Genesis 35:1

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Then God said to Jacob, “Go to Bethel and live there. Make an altar there. I am the God who appeared to you when you were fleeing from your brother Esau.”

Cross References

Genesis 12:8

He moved on to the hills east of Bethel, and he put up his tent—with Bethel on the west and Ai on the east. He also built an altar to the Lord there and worshiped the Lord.

Genesis 16:8

He said, “Hagar, Sarai’s slave, where have you come from, and where are you going?” She answered, “I’m running away from my owner Sarai.”

Genesis 22:14

Abraham named that place The Lord Will Provide. It is still said today, “On the mountain of the Lord it will be provided.”

Genesis 29:1

Jacob continued on his trip and came to the land in the east.

Genesis 31:13

I am the God who appeared to you at Bethel, where you poured olive oil on a stone marker for a holy purpose and where you made a vow to me. Now leave this land, and go back to the land of your relatives.’ ”

Genesis 31:3

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

Genesis 34:31

Simeon and Levi asked, “Should Shechem have been allowed to treat our sister like a prostitute?”

Genesis 35:15

Jacob named the place where God had spoken with him Bethel [House of God].

Genesis 35:7

He built an altar there and called that place El Bethel [God of the House of God]. That’s where God had revealed himself to Jacob when he was fleeing from his brother.

Psalm 46:1

God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in times of trouble.

Psalm 47:4

He chooses our inheritance for us, the pride of Jacob, whom he loved. Selah

Psalm 91:15

When you call to me, I will answer you. I will be with you when you are in trouble. I will save you and honor you.

Exodus 2:15

When Pharaoh heard what Moses had done, he tried to have him killed. But Moses fled from Pharaoh and settled in the land of Midian. One day, while Moses was sitting by a well,

Hosea 12:4

He struggled with the Messenger and won. Jacob cried and pleaded with him. Jacob found him at Bethel, and he talked with him there.

Nahum 1:15

There on the mountains are the feet of a messenger who announces the good news: “All is well!” Celebrate your festivals, Judah! Keep your vows! This wickedness will never pass your way again. It will be completely removed.

Deuteronomy 32:36

The Lord will judge his people and have compassion on his servants when he sees that their strength is gone and that no one is left, neither slaves nor free people.

1 Samuel 10:3

Keep going until you come to the oak tree at Tabor. There you will find three men on their way to worship God at Bethel: One will be carrying three young goats, one will be carrying three loaves of bread, and one will be carrying a ⌞full⌟ wineskin.