Genesis 35:3

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And let us go up to Beth-el: and there I will make an altar to God, who gave me an answer in the day of my trouble, and was with me wherever I went.

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  • Gen 31:3 : 3 Then the Lord said to Jacob, Go back to the land of your fathers, and to your relations, and I will be with you.
  • Gen 31:42 : 42 If the God of my father, the God of Abraham and the Fear of Isaac, had not been with me, you would have sent me away with nothing in my hands. But God has seen my troubles and the work of my hands, and this night he kept you back.
  • Gen 32:7 : 7 Then Jacob was in great fear and trouble of mind: and he put all the people and the flocks and the herds and the camels into two groups;
  • Gen 32:24 : 24 Then Jacob was by himself; and a man was fighting with him till dawn.
  • Ps 107:6 : 6 Then they sent up their cry to the Lord in their sorrow, and he gave them salvation out of all their troubles;
  • Ps 107:8 : 8 Let men give praise to the Lord for his mercy, and for the wonders which he does for the children of men!
  • Ps 116:1-2 : 1 I have given my love to the Lord, because he has given ear to the voice of my cry and my prayer. 2 He has let my request come before him, and I will make my prayer to him all my days.
  • Ps 116:16-18 : 16 O Lord, truly I am your servant; I am your servant, the son of her who is your servant; by you have my cords been broken. 17 I will give an offering of praise to you, and make my prayer in the name of the Lord. 18 I will make the offerings of my oath, even before all his people;
  • Ps 118:19-22 : 19 Let the doors of righteousness be open to me; I will go in and give praise to the Lord. 20 This is the door of the Lord's house; the workers of righteousness will go in through it. 21 I will give you praise, for you have given me an answer, and have become my salvation. 22 The stone which the builders put on one side has become the chief stone of the building.
  • Prov 3:6 : 6 In all your ways give ear to him, and he will make straight your footsteps.
  • Isa 30:19 : 19 O people, living in Zion, at Jerusalem, your weeping will be ended; he will certainly have mercy on you at the sound of your cry; when it comes to his ear, he will give you an answer.
  • Isa 43:2 : 2 When you go through the waters, I will be with you; and through the rivers, they will not go over you: when you go through the fire, you will not be burned; and the flame will have no power over you.
  • Ps 46:1 : 1 <To the chief music-maker. Of the sons of Korah; put to Alamoth. A Song.> God is our harbour and our strength, a very present help in trouble.
  • Ps 50:15 : 15 Let your voice come up to me in the day of trouble; I will be your saviour, so that you may give glory to me.
  • Ps 66:13-14 : 13 I will come into your house with burned offerings, I will make payment of my debt to you, 14 Keeping the word which came from my lips, and which my mouth said, when I was in trouble.
  • Ps 91:15 : 15 When his cry comes up to me, I will give him an answer: I will be with him in trouble; I will make him free from danger and give him honour.
  • Ps 103:1-5 : 1 <Of David.> Give praise to the Lord, O my soul; let everything in me give praise to his holy name. 2 Give praise to the Lord, O my soul; let not all his blessings go from your memory. 3 He has forgiveness for all your sins; he takes away all your diseases; 4 He keeps back your life from destruction, crowning you with mercy and grace. 5 He makes your mouth full of good things, so that your strength is made new again like the eagle's.
  • Gen 28:12-13 : 12 And he had a dream, and in his dream he saw steps stretching from earth to heaven, and the angels of God were going up and down on them. 13 And he saw the Lord by his side, saying, I am the Lord, the God of Abraham your father, and the God of Isaac: I will give to you and to your seed this land on which you are sleeping.
  • Gen 28:15 : 15 And truly, I will be with you, and will keep you wherever you go, guiding you back again to this land; and I will not give you up till I have done what I have said to you.
  • Gen 28:20-22 : 20 Then Jacob took an oath, and said, If God will be with me, and keep me safe on my journey, and give me food and clothing to put on, 21 So that I come again to my father's house in peace, then I will take the Lord to be my God, 22 And this stone which I have put up for a pillar will be God's house: and of all you give me, I will give a tenth part to you.

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  • Gen 35:1-2
    2 verses
    87%

    1And God said to Jacob, Go up now to Beth-el and make your living-place there: and put up an altar there to the God who came to you when you were in flight from your brother Esau.

    2Then Jacob said to all his people, Put away the strange gods which are among you, and make yourselves clean, and put on a change of clothing:

  • Gen 35:6-7
    2 verses
    80%

    6And Jacob came to Luz in the land of Canaan (which is the same as Beth-el), he and all his people.

