Genesis 35:15
Jacob named the place where God spoke with him Bethel.
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- Gen 28:19 : 19 He called that place Bethel, although the former name of the town was Luz.
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- Gen 35:6-72 verses84%
6Jacob and all those who were with him arrived at Luz(that is, Bethel) in the land of Canaan.
7He built an altar there and named the place El Bethel because there God had revealed himself to him when he was fleeing from his brother.
- Gen 35:13-142 verses84%
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.
- Gen 28:16-205 verses82%
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,
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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.”
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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.”
- Gen 31:45-473 verses75%
45So Jacob took a stone and set it up as a memorial pillar.
46Then 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.
47Laban called it Jegar Sahadutha, but Jacob called it Galeed.
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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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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 35:9-102 verses74%
9God appeared to Jacob again after he returned from Paddan Aram and blessed him.
10God said to him,“Your name is Jacob, but your name will no longer be called Jacob; Israel will be your name.” So God named him Israel.
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20There he set up an altar and called it“The God of Israel is God.”
- Gen 28:10-112 verses73%
10Jacob’s Dream at Bethel Meanwhile Jacob left Beer Sheba and set out for Haran.
11He 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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16They traveled on from Bethel, and when Ephrath was still some distance away, Rachel went into labor– and her labor was hard.
- Gen 32:29-302 verses72%
29Then Jacob asked,“Please tell me your name.”“Why do you ask my name?” the man replied. Then he blessed Jacob there.
30So Jacob named the place Peniel, explaining,“Certainly I have seen God face to face and have survived.”
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2When Jacob saw them, he exclaimed,“This is the camp of God!” So he named that place Mahanaim.
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31That is why he named that place Beer Sheba, because the two of them swore an oath there.
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27The man asked him,“What is your name?” He answered,“Jacob.”
- Gen 35:19-202 verses71%
19So Rachel died and was buried on the way to Ephrath(that is, Bethlehem).
20Jacob set up a marker over her grave; it is the Marker of Rachel’s Grave to this day.
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25Then Isaac built an altar there and worshiped the LORD. He pitched his tent there, and his servants dug a well.
- Gen 46:1-22 verses71%
1The Family of Jacob goes to Egypt So Israel began his journey, taking with him all that he had. When he came to Beer Sheba he offered sacrifices to the God of his father Isaac.
2God spoke to Israel in a vision during the night and said,“Jacob, Jacob!” He replied,“Here I am!”
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9Then Jacob prayed,“O God of my father Abraham, God of my father Isaac, O LORD, you said to me,‘Return to your land and to your relatives and I will make you prosper.’
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27So Jacob came back to his father Isaac in Mamre, to Kiriath Arba(that is, Hebron), where Abraham and Isaac had stayed.
- Gen 13:3-42 verses71%
3And he journeyed from place to place from the Negev as far as Bethel. He returned to the place where he had pitched his tent at the beginning, between Bethel and Ai.
4This was the place where he had first built the altar, and there Abram worshiped the LORD.
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33So he named it Shibah; that is why the name of the city has been Beer Sheba to this day.
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11In the dream the angel of God said to me,‘Jacob!’‘Here I am!’ I replied.
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51“Here is this pile of stones and this pillar I have set up between me and you,” Laban said to Jacob.
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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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14And Abraham called the name of that place“The LORD provides.” It is said to this day,“In the mountain of the LORD provision will be made.”
- Gen 31:3-42 verses70%
3The LORD said to Jacob,“Return to the land of your fathers and to your relatives. I will be with you.”
4So Jacob sent a message for Rachel and Leah to come to the field where his flocks were.