Genesis 46:1
The 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.
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- Gen 28:10 : 10 Jacob’s Dream at Bethel Meanwhile Jacob left Beer Sheba and set out for Haran.
- 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 31:42 : 42 If the God of my father– the God of Abraham, the one whom Isaac fears– had not been with me, you would certainly have sent me away empty-handed! But God saw how I was oppressed and how hard I worked, and he rebuked you last night.”
- Gen 21:33 : 33 Abraham planted a tamarisk tree in Beer Sheba. There he worshiped the LORD, the eternal God.
- Gen 21:31 : 31 That is why he named that place Beer Sheba, because the two of them swore an oath there.
- Gen 21:14 : 14 Early in the morning Abraham took some food and a skin of water and gave them to Hagar. He put them on her shoulders, gave her the child, and sent her away. So she went wandering aimlessly through the wilderness of Beer Sheba.
- Gen 4:4 : 4 But Abel brought some of the firstborn of his flock– even the fattest of them. And the LORD was pleased with Abel and his offering,
- Gen 8:20 : 20 Noah built an altar to the LORD. He then took some of every kind of clean animal and clean bird and offered burnt offerings on the altar.
- Gen 12:8 : 8 Then 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 22:13 : 13 Abraham looked up and saw behind him a ram caught in the bushes by its horns. So he went over and got the ram and offered it up as a burnt offering instead of his son.
- Gen 26:22-25 : 22 Then he moved away from there and dug another well. They did not quarrel over it, so Isaac named it Rehoboth, saying,“For now the LORD has made room for us, and we will prosper in the land.” 23 From there Isaac went up to Beer Sheba. 24 The LORD appeared to him that night and said,“I am the God of your father Abraham. Do not be afraid, for I am with you. I will bless you and multiply your descendants for the sake of my servant Abraham.” 25 Then Isaac built an altar there and worshiped the LORD. He pitched his tent there, and his servants dug a well.
- Gen 31:53 : 53 May the God of Abraham and the god of Nahor, the gods of their father, judge between us.” Jacob took an oath by the God whom his father Isaac feared.
- Gen 33:20 : 20 There he set up an altar and called it“The God of Israel is God.”
- 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 35:7 : 7 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.
- 1 Sam 3:20 : 20 All Israel from Dan to Beer Sheba realized that Samuel was confirmed as a prophet of the LORD.
- Job 1:5 : 5 When the days of their feasting were finished, Job would send for them and sanctify them; he would get up early in the morning and offer burnt offerings according to the number of them all. For Job thought,“Perhaps my children have sinned and cursed God in their hearts.” This was Job’s customary practice.
- Job 42:8 : 8 So now take seven bulls and seven rams and go to my servant Job and offer a burnt offering for yourselves. And my servant Job will intercede for you, and I will respect him, so that I do not deal with you according to your folly, because you have not spoken about me what is right, as my servant Job has.”
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5Then Jacob started out from Beer Sheba, and the sons of Israel carried their father Jacob, their little children, and their wives in the wagons that Pharaoh had sent along to transport him.
6Jacob and all his descendants took their livestock and the possessions they had acquired in the land of Canaan, and they went to Egypt.
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10Jacob’s Dream at Bethel Meanwhile Jacob left Beer Sheba and set out for Haran.
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2God spoke to Israel in a vision during the night and said,“Jacob, Jacob!” He replied,“Here I am!”
3He said,“I am God, the God of your father. Do not be afraid to go down to Egypt, for I will make you into a great nation there.
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23From there Isaac went up to Beer Sheba.
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19Then Abraham returned to his servants, and they set out together for Beer Sheba where Abraham stayed.
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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.
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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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6Jacob and all those who were with him arrived at Luz(that is, Bethel) in the land of Canaan.
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18He took away all the livestock he had acquired in Paddan Aram and all his moveable property that he had accumulated. Then he set out toward the land of Canaan to return to his father Isaac.
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11After Abraham’s death, God blessed his son Isaac. Isaac lived near Beer Lahai Roi.
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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.
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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.
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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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34Isaac’s Descendants Abraham was the father of Isaac. The sons of Isaac:Esau and Israel.
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62Now Isaac came from Beer Lahai Roi, for he was living in the Negev.
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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.”
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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.
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53May the God of Abraham and the god of Nahor, the gods of their father, judge between us.” Jacob took an oath by the God whom his father Isaac feared.
54Then Jacob offered a sacrifice on the mountain and invited his relatives to eat the meal. They ate the meal and spent the night on the mountain.
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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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31Jacob said,“Swear to me that you will do so.” So Joseph gave him his word. Then Israel bowed down at the head of his bed.
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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,
21and I return safely to my father’s home, then the LORD will become my God.
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9When they came to the place God had told him about, Abraham built the altar there and arranged the wood on it. Next he tied up his son Isaac and placed him on the altar on top of the wood.
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17So Isaac left there and settled in the Gerar Valley.
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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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20There he set up an altar and called it“The God of Israel is God.”
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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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21Then Israel traveled on and pitched his tent beyond Migdal Eder.
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12Jacob in Aram, Israel in Egypt, and Ephraim in Trouble Jacob fled to the country of Aram, then Israel worked to acquire a wife; he tended sheep to pay for her.