Objects
gate
The gate appears in covenant promise imagery, as Jacob's name for Bethel, and as the town gate where Hamor and Shechem address their townsmen in Genesis 34.
Category
Objects
First mention
Genesis 22:17
Tags
2
Genesis 22, 28, 34Civic space
Scripture references
- Genesis 22:17
Your descendants will gain possession of the gates of their enemies.
- Genesis 28:17
This is nothing less than the abode of God, and this is the gate of heaven!'
- Genesis 34:20
Hamor and his son Shechem went to the gate of their town and spoke to their fellow-townsmen as follows,