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Text -- Genesis 28:14-22 (NET)
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28:14 Your descendants will be like the dust of the earth , and you will spread out to the west , east , north , and south . All the families of the earth will pronounce blessings on one another using your name and that of your descendants .
28:15 I am with you! I will protect you wherever you go and will bring you back to this land . I will not leave you until I have done what I promised you!”
28:16 Then Jacob woke up and thought , “Surely the Lord is in this place , but I did not realize it!”
28:17 He was afraid and said , “What an awesome place this is! This is nothing else than the house of God ! This is the gate of heaven !”
28:18 Early in the morning Jacob took the stone he had placed near his head and set it up as a sacred stone . Then he poured oil on top of it.
28:19 He called that place Bethel , although the former name of the town was Luz .
28:20 Then Jacob made a vow , saying , “If God is with me and protects me on this journey I am taking and gives me food to eat and clothing to wear ,
28:21 and I return safely to my father’s home , then the Lord will become my God .
28:22 Then this stone that I have set up as a sacred stone will be the house of God , and I will surely give you back a tenth of everything you give me.”
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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics
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Names, People and Places:
Dictionary Themes and Topics:
Vows |
Jacob |
JESUS CHRIST, 4B |
BETHEL |
Religion |
Beth-el |
Stones |
Covenant |
Pillar |
God |
JACOB (1) |
Luz |
VOW |
Consecration |
NAMES, PROPER |
PALESTINE, 1 |
ISRAEL, RELIGION OF, 1 |
Blessing |
HOUSE OF GOD |
WRITING, 2 |
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NET Notes: Gen 28:14 Heb “and they will pronounce blessings by you, all the families of the earth, and by your offspring.”
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NET Notes: Gen 28:15 Heb “Look, I [am] with you.” The clause is a nominal clause; the verb to be supplied could be present (as in the translation) or future, &...
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NET Notes: Gen 28:18 Sacred stone. Such a stone could be used as a boundary marker, a burial stone, or as a shrine. Here the stone is intended to be a reminder of the stai...
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