Genesis 35:7
He built an altar there, and called the place El Beth El; because there God was revealed to him, when he fled from the face of his brother.
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- Gen 35:1 : 1 God said to Jacob, "Arise, go up to Bethel, and live there. Make there an altar to God, who appeared to you when you fled from the face of Esau your brother."
- Gen 35:3 : 3 Let us arise, and go up to Bethel. I will make there an altar to God, who answered me in the day of my distress, and was with me in the way which I went."
- Gen 28:13 : 13 Behold, Yahweh stood above it, and said, "I am Yahweh, the God of Abraham your father, and the God of Isaac. The land whereon you lie, to you will I give it, and to your seed.
- Gen 28:19 : 19 He called the name of that place Bethel, but the name of the city was Luz at the first.
- Gen 28:22 : 22 then this stone, which I have set up for a pillar, will be God's house. Of all that you will give me I will surely give the tenth to you."
- Exod 17:15 : 15 Moses built an altar, and called its name Yahweh our Banner.
- Judg 6:24 : 24 Then Gideon built an altar there to Yahweh, and called it "Yahweh is Peace." To this day it is still in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.
- Eccl 5:4-5 : 4 When you vow a vow to God, don't defer to pay it; for he has no pleasure in fools. Pay that which you vow. 5 It is better that you should not vow, than that you should vow and not pay.
- Ezek 48:35 : 35 It shall be eighteen thousand [reeds] around: and the name of the city from that day shall be, Yahweh is there.
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1 God said to Jacob, "Arise, go up to Bethel, and live there. Make there an altar to God, who appeared to you when you fled from the face of Esau your brother."
- Gen 35:13-153 verses84%
13 God went up from him in the place where he spoke with him.
14 Jacob set up a pillar in the place where he spoke with him, a pillar of stone. He poured out a drink offering on it, and poured oil on it.
15 Jacob called the name of the place where God spoke with him "Bethel."
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6 So Jacob came to Luz (that is, Bethel), which is in the land of Canaan, he and all the people who were with him.
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3 Let us arise, and go up to Bethel. I will make there an altar to God, who answered me in the day of my distress, and was with me in the way which I went."
- Gen 12:7-82 verses80%
7 Yahweh appeared to Abram and said, "I will give this land to your seed." He built an altar there to Yahweh, who appeared to him.
8 He left from there to the mountain on the east of Bethel, and pitched his tent, having Bethel on the west, and Ai on the east. There he built an altar to Yahweh and called on the name of Yahweh.
- Gen 28:16-205 verses80%
16 Jacob awakened out of his sleep, and he said, "Surely Yahweh is in this place, and I didn't know it."
17 He was afraid, and said, "How dreadful is this place! This is none other than God's house, and this is the gate of heaven."
18 Jacob rose up early in the morning, and took the stone that he had put under his head, and set it up for a pillar, and poured oil on its top.
19 He called the name of that place Bethel, but the name of the city was Luz at the first.
20 Jacob vowed a vow, saying, "If God will be with me, and will keep me in this way that I go, and will give me bread to eat, and clothing to put on,
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20 He erected an altar there, and called it El Elohe Israel.
- Gen 35:8-103 verses75%
8 Deborah, Rebekah's nurse, died, and she was buried below Bethel under the oak; and its name was called Allon Bacuth.
9 God appeared to Jacob again, when he came from Paddan Aram, and blessed him.
10 God said to him, "Your name is Jacob. Your name shall not be Jacob any more, but your name will be Israel." He named him Israel.
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13 I am the God of Bethel, where you anointed a pillar, where you vowed a vow to me. Now arise, get out from this land, and return to the land of your birth.'"
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25 He built an altar there, and called on the name of Yahweh, and pitched his tent there. There Isaac's servants dug a well.
- Gen 13:3-42 verses73%
3 He went on his journeys from the South even to Bethel, to the place where his tent had been at the beginning, between Bethel and Ai,
4 to the place of the altar, which he had made there at the first. There Abram called on the name of Yahweh.
- Gen 28:10-112 verses71%
10 Jacob went out from Beersheba, and went toward Haran.
11 He came to a certain place, and stayed there all night, because the sun had set. He took one of the stones of the place, and put it under his head, and lay down in that place to sleep.
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3 Jacob said to Joseph, "God Almighty appeared to me at Luz in the land of Canaan, and blessed me,
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47 Laban called it Jegar Sahadutha, but Jacob called it Galeed.
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2 When he saw them, Jacob said, "This is God's army." He called the name of that place Mahanaim.
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27 Jacob came to Isaac his father, to Mamre, to Kiriath Arba (which is Hebron), where Abraham and Isaac lived as foreigners.
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18 Abram moved his tent, and came and lived by the oaks of Mamre, which are in Hebron, and built an altar there to Yahweh.
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30 Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: for, he said, "I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved."
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21 So he fled with all that he had. He rose up, passed over the River, and set his face toward the mountain of Gilead.
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9 Jacob said, "God of my father Abraham, and God of my father Isaac, Yahweh, who said to me, 'Return to your country, and to your relatives, and I will do you good,'
- Judg 1:22-232 verses69%
22 The house of Joseph, they also went up against Bethel; and Yahweh was with them.
23 The house of Joseph sent to spy out Bethel. (Now the name of the city before was Luz.)
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45 Jacob took a stone, and set it up for a pillar.
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14 Abraham called the name of that place Yahweh Will Provide. As it is said to this day, "On Yahweh's mountain, it will be provided."
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26 The man went into the land of the Hittites, and built a city, and called its name Luz, which is its name to this day.
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24 Then Gideon built an altar there to Yahweh, and called it "Yahweh is Peace." To this day it is still in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.
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25 Laban caught up with Jacob. Now Jacob had pitched his tent in the mountain, and Laban with his relatives encamped in the mountain of Gilead.
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17 His return was to Ramah, for there was his house; and there he judged Israel: and he built there an altar to Yahweh.