Genesis 28
Treated in 17 passages across the library.
The verses these writers stop at
- 28:12 He dreamed, and there before him was a stairway standing on the ground, its top touching the sky, with God's angels climbing up and coming down on it. 6
- 28:16 When Jacob woke from sleep, he said, "The LORD is truly here in this place, and I had no idea!" 5
- 28:1 So Isaac sent for Jacob and blessed him, and gave him this charge: "Do not take any Canaanite woman as your wife. 1
- 28:13 There above it stood the LORD, and he said, "I am the LORD, the God of your father Abraham and of Isaac. To you and to your descendants I will give the ground you are lying on. 1
- 28:15 I am with you. I will guard you everywhere you go and bring you back to this land. I will not abandon you before I have done all I told you I would do." 1
- 28:17 He was filled with fear and said, "What a fearsome place this is! This is God's own house, and here is the doorway into heaven." 1
- 28:20 Then Jacob made a vow: "If God stays with me and protects me on the road I am traveling, and provides me with food to eat and clothes to put on, 1
- 28:21 and I come back safely to my father's house, then the LORD will be my God, 1
- 28:22 and this stone I have set up as a pillar will be God's house. And of everything you give me, I will give a tenth back to you." 1
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Where it is preached
- The Key Teachings of A. W. Tozer ·
The Presence of God cites GENESIS 28:16
…out of his sleep, and he said, Surely the Lord is in this place; and I knew it not. GENESIS 28:16 Jacob’s words at Bethel might stand as a summary of the human condition as Tozer saw it.…
- The Pilgrim's Progress ·
The Fourth Stage cites Gen. 28:12
…Gen. 3:6; Rom. 7:24. Then they had her to a place, and showed her Jacob’s ladder. Gen. 28:12. Now at that time there were some angels ascending upon it. So Christiana looked and…
- The Ten Commandments ·
2.1 The First Commandment cites Gen 28: 21
…all other objects to set his heart upon, and says as Jacob, ‘The Lord shall be my God.’ Gen 28: 21. He that chooses God, devotes himself to God. ‘Thy servant who is devoted to thy fear.’…
- Thoughts for the Quiet Hour ·
July cites Gen. xxviii. 16
…to perform it.—Selected. July 9 Surely the Lord is in this place, and I knew it not. Gen. xxviii. 16. “Surely the Lord was in this place, and I knew it not.” My soul, this is also thine…
- Portraits of Courage – Praying Hyde ·
The Prayer Room cites Genesis 28:16
…Jacob, waking at Bethel, said, “Surely Jehovah is in this place; and I knew it not” (Genesis 28:16, ASV). Hyde wanted every corner of the convention ground to be a place where people could…
- Institutes of the Christian Religion ·
Book 1, Chapter 14 — In the Creation of the World, and All Things in It, the True God Distinguished by Certain Marks from Fictitious Gods cites Gen. 28:12
…resting in him. Our minds ought to give thorough heed to what Jacob saw in his vision (Gen. 28:12),—angels descending to the earth to men, and again mounting up from men to heaven, by…
- Thoughts for the Quiet Hour ·
June cites Gen. xxviii. 15
…keep thee in all places whither thou goest, and will bring thee again into this land. Gen. xxviii. 15. “With thee,” companionship; “Keep thee,” guardianship; “Bring thee,” guidance. June 15 I…
- Thoughts for the Quiet Hour ·
October cites Gen. xxviii. 12
…October 11 Behold, a ladder set up on the earth, and the top of it reached to heaven. Gen. xxviii. 12. Think of that mystic ladder, which descends from the throne of God to the spot, however…
- The Ten Commandments ·
2.5 The Fifth Commandment cites Gen 28: 1
…marriage, though he was forty years old, without the advice and consent of his parents. Gen 28: 1, 2. Children are, as it were, the parents’ proper goods and possession, and it is great…
- The Cheque Book of the Bank of Faith ·
The Month of January cites Gen. 28:13
…down. Jan. 3 REST ON A PROMISE "The land whereon thou liest, to thee will I give it." Gen. 28:13 No promise is of private interpretation: it belongs not to one saint, but to all…
- Our Daily Walk ·
February cites Gen 28:12
…of it reached to Heaven; and, behold, the angels of God ascending and descending on it.”— Gen 28:12. “Hereafter ye shall see Heaven open, and the angels of God ascending and descending upon…
- The Big Story ·
The Wrestler cites Genesis 28:12
…with its top reaching up to heaven, and God’s angels were going up and down the ladder” (Genesis 28:12). The word might mean a stairway, like the steps on an ancient temple tower. Heaven and…
- Tell Me the Story – Book 1: In the Beginning ·
A Stairway to Heaven cites Genesis 28:16
…Jacob woke up, he said, ‘Surely the LORD is in this place, and I was unaware of it.’” — Genesis 28:16 Jacob was running away. His brother Esau was furious with him, so he had left home and…
- The Life of Trust ·
Stewardship cites Genesis xxviii. 22
…and not of necessity. But if even Jacob, with the first dawning of spiritual light (Genesis xxviii. 22), promised to God the tenth of all he should give to him, how much ought we believers in…
- A Body of Divinity ·
Christ the Mediator of the Covenant cites Gen 28:12
…Christ may be fitly compared to Jacob’s ladder, which reacheth from earth to heaven. Gen 28:12. Christ’s human nature was the foot of the ladder, which stood upon earth; his divine…
- Institutes of the Christian Religion ·
Book 4, Chapter 13 — Of Vows cites Gen. 28:20
…of repentance. Of the former class, we have an example in the tithes which Jacob vowed (Gen. 28:20), if the Lord would conduct him safely home from exile; and also in the ancient…
- Portraits of Courage – Praying Hyde ·
Appendix B: Chapter-by-Chapter Study and Reflection Guide cites Genesis 28:16-17
…for you, that is my work.” Scriptures to revisit Psalm 81:10-16; Acts 1:14; Acts 4:31; Genesis 28:16-17. Reflection 1. Who is doing the hidden work of prayer for your church? 2. Is your…