Genesis 28:22

New International Reader's Version

This stone I’ve set up as a sacred stone will be God’s house. And I’ll give you a tenth of everything you give me.”

Cross References

Genesis 12:8

From there, Abram went on toward the hills east of Bethel. He set up his tent there. Bethel was to the west, and Ai was to the east. Abram built an altar there and called on the name of the Lord.

Genesis 14:20

Give praise to the Most High God. He gave your enemies into your hand.” Then Abram gave Melchizedek a tenth of everything.

Genesis 21:33

Abraham planted a tamarisk tree in Beersheba. There he called on the name of the Lord, the God who lives forever.

Genesis 28:17

Jacob was afraid. He said, “How holy this place is! This must be the house of God. This is the gate of heaven.”

Genesis 33:20

He also set up an altar there. He named it El Elohe Israel.

Genesis 35:1

Then God said to Jacob, “Go up to Bethel and live there. Build an altar there to honor me. That’s where I appeared to you when you were running away from your brother Esau.”

Genesis 35:7

Jacob built an altar at Luz. He named the place El Bethel. There God made himself known to Jacob when he was running away from his brother.

Genesis 47:24

But when the crop comes in, give a fifth of it to Pharaoh. Keep the other four-fifths for yourselves. They will be seeds for the fields. And they will be food for yourselves, your children, and the other people who live with you.”

Genesis 47:26

So Joseph made a law about land in Egypt. It’s still the law today. A fifth of the produce belongs to Pharaoh. Only the land belonging to the priests didn’t become Pharaoh’s.

Malachi 3:10

Bring the entire tenth to the storerooms in my temple. Then there will be plenty of food. Test me this way,” says the Lord. “Then you will see that I will throw open the windows of heaven. I will pour out so many blessings that you will not have enough room to store them.