothing but visions of love and mercy? "In thy fear will I worship toward thy holy temple," saith David. Psa 5:7 The... read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Genesis 28:16

and I: Exodus 3:5, Exodus 15:11, Joshua 5:15, 1 Samuel 3:4-Judges :, Job 9:11, Job 33:14, Psalms 68:35, Isaiah 8:13 Reciprocal: Leviticus 19:30 - reverence Judges 13:6 - terrible Ecclesiastes 5:1 - thy foot Hosea 12:5 - Even 2 Peter 1:18 - the holy read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Genesis 28:17

he was: Exodus 3:6, Judges 13:22, Matthew 17:6, Luke 2:9, Luke 8:35, Revelation 1:17 the house: Genesis 28:22, Genesis 35:1-1 Chronicles :, 2 Chronicles 5:14, Ecclesiastes 5:1, 1 Timothy 3:15, Hebrews 10:21, 1 Peter 4:17 Reciprocal: Genesis 16:13 - called Exodus 3:5 - put off Leviticus 19:30 - reverence Judges 13:6 - terrible 1 Chronicles 22:1 - This is the house 1 Corinthians 3:17 - destroy 2 Peter 1:18 - the holy read more

John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Genesis 28:16

And Jacob awaked out of his sleep, and he said, Surely the LORD is in this place; and I knew it not.Surely the Lord is in this place, and I knew it not — God's manifestations of himself to his people carry their own evidence along with them. God can give undeniable demonstrations of his presence, such as give abundant satisfaction to the souls of the faithful, that God is with them of a truth; satisfaction not communicable to others, but convincing to themselves. We sometimes meet with God... read more

John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Genesis 28:17

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.He was afraid — So far was he from being puffed up. The more we see of God, the more cause we see for holy trembling and blushing before him. Those whom God is pleased to manifest himself to, are laid and kept very low in their own eyes, and see cause to fear even the Lord and his goodness, Hosea 3:5.And said, How dreadful is this place! — That is, the appearance of... read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 28:10-22

JACOB AT BETHEL, Genesis 28:10-22. A complex nature of manifold elements was that of Jacob. His cunning, and disposition to supplant and overreach, have been twice shown. Deceitfulness was a quality so conspicuous in his character as to have put him under the condemnation of all after time. But at the same time he was possessed of many higher qualities than Esau. The latter quickly showed out all he was; but many years and divers experiences were necessary to develop Jacob. In his more quiet... read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 28:16

16. Surely the Lord is in this place The vision awakened a new life, and a new world of thought and emotion within him . He had been, comparatively, a stranger to Jehovah . I knew it not Jacob had gone to sleep without any thought that there, alone and sorrowful and anxious, he was specially cared for and watched by Abraham’s God . No such open revelation had ever come to him before, and he was taken by surprise . read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 28:17

17. House of God… gate of heaven This thought thrills him with a sense of terror . So far from being away from house and friends and care, behold, he is in God’s house, and the very gates of heaven have been opened to his eye . read more

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