Genesis 31:13

Easy To Read Version

I am the God who came to you at Bethel. At that place, you made an altar. You poured olive oil on the altar. And you made a promise to me. Now I want you to be ready to go back to the country where you were born.’”

Cross References

Genesis 31:11

The angel of God spoke to me in that dream. The angel said, ‘Jacob!’

Genesis 31:3

The Lord said to Jacob, “Go back to your own land where your ancestors [181] lived. I will be with you.”

Genesis 32:9

Jacob said, “God of my father Abraham! God of my father Isaac! Lord, you told me to come back to my country and to my family. You said that you would do good to me.

Genesis 35:1

God said to Jacob, “Go to the town of Bethel. [200] Live there and make an altar [201] for worship. Remember El, [202] the God who appeared [203] to you there when you were running away from your brother Esau. Make your altar to worship that God there.”

Genesis 35:7

Jacob built an altar [205] there. Jacob named the place “El Bethel.” Jacob chose this name because that is the place God first appeared to him when he was running from his brother.