Genesis 35:1

New Century Version

God said to Jacob, “Go to the city of Bethel and live there. Make an altar to the God who appeared to you there when you were running away from your brother Esau.”

Cross References

Genesis 12:8

Then he traveled from Shechem to the mountain east of Bethel and set up his tent there. Bethel was to the west, and Ai was to the east. There Abram built another altar to the Lord and worshiped him.

Genesis 16:8

The angel said, “Hagar, Sarai’s slave girl, where have you come from? Where are you going?” Hagar answered, “I am running away from my mistress Sarai.”

Genesis 22:14

So Abraham named that place The Lord Provides. Even today people say, “On the mountain of the Lord it will be provided.”

Genesis 29:1

Then Jacob continued his journey and came to the land of the people of the East.

Genesis 31:13

I am the God who appeared to you at Bethel, where you poured olive oil on the stone you set up on end and where you made a promise to me. Now I want you to leave here and go back to the land where you were born.’ ”

Genesis 31:3

The Lord said to Jacob, “Go back to the land where your ancestors lived, and I will be with you.”

Genesis 34:31

But the brothers said, “We will not allow our sister to be treated like a prostitute.”

Genesis 35:15

And Jacob named the place Bethel.

Genesis 35:7

There Jacob built an altar and named the place Bethel, after God, because God had appeared to him there when he was running from his brother.

Psalm 46:1

God is our protection and our strength. He always helps in times of trouble.

Psalm 47:4

He chose the land we would inherit. We are the children of Jacob, whom he loved.Selah

Psalm 91:15

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

Exodus 2:15

When the king heard what Moses had done, he tried to kill him. But Moses ran away from the king and went to live in the land of Midian. There he sat down near a well.

Hosea 12:4

When Jacob wrestled with the angel and won, he cried and asked for his blessing. Later, God met with him at Bethel and spoke with him there.

Nahum 1:15

Look, there on the hills, someone is bringing good news! He is announcing peace! Celebrate your feasts, people of Judah, and give your promised sacrifices to God. The wicked will not come to attack you again; they have been completely destroyed.

Deuteronomy 32:36

The Lord will defend his people and have mercy on his servants. He will see that their strength is gone, that nobody is left, slaves or free.

1 Samuel 10:3

“Then you will go on until you reach the big tree at Tabor. Three men on their way to worship God at Bethel will meet you there. One man will be carrying three goats. Another will be carrying three loaves of bread. And the third will have a leather bag full of wine.