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Genesis 28:17-19
International Standard Version
Genesis 28:17-19
International Standard Version
17 In mounting terror, he cried out, “How scary this place is! This is nothing less than God’s house and the gateway to heaven!” 18 When Jacob got up early the next morning, he took the stone that he had used for his pillow,[a] set it up as a pillar, drenched it with oil, 19 and named[b] the place Beth-el, although previously[c] the city had been named Luz.
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- Genesis 28:18 Lit. for his head
- Genesis 28:19 Lit. called the name of
- Genesis 28:19 Lit. at the first
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