Genesis 28:11

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

He reached a certain place where he decided to camp because the sun had gone down. He took one of the stones and placed it near his head. Then he fell asleep in that place

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Referenced Verses

  • Gen 28:18 : 18 Early in the morning Jacob took the stone he had placed near his head and set it up as a sacred stone. Then he poured oil on top of it.
  • Gen 31:46 : 46 Then he said to his relatives,“Gather stones.” So they brought stones and put them in a pile. They ate there by the pile of stones.
  • Matt 8:20 : 20 Jesus said to him,“Foxes have dens, and the birds in the sky have nests, but the Son of Man has no place to lay his head.”
  • 2 Cor 1:5 : 5 For just as the sufferings of Christ overflow toward us, so also our comfort through Christ overflows to you.

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    16Then Jacob woke up and thought,“Surely the LORD is in this place, but I did not realize it!”

    17He was afraid and said,“What an awesome place this is! This is nothing else than the house of God! This is the gate of heaven!”

    18Early in the morning Jacob took the stone he had placed near his head and set it up as a sacred stone. Then he poured oil on top of it.

    19He called that place Bethel, although the former name of the town was Luz.

    20Then Jacob made a vow, saying,“If God is with me and protects me on this journey I am taking and gives me food to eat and clothing to wear,

  • Gen 28:12-13
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    12and had a dream. He saw a stairway erected on the earth with its top reaching to the heavens. The angels of God were going up and coming down it

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  • Gen 31:45-46
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    45So Jacob took a stone and set it up as a memorial pillar.

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  • Gen 35:13-15
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    13Then God went up from the place where he spoke with him.

    14So Jacob set up a sacred stone pillar in the place where God spoke with him. He poured out a drink offering on it, and then he poured oil on it.

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  • Gen 28:10
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    10Jacob’s Dream at Bethel Meanwhile Jacob left Beer Sheba and set out for Haran.

  • Gen 29:1-3
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    1The Marriages of Jacob So Jacob moved on and came to the land of the eastern people.

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  • Gen 32:21-22
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    21So the gifts were sent on ahead of him while he spent that night in the camp.

    22During the night Jacob quickly took his two wives, his two female servants, and his eleven sons and crossed the ford of the Jabbok.

  • Gen 32:13
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    13Jacob stayed there that night. Then he sent as a gift to his brother Esau

  • Gen 35:6-7
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    6Jacob and all those who were with him arrived at Luz(that is, Bethel) in the land of Canaan.

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    25Laban overtook Jacob, and when Jacob pitched his tent in the hill country of Gilead, Laban and his relatives set up camp there too.

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    8Then he moved from there to the hill country east of Bethel and pitched his tent, with Bethel on the west and Ai on the east. There he built an altar to the LORD and worshiped the LORD.

  • Gen 35:1
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    1The Return to Bethel Then God said to Jacob,“Go up at once to Bethel and live there. Make an altar there to God, who appeared to you when you fled from your brother Esau.”

  • Gen 46:2
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    2God spoke to Israel in a vision during the night and said,“Jacob, Jacob!” He replied,“Here I am!”

  • Gen 32:24
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    24So Jacob was left alone. Then a man wrestled with him until daybreak.

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    11In the dream the angel of God said to me,‘Jacob!’‘Here I am!’ I replied.

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    21He left with all he owned. He quickly crossed the Euphrates River and headed for the hill country of Gilead.

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    5until I find a place for the LORD, a fine dwelling place for the Powerful One of Jacob.”

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    3Let us go up at once to Bethel. Then I will make an altar there to God, who responded to me in my time of distress and has been with me wherever I went.”

  • 1 Kgs 19:5
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    5He stretched out and fell asleep under the shrub. All of a sudden an angelic messenger touched him and said,“Get up and eat.”

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    13He said to his servant,“Come on, we will go into one of the other towns and spend the night in Gibeah or Ramah.”

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    13I am the God of Bethel, where you anointed the sacred stone and made a vow to me. Now leave this land immediately and return to your native land.’”

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    2When Jacob was told,“Your son Joseph has just come to you,” Israel regained strength and sat up on his bed.

  • Gen 35:9
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    9God appeared to Jacob again after he returned from Paddan Aram and blessed him.