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Genesis 28:16-18
EasyEnglish Bible
Genesis 28:16-18
EasyEnglish Bible
16 Jacob woke from his sleep. He thought, ‘The Lord is in this place and I did not know it.’ 17 Jacob was afraid. He said, ‘How great this place is! This must be the house of God. This is the gate of heaven.’
18 Early in the morning Jacob got up. He took the stone that he had put under his head. He made it stand up straight in the ground. He poured oil on top of it.[a]
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- 28:18 The oil poured onto the stone was olive oil. This practice was to show that it belonged to God.
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