SEV Biblia, Chapter 28:17
Y tuvo miedo, y dijo: ¡Cuán espantoso es este lugar! No es otra cosa que casa de Dios, y puerta del cielo.
Clarke's Bible Commentary - Genesis 28:17
Verse 17. How dreadful is this place!] The appearance of the ladder, the angels, and the Divine glory at the top of the ladder, must have left deep, solemn, and even awful impressions on the mind of Jacob; and hence the exclamation in the text, How dreadful is this place! This is none other but the house of God] The Chaldee gives this place a curious turn: ""This is not a common place, but a place in which God delights; and opposite to this place is the gate of heaven."" Onkelos seems to suppose that the gate or entrance into heaven was actually above this spot, and that when the angels of God descended to earth, they came through that opening into this place, and returned by the same way. And it really appears that Jacob himself had a similar notion.
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 16-19 - God manifested himself and his favour, to Jacob, when he was asleep The Spirit, like the wind, blows when and where it listeth, and God' grace, like the dew, tarrieth not for the sons of men. Jacob sought to improve the visit God had made him. Wherever we are, in the city or in the desert, in the house or in the field, in the shop or in the street we may keep up our intercourse with Heaven, if it is not our own fault But the more we see of God, the more cause we see for holy tremblin before him.
Original Hebrew
ויירא 3372 ויאמר 559 מה 4100 נורא 3372 המקום 4725 הזה 2088 אין 369 זה 2088 כי 3588 אם 518 בית 1004 אלהים 430 וזה 2088 שׁער 8179 השׁמים׃ 8064
