Genesis 28:15-17

15 I am with you and will watch over you wherever you go, and I will bring you back to this land. I will not leave you until I have done what I have promised you.”

16 When Jacob awoke from his sleep, he thought, “Surely the LORD is in this place, and I was not aware of it.”

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

Genesis 28:15-17 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.

Cross References

• 1. S Genesis 21:20; Genesis 26:3; Genesis 48:21
• 2. Numbers 6:24; Ps 121:5,7-8
• 3. ver 20
• 4. ver 22; Genesis 35:3
• 5. ver 21; S Genesis 15:16; Genesis 30:25; Genesis 31:30
• 6. Deuteronomy 31:6,8; Joshua 1:5; Nehemiah 4:14; Psalms 9:10
• 7. Leviticus 26:42
• 8. Psalms 105:10; Numbers 23:19
• 9. 1 Kings 3:15; Jeremiah 31:26
• 10. Exodus 3:5; Exodus 19:21; Joshua 5:15; Psalms 68:24,35
• 11. ver 22; Genesis 32:2; 1 Chronicles 22:1; 2 Chronicles 3:1