Genesis 35:1 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

¹ God said to Jacob, “Arise, go up to Bethel, and settle there. Make an altar there to the God who appeared to you when you fled from your brother Esau.”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹ And God said unto Jacob, Arise, go up to Beth-el, and dwell there: and make there an altar unto God, that appeared unto thee when thou fleddest from the face of Esau thy brother.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹ AND GOD said to Jacob, Arise, go up to Bethel and dwell there. And make there an altar to God Who appeared to you [in a distinct manifestation] when you fled from the presence of Esau your brother. [Gen. 28:11-22.]

American Standard Version (1901)

¹ And God said unto Jacob, Arise, go up to Beth-el, and dwell there: and make there an altar unto God, who appeared unto thee when thou fleddest from the face of Esau thy brother.

Common English Bible

¹ God said to Jacob, “Get up, go to Bethel, and live there. Build an altar there to the God who appeared to you when you ran away from your brother Esau.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹ About this time, God said to Jacob, "Arise and go up to Bethel, and live there, and make an altar to God, who appeared to you when you fled from your brother Esau."

Genesis 35:1 Cross References

Genesis 31:13

I am the God of Bethel, where you anointed a pillar and made a vow to me. Now leave this land at once and return to the land of your birth.’ ”

Hosea 12:4

He strove with the angel and prevailed; he wept and sought his favor; he met him at Bethel, and there he spoke with him.

Psalm 91:15

When they call to me, I will answer them; I will be with them in trouble; I will rescue them and honor them.

Deuteronomy 32:36

Indeed, the Lord will vindicate his people, have compassion on his servants, when he sees that their power is gone, neither bond nor free remaining.

Genesis 35:7

and there he built an altar and called the place El-bethel, because it was there that God had revealed himself to him when he fled from his brother.

Genesis 31:3

Then the Lord said to Jacob, “Return to the land of your ancestors and to your kindred, and I will be with you.”

Psalm 47:4

He chose our heritage for us, the pride of Jacob whom he loves. Selah

Exodus 2:15

When Pharaoh heard of it, he sought to kill Moses. So Moses fled from Pharaoh. He settled in the land of Midian and sat down by a well.

Genesis 22:14

So Abraham called that place “The Lord will provide,” as it is said to this day, “On the mount of the Lord it shall be provided.”

Genesis 16:8

And he said, “Hagar, slave of Sarai, where have you come from and where are you going?” She said, “I am running away from my mistress Sarai.”

Genesis 12:8

From there he moved on to the hill country on the east of Bethel and pitched his tent, with Bethel on the west and Ai on the east, and there he built an altar to the Lord and invoked the name of the Lord.

Nahum 1:15

Look! On the mountains the feet of one who brings good tidings, who proclaims peace! Celebrate your festivals, O Judah; fulfill your vows, for never again shall the wicked invade you; they are utterly cut off.

Psalm 46:1

God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.

Genesis 34:31

But they said, “Should our sister be treated like a prostitute?”

1 Samuel 10:3

Then you shall go on from there further and come to the oak of Tabor; three men going up to God at Bethel will meet you there: one carrying three kids, another carrying three loaves of bread, and another carrying a skin of wine.

Genesis 29:1

Then Jacob went on his journey and came to the land of the people of the east.

Genesis 35:15

So Jacob called the place where God had spoken with him Bethel.