Genesis 46:1

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

So Israel began his trip to Egypt. First he went to Beersheba. There he worshiped God, the God of his father Isaac. He offered sacrifices.

Cross References

Genesis 31:42

But the God of my ancestors, the God of Abraham and the Fear of Isaac, was with me. If God had not been with me, you would have sent me away with nothing. But he saw the trouble that I had and the work that I did, and last night God proved that I am right.”

Genesis 28:13

And then Jacob saw the Lord standing by the ladder. He said, “I am the Lord, the God of your grandfather Abraham. I am the God of Isaac. I will give you the land that you are lying on now. I will give this land to you and to your children.

Genesis 28:10

Jacob left Beersheba and went to Haran.

Genesis 21:33

Abraham planted a special tree at Beersheba and prayed to the Lord, the God who lives forever.

Genesis 21:31

So after that, the well was called Beersheba. Abraham gave the well this name because it was the place where they made a promise to each other.

Genesis 21:14

Early the next morning Abraham took some food and water and gave them to Hagar. She carried them and left with her boy. She left that place and wandered in the desert of Beersheba.

Job 42:8

So now, Eliphaz, get seven bulls and seven rams. Take them to my servant Job. Kill them and offer them as a burnt offering for yourselves. My servant Job will pray for you, and I will answer his prayer. Then I will not give you the punishment you deserve. You should be punished, because you were very foolish. You did not say what is right about me, as my servant Job did.”

Job 1:5

The day after each of these parties, Job got up early in the morning, sent for his children, and offered a burnt offering for each of them. He thought, “Maybe my children were careless and sinned against God at their party.” Job always did this so that his children would be forgiven of their sins.

1 Samuel 3:20

Then all Israel, from Dan to Beersheba, knew that Samuel was a true prophet of the Lord.

Genesis 35:7

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

Genesis 35:3

We will leave here and go to Bethel. There I will build an altar to the God who has always helped me during times of trouble. He has been with me wherever I have gone.”

Genesis 33:20

He built an altar there to honor God. He named the place “El, the God of Israel.”

Genesis 31:53

May the God of Abraham, the God of Nahor, and the God of their ancestors judge us guilty if we break this agreement.” Jacob’s father, Isaac, called God “Fear.” So Jacob used that name to make the promise.

Genesis 22:13

Then Abraham noticed a ram whose horns were caught in a bush. So Abraham went and took the ram. He offered it, instead of his son, as a sacrifice to God.

Genesis 12:8

Then he left that place and traveled to the mountains east of Bethel. He set up his tent there. Bethel was to the west, and Ai was to the east. Abram built another altar at that place to honor the Lord, and he worshiped the Lord there.

Genesis 8:20

Then Noah built an altar to honor the Lord. Noah took some of all the clean birds and some of all the clean animals and burned them on the altar as a gift to God.

Acts 7:15

So Jacob went down to Egypt. He and our other ancestors lived there until they died.

Genesis 45:28

Israel said, “Now I believe you. My son Joseph is still alive! I am going to see him before I die!”

Amos 7:9

Isaac’s high places will be destroyed. Israel’s holy places will be made into a pile of rocks. I will attack and kill Jeroboam’s family with swords.”

Joshua 24:4

And I gave Isaac two sons, Jacob and Esau. To Esau, I gave the land around the mountains of Seir. Jacob and his sons did not live there. They went to live in the land of Egypt.

1 Samuel 8:2

Samuel’s first son was named Joel. His second son was named Abijah. Joel and Abijah were judges in Beersheba.