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## Genesis 28:17 in Context (Verses 14–20 KJV)
 
 [14 ](/kjv/genesis/28/14) And thy seed shall be as the dust of the earth, and thou shalt spread abroad to the west, and to the east, and to the north, and to the south: and in thee and in thy seed shall all the families of the earth be blessed.*
 
 [15 ](/kjv/genesis/28/15) And, behold, I *am* with thee, and will keep thee in all *places* whither thou goest, and will bring thee again into this land; for I will not leave thee, until I have done *that* which I have spoken to thee of.
 
 [16 ](/kjv/genesis/28/16) ¶ And Jacob awaked out of his sleep, and he said, Surely the LORD is in this place; and I knew *it* not.
 
 [17 ](/kjv/genesis/28/17) 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.
 
 [18 ](/kjv/genesis/28/18) And Jacob rose up early in the morning, and took the stone that he had put *for* his pillows, and set it up *for* a pillar, and poured oil upon the top of it.
 
 [19 ](/kjv/genesis/28/19) And he called the name of that place Beth-el: but the name of that city *was called* Luz at the first.*
 
 [20 ](/kjv/genesis/28/20) And Jacob vowed a vow, saying, If God will be with me, and will keep me in this way that I go, and will give me bread to eat, and raiment to put on,
 
[Genesis 27](/kjv/genesis/27) [Genesis 29](/kjv/genesis/29)

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