Genesis 35:7

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

He 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.

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Referenced Verses

  • Gen 35:1 : 1 The 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 35:3 : 3 Let 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 28:13 : 13 and the LORD stood at its top. He said,“I am the LORD, the God of your grandfather Abraham and the God of your father Isaac. I will give you and your descendants the ground you are lying on.
  • Gen 28:19 : 19 He called that place Bethel, although the former name of the town was Luz.
  • Gen 28:22 : 22 Then this stone that I have set up as a sacred stone will be the house of God, and I will surely give you back a tenth of everything you give me.”
  • Exod 17:15 : 15 Moses built an altar, and he called it“The LORD is my Banner,”
  • Judg 6:24 : 24 Gideon built an altar for the LORD there, and named it“The LORD is on friendly terms with me.” To this day it is still there in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.
  • Eccl 5:4-5 : 4 When you make a vow to God, do not delay in paying it. For God takes no pleasure in fools: Pay what you vow! 5 It is better for you not to vow than to vow and not pay it.
  • Ezek 48:35 : 35 The circumference of the city will be six miles. The name of the city from that day forward will be:‘The LORD Is There.’”

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Gen 35:1
    85%

    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 35:13-15
    3 verses
    84%

    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.

    15Jacob named the place where God spoke with him Bethel.

  • Gen 35:6
    82%

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

  • Gen 35:3
    80%

    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 12:7-8
    2 verses
    80%

    7The LORD appeared to Abram and said,“To your descendants I will give this land.” So Abram built an altar there to the LORD, who had appeared to him.

    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 28:16-20
    5 verses
    80%

    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 33:20
    77%

    20There he set up an altar and called it“The God of Israel is God.”

  • Gen 35:8-10
    3 verses
    75%

    8(Deborah, Rebekah’s nurse, died and was buried under the oak below Bethel; thus it was named Oak of Weeping.)

    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.

  • Gen 31:13
    74%

    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.’”

  • Gen 26:25
    73%

    25Then Isaac built an altar there and worshiped the LORD. He pitched his tent there, and his servants dug a well.

  • Gen 13:3-4
    2 verses
    73%

    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.

  • Gen 28:10-11
    2 verses
    71%

    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

  • Gen 48:3
    71%

    3Jacob said to Joseph,“The Sovereign God appeared to me at Luz in the land of Canaan and blessed me.

  • Gen 31:47
    71%

    47Laban called it Jegar Sahadutha, but Jacob called it Galeed.

  • Gen 32:2
    70%

    2When Jacob saw them, he exclaimed,“This is the camp of God!” So he named that place Mahanaim.

  • Gen 35:27
    70%

    27So Jacob came back to his father Isaac in Mamre, to Kiriath Arba(that is, Hebron), where Abraham and Isaac had stayed.

  • Gen 13:18
    70%

    18So Abram moved his tents and went to live by the oaks of Mamre in Hebron, and he built an altar to the LORD there.

  • Gen 32:30
    69%

    30So Jacob named the place Peniel, explaining,“Certainly I have seen God face to face and have survived.”

  • Gen 31:21
    69%

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

  • Gen 32:9
    69%

    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.’

  • Judg 1:22-23
    2 verses
    69%

    22Partial Success When the men of Joseph attacked Bethel, the LORD was with them.

    23When the men of Joseph spied out Bethel(it used to be called Luz),

  • Gen 31:45
    69%

    45So Jacob took a stone and set it up as a memorial pillar.

  • Gen 22:14
    69%

    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.”

  • Judg 1:26
    69%

    26He moved to Hittite country and built a city. He named it Luz, and it has kept that name to this very day.

  • Judg 6:24
    69%

    24Gideon built an altar for the LORD there, and named it“The LORD is on friendly terms with me.” To this day it is still there in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.

  • Gen 31:25
    68%

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

  • 1 Sam 7:17
    68%

    17Then he would return to Ramah, because his home was there. He also judged Israel there and built an altar to the LORD there.