    7And there he made an altar, naming the place El-beth-el: because it was there he had the vision of God when he was in flight from his brother.

  • Gen 31:13
    79%

    13I am the God of Beth-el, where you put oil on the pillar and took an oath to me: now then, come out of this land and go back to the country of your birth.

  • Gen 35:13-15
    3 verses
    79%

    13Then God went up from him in the place where he had been talking with him.

    14And Jacob put up a pillar in the place where he had been talking with God, and put a drink offering on it, and oil.

    15And he gave to the place where God had been talking with him, the name of Beth-el.

  • Gen 28:16-21
    6 verses
    76%

    16And Jacob, awaking from his sleep, said, Truly, the Lord is in this place and I was not conscious of it.

    17And fear came on him, and he said, This is a holy place; this is nothing less than the house of God and the doorway of heaven.

    18And early in the morning Jacob took the stone which had been under his head, and put it up as a pillar and put oil on it.

    19And he gave that place the name of Beth-el, but before that time the town was named Luz.

    20Then Jacob took an oath, and said, If God will be with me, and keep me safe on my journey, and give me food and clothing to put on,

    21So that I come again to my father's house in peace, then I will take the Lord to be my God,

  • Gen 31:3
    74%

    3Then the Lord said to Jacob, Go back to the land of your fathers, and to your relations, and I will be with you.

  • Gen 12:8
    74%

    8And moving on from there to the mountain on the east of Beth-el, he put up his tent, having Beth-el on the west and Ai on the east: and there he made an altar and gave worship to the name of the Lord.

  • Gen 32:9
    74%

    9Then Jacob said, O God of my father Abraham, the God of my father Isaac, the Lord who said to me, Go back to your country and your family and I will be good to you:

  • Gen 13:3
    74%

    3And travelling on from the South, he came to Beth-el, to the place where his tent had been before, between Beth-el and Ai;

  • Gen 33:20
    72%

    20And there he put up an altar, naming it El, the God of Israel.

  • Gen 33:12
    72%

    12And he said, Let us go on our journey together, and I will go in front.

  • Gen 35:9
    72%

    9Now when Jacob was on his way from Paddan-aram, God came to him again and, blessing him, said,

  • Gen 35:4
    72%

    4Then they gave to Jacob all the strange gods which they had, and the rings which were in their ears; and Jacob put them away under the holy tree at Shechem.

  • 2 Kgs 6:3
    71%

    3And one of them said, Be pleased to go with your servants. And he said, I will go.

  • Gen 32:1
    71%

    1And on his way Jacob came face to face with the angels of God.

  • Gen 48:3
    71%

    3And Jacob said to Joseph, God, the Ruler of all, came to me in a vision at Luz in the land of Canaan, and gave me his blessing,

  • Judg 1:22
    71%

    22And the family of Joseph went up against Beth-el, and the Lord was with them.

  • Gen 46:1-3
    3 verses
    71%

    1And Israel went on his journey with all he had, and came to Beer-sheba, where he made offerings to the God of his father Isaac.

    2And God said to Israel in a night-vision, Jacob, Jacob. And he said, Here am I.

    3And he said, I am God, the God of your father: go down to Egypt without fear, for I will make a great nation of you there:

  • Gen 31:11
    70%

    11And in my dream the angel of the Lord said to me, Jacob: and I said, Here am I.

  • Gen 28:10
    70%

    10So Jacob went out from Beer-sheba to go to Haran.

  • Gen 31:5
    70%

    5And he said to them, It is clear to me that your father's feeling is no longer what it was to me; but the God of my father has been with me

  • Gen 31:45
    70%

    45Then Jacob took a stone and put it up as a pillar.

  • Gen 13:18
    69%

    18And Abram, moving his tent, came and made his living-place by the holy tree of Mamre, which is in Hebron, and made an altar there to the Lord.

  • Gen 30:30
    69%

    30For before I came you had little, and it has been greatly increased; and the Lord has given you a blessing in everything I have done; but when am I to do something for my family?

  • Josh 22:23
    69%

    23That we have made ourselves an altar, being false to the Lord, keep us not safe from death this day; and if for the purpose of offering burned offerings on it and meal offerings, or peace-offerings, let the Lord himself send punishment for it;

  • Exod 3:16
    69%

    16Go and get together the chiefs of the children of Israel, and say to them, The Lord, the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Jacob, has been seen by me, and has said, Truly I have taken up your cause, because of what is done to you in Egypt;

  • Josh 22:26
    69%

    26So we said, Let us now make an altar for ourselves, not for burned offerings or for the offerings of beasts: