Genesis 28:14 (WEB)
Your offspring will be as the dust of the earth, and you will spread abroad to the west, and to the east, and to the north, and to the south. In you and in your offspring, all the families of the earth will be blessed.
Catechism · 1
“God renews his promise to Jacob, the ancestor of the twelve tribes of Israel.” — Catechism footnote: Cf. Gen 28:10-22.
Fathers and councils · 7
Justin Martyr
“And Jacob rose up in the morning, and took the stone which he had placed under his head, and he set it up for a pillar, and poured oil upon the top of it; and Jacob called the name of the place The House of God, and the name of the city formerly was Ulammaus.’ ”” — editor's note: Gen. xxviii. 10–19. [Οὐλαμλοὺζ. Sept. Luz Eng.]
Read the whole comment“And to Jacob: ‘And in thee and in thy seed shall all families of the earth be blessed.’” — editor's note: Gen. xxviii. 14.
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Augustine of Hippo
“This was figured in Jacob’s placing a stone at his head, and so sleeping.” — editor's note: Gen. xxviii. 11–18.
Read the whole comment“For it was to this Israel also that it was said, “In thy seed shall all the tribes of the earth be blessed.”” — editor's note: Gen. xxviii. 14.
Read the whole comment“And Jacob called the name of that place the house of God.”” — editor's note: Gen. xxviii. 10–19.
Read the whole comment“Jacob saw a ladder in a dream; and on a ladder he saw angels ascending and descending: and he anointed the stone which he had placed at his head.” — editor's note: Gen. xxviii. 12–18.
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Tertullian
“And then adds, “This is none other than the house of God; this is the gate of heaven!”” — editor's note: Gen. xxviii. 12–17.
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Cross-references · 7
Parallel passages
Genesis 28:14 and Exodus 8:17 share the same wording (10 words).
Genesis 28:14 and Daniel 12:2 share the same wording (9 words).
Cited together with
Cited together in Dialogue with Trypho Chapter 120.
Cited together in Harmony of the Gospels I.14.
Cited together in Dialogue with Trypho Chapter 120.
Cited together in Dialogue with Trypho Chapter 120.
Quoted in
Acts 3:25 takes up the words of Genesis 28:14 (9 words in common).