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

Genesis 28:17 · WEB

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ગુજરાતીઉત્પત્તિ ૨૮:૧૭
તે ગભરાયો અને બોલ્યો, “આ જગ્યા કેવી ભયાનક છે! આ ઈશ્વરના ઘર સિવાય બીજું કંઈ નથી. આ સ્વર્ગનું દ્વાર છે.”
हिन्दीउत्पत्ति २८:१७
और भय खाकर उसने कहा, “यह स्थान क्या ही भयानक है! यह तो परमेश्वर के भवन को छोड़ और कुछ नहीं हो सकता; वरन् यह स्वर्ग का फाटक ही होगा।”

In context

15Behold, I am with you, and will keep you, wherever you go, and will bring you again into this land. For I will not leave you until I have done that which I have spoken of to you.”

16Jacob awakened out of his sleep, and he said, “Surely the LORD is in this place, and I didn’t know it.”

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

18Jacob rose up early in the morning, and took the stone that he had put under his head, and set it up for a pillar, and poured oil on its top.

19He called the name of that place Bethel, but the name of the city was Luz at the first.

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