Genesis 35:7

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And 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.

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Referenced Verses

  • Gen 35:1 : 1 And 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.
  • Gen 35:3 : 3 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.
  • Gen 28:13 : 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 28:19 : 19 And he gave that place the name of Beth-el, but before that time the town was named Luz.
  • Gen 28:22 : 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.
  • Exod 17:15 : 15 Then Moses put up an altar and gave it the name of Yahweh-nissi:
  • Judg 6:24 : 24 Then Gideon made an altar there to the Lord, and gave it the name Yahweh-shalom; to this day it is in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.
  • Eccl 5:4-5 : 4 It is better not to take an oath than to take an oath and not keep it. 5 Let not your mouth make your flesh do evil. And say not before the angel, It was an error. So that God may not be angry with your words and put an end to the work of your hands.
  • Ezek 48:35 : 35 It is to be eighteen thousand all round: and the name of the town from that day will be, The Lord is there.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Gen 35:1
    85%

    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.

  • Gen 35:13-15
    3 verses
    84%

    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 35:6
    82%

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

  • Gen 35:3
    80%

    3And 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.

  • Gen 12:7-8
    2 verses
    80%

    7And the Lord came to Abram, and said, I will give all this land to your seed; then Abram made an altar there to the Lord who had let himself be seen by him.

    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 28:16-20
    5 verses
    80%

    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,

  • Gen 33:20
    77%

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

  • Gen 35:8-10
    3 verses
    75%

    8And Deborah, the servant who had taken care of Rebekah from her birth, came to her end, and was put to rest near Beth-el, under the holy tree: and they gave it the name of Allon-bacuth.

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

    10Jacob is your name, but it will be so no longer; from now your name will be Israel; so he was named Israel.

  • Gen 31:13
    74%

    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 26:25
    73%

    25Then he made an altar there, and gave worship to the name of the Lord, and he put up his tents there, and there his servants made a water-hole.

  • Gen 13:3-4
    2 verses
    73%

    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;

    4To the place where he had made his first altar, and there Abram gave worship to the name of the Lord.

  • Gen 28:10-11
    2 verses
    71%

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

    11And coming to a certain place, he made it his resting-place for the night, for the sun had gone down; and he took one of the stones which were there, and putting it under his head he went to sleep in that place.

  • 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,

  • Gen 31:47
    71%

    47And the name Laban gave it was Jegar-sahadutha: but Jacob gave it the name of Galeed.

  • Gen 32:2
    70%

    2And when he saw them he said, This is the army of God: so he gave that place the name of Mahanaim.

  • Gen 35:27
    70%

    27And Jacob came to his father Isaac at Mamre, at Kiriath-arba, that is, Hebron, where Abraham and Isaac had been living.

  • Gen 13:18
    70%

    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 32:30
    69%

    30And Jacob gave that place the name of Peniel, saying, I have seen God face to face, and still I am living.

  • Gen 31:21
    69%

    21So he went away with all he had, and went across the River in the direction of the hill-country of Gilead.

  • Gen 32:9
    69%

    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:

  • Judg 1:22-23
    2 verses
    69%

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

    23So they sent men to make a search round Beth-el. (Now the name of the town in earlier times was Luz.)

  • Gen 31:45
    69%

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

  • Gen 22:14
    69%

    14And Abraham gave that place the name Yahweh-yireh: as it is said to this day, In the mountain the Lord is seen.

  • Judg 1:26
    69%

    26And he went into the land of the Hittites, building a town there and naming it Luz: which is its name to this day.

  • Judg 6:24
    69%

    24Then Gideon made an altar there to the Lord, and gave it the name Yahweh-shalom; to this day it is in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.

  • Gen 31:25
    68%

    25Now when Laban overtook him, Jacob had put up his tent in the hill-country; and Laban and his brothers put up their tents in the hill-country of Gilead.

  • 1 Sam 7:17
    68%

    17And his base was at Ramah, where his house was; there he was judge of Israel and there he made an altar to the Lord.