Jacob then said to Joseph: “God Almighty appeared to me at Luz in the land of Canaan, and blessing me,
When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the Lord appeared to Abram and said: I am God the Almighty. Walk in my presence and be blameless.
I will make you exceedingly fertile; I will make nations of you; kings will stem from you.
May God Almighty bless you and make you fertile, multiply you that you may become an assembly of peoples.
When Jacob was told, “Your son Joseph has come to you,” Israel rallied his strength and sat up in bed.
The God of your father, who helps you, God Almighty, who blesses you, With the blessings of the heavens above, the blessings of the abyss that crouches below, The blessings of breasts and womb,
As God the Almighty I appeared to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, but by my name, Lord, I did not make myself known to them.
In the womb he supplanted his brother, and in his vigor he contended with a divine being;
It gleamed with the splendor of God. Its radiance was like that of a precious stone, like jasper, clear as crystal.
The house of Joseph reconnoitered Bethel, which formerly was called Luz.