17 And he was afraid, and said, How dreadful is this place! this is none other but the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven.

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

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19 And he called the name of that place Bethel: but the name of that city was called Luz at the first.

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19 He called that place Bethel,[a](A) though the city used to be called Luz.(B)

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 28:19 Bethel means house of God.

And he built there an altar, and called the place Elbethel: because there God appeared unto him, when he fled from the face of his brother.

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There he built an altar,(A) and he called the place El Bethel,[a](B) because it was there that God revealed himself to him(C) when he was fleeing from his brother.(D)

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 35:7 El Bethel means God of Bethel.