Genesis 48:3

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And 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,

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  • Gen 17:1 : 1 When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the Lord came to him, and said, I am God, Ruler of all; go in my ways and be upright in all things,
  • Exod 6:3 : 3 I let myself be seen by Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, as God, the Ruler of all; but they had no knowledge of my name Yahweh.
  • Judg 1:23 : 23 So they sent men to make a search round Beth-el. (Now the name of the town in earlier times was Luz.)
  • Hos 12:4 : 4 In the body of his mother he took his brother by the foot, and in his strength he was fighting with God;
  • Rev 21:11 : 11 Having the glory of God: and her light was like a stone of great price, a jasper stone, clear as glass:
  • Gen 28:3 : 3 And may God, the Ruler of all, give you his blessing, giving you fruit and increase, so that you may become an army of peoples.
  • Gen 28:12-19 : 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. 14 Your seed will be like the dust of the earth, covering all the land to the west and to the east, to the north and to the south: you and your seed will be a name of blessing to all the families of the earth. 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. 16 And Jacob, awaking from his sleep, said, Truly, the Lord is in this place and I was not conscious of it. 17 And 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. 18 And 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. 19 And he gave that place the name of Beth-el, but before that time the town was named Luz.
  • Gen 35:6-7 : 6 And Jacob came to Luz in the land of Canaan (which is the same as Beth-el), he and all his people. 7 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.
  • Gen 35:9-9 : 9 Now when Jacob was on his way from Paddan-aram, God came to him again and, blessing him, said, 10 Jacob is your name, but it will be so no longer; from now your name will be Israel; so he was named Israel. 11 And God said to him, I am God, the Ruler of all: be fertile, and have increase; a nation, truly a group of nations, will come from you, and kings will be your offspring; 12 And the land which I gave to Abraham and Isaac, I will give to you; and to your seed after you I will give the land.

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  • Gen 48:15-16
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    15 And he gave Joseph a blessing, saying, May the God to whom my fathers, Abraham and Isaac, gave worship, the God who has taken care of me all my life till this day,

    16 The angel who has been my saviour from all evil, send his blessing on these children: and let my name and the name of my fathers, Abraham and Isaac, be given to them; and let them become a great nation in the earth.

  • Gen 35:9
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    9 Now when Jacob was on his way from Paddan-aram, God came to him again and, blessing him, said,

  • Gen 48:2
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    2 And when they said to Jacob, Your son Joseph is coming to see you: then Israel, getting all his strength together, had himself lifted up in his bed.

  • Gen 48:4
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    4 And said to me, Truly, I will make you fertile and give you increase and will make of you a great family of nations: and I will give this land to your seed after you to be their heritage for ever.

  • Gen 28:19
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    19 And he gave that place the name of Beth-el, but before that time the town was named Luz.

  • Gen 35:6-7
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    6 And Jacob came to Luz in the land of Canaan (which is the same as Beth-el), he and all his people.

    7 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.

  • Gen 48:11-12
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    11 And Israel said to Joseph, I had no hope of seeing your face again, but God in his mercy has let me see you and your children.

    12 Then Joseph took them from between his knees, and went down on his face to the earth.

  • Gen 47:7
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    7 Then Joseph made his father Jacob come before Pharaoh, and Jacob gave him his blessing.

  • Gen 46:2-3
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    2 And God said to Israel in a night-vision, Jacob, Jacob. And he said, Here am I.

    3 And 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 48:20-21
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    20 So he gave them his blessing that day, saying, You will be the sign of blessing in Israel, for they will say, May God make you like Ephraim and Manasseh; and he put Ephraim before Manasseh.

    21 Then Israel said to Joseph, Now my death is near; but God will be with you, guiding you back to the land of your fathers.

  • Gen 48:8-9
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    8 Then Israel, looking at Joseph's sons, said, Who are these?

    9 And Joseph said to his father, They are my sons, whom God has given me in this land. And he said, Let them come near me, and I will give them a blessing.

  • Gen 32:9
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    9 Then 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:

  • Exod 3:16
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    16 Go 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;

  • Gen 28:13
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    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 35:1
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    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 50:24
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    24 Then Joseph said to his brothers, The time of my death has come; but God will keep you in mind and take you out of this land into the land which he gave by his oath to Abraham and Isaac and Jacob.

  • Gen 35:3
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    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.

  • Judg 1:23
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    23 So they sent men to make a search round Beth-el. (Now the name of the town in earlier times was Luz.)

  • Gen 49:25-26
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    25 Even by the God of your father, who will be your help, and by the Ruler of all, who will make you full with blessings from heaven on high, blessings of the deep stretched out under the earth, blessings of the breasts and of the fertile body:

    26 Blessings of sons, old and young, to the father: blessings of the oldest mountains and the fruit of the eternal hills: let them come on the head of Joseph, on the crown of him who was separate from his brothers.

  • Gen 31:5
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    5 And 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 32:29-30
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    29 Then Jacob said, What is your name? And he said, What is my name to you? Then he gave him a blessing.

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

  • Gen 28:3
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    3 And may God, the Ruler of all, give you his blessing, giving you fruit and increase, so that you may become an army of peoples.

  • Gen 31:11
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    11 And in my dream the angel of the Lord said to me, Jacob: and I said, Here am I.

  • Gen 35:11
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    11 And God said to him, I am God, the Ruler of all: be fertile, and have increase; a nation, truly a group of nations, will come from you, and kings will be your offspring;

  • Deut 33:13
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    13 And of Joseph he said, Let the blessing of the Lord be on his land; for the good things of heaven on high, and the deep waters flowing under the earth,

  • Gen 31:3
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    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.