Gen 28:17, 35:1, 3, 7 | ESV | STEP | And he was afraid and said , How awesome is this place ! This is none other than the house of God , and this is the gate of heaven .

Genesis 28:17

17 And he was afraid and said, “How awesome is this place! This is none other than the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven.”

Genesis 35:1

God Blesses and Renames Jacob

1 God said to Jacob, “Arise, go up to ^aBethel and dwell there. Make an altar there to the God who appeared to you ^bwhen you fled from your brother Esau.”

Genesis 35:3

3 Then let us arise and go up to Bethel, so that I may make there an altar to the God ^cwho answers me in the day of my distress and ^dhas been with me wherever I have gone.”

Genesis 35:7

7 and there he built an altar and called the place El-bethel, ^{▼▼ El-bethel means God of Bethel} because ^fthere God had revealed himself to him when he fled from his brother.