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Genesis 28:17-22

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17 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."
18 So early in the morning Jacob took the stone that he had put under his head and set it up 1for a pillar 2and poured oil on the top of it.
19 He called the name of that place 3Bethel,[a] but the name of the city was Luz at the first.
20 Then Jacob 4made 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 clothing to wear,
21 5so that I come again to my father's house in peace, 6then the LORD shall be my God,
22 and this stone, which I have set up for a pillar, 7shall be God's house. And 8of all that you give me I will give a full tenth to you."
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Genesis 28:17-22 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO GENESIS 28

In this chapter an account is given of the charge Isaac gave to Jacob not to marry a Canaanitess, but to go to Padanaram, and take a wife from his mother's family, and of his blessing him before he sent him away, Ge 28:1-5; of the notice that Esau took of this blessing and charge, which led him to take a wife of the family of Ishmael, Ge 28:6-9; of the dream of the ladder, which Jacob had in his way to Haran, Ge 28:10-12; of the blessing which God conferred upon him there, Ge 28:13-15; of the awfulness of the place upon his awaking, and of his erecting a pillar in it, and giving a name to it, Ge 28:16-19; and of the vow he made to God, should he be supplied with the necessaries of life, and be kept in safety by him, Ge 28:20-22.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Cross References 8

  • 1. Genesis 31:13, 45; Genesis 35:14; [1 Samuel 7:12; 2 Samuel 18:18]
  • 2. [Leviticus 8:10, 11; Numbers 7:1]
  • 3. Genesis 35:7; Judges 1:23, 26
  • 4. Genesis 31:13
  • 5. [Judges 11:31; 2 Samuel 15:7-9]
  • 6. Deuteronomy 26:17
  • 7. Genesis 35:7, 14
  • 8. Genesis 14:20; Leviticus 27:30-33

Footnotes 1

  • [a]. Bethel means the house of God
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