Genesis 35:7

Webster's Bible (1833)

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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Referenced Verses

  • 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 the name of it Yahweh our Banner.{Hebrew, Yahweh Nissi}
  • Judg 6:24 : 24 Then Gideon built an altar there to Yahweh, and called it Yahweh-shalom: to this day it is yet 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] round about: and the name of the city from that day shall be, Yahweh is there.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Gen 35:1
    85%

    1God 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 35:13-15
    3 verses
    84%

    13God went up from him in the place where he spoke with him.

    14Jacob 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.

    15Jacob called the name of the place where God spoke with him "Bethel."

  • Gen 35:6
    82%

    6So Jacob came to Luz, which is in the land of Canaan (the same is Bethel), he and all the people who were with him.

  • Gen 35:3
    80%

    3Let 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 12:7-8
    2 verses
    80%

    7Yahweh appeared to Abram, and said, "I will give this land to your seed{or, offspring}." He built an altar there to Yahweh, who appeared to him.

    8He 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 28:16-20
    5 verses
    80%

    16Jacob awakened out of his sleep, and he said, "Surely Yahweh is in this place, and I didn't know it."

    17He was afraid, and said, "How dreadful is this place! This is none other than God's house, and this is the gate of heaven."

    18Jacob 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 the top of it.

    19He called the name of that place Bethel, but the name of the city was Luz at the first.

    20Jacob 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,

  • Gen 33:20
    77%

    20He erected an altar there, and called it El Elohe Israel.{El Elohe Israel means "God, the God of Israel" or "The God of Israel is mighty."}

  • Gen 35:8-10
    3 verses
    75%

    8Deborah, Rebekah's nurse, died, and she was buried below Bethel under the oak; and the name of it was called Allon Bacuth.

    9God appeared to Jacob again, when he came from Paddan Aram, and blessed him.

    10God 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.

  • Gen 31:13
    74%

    13I 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."

  • Gen 26:25
    73%

    25He built an altar there, and called on the name of Yahweh, and pitched his tent there. There Isaac's servants dug a well.

  • Gen 13:3-4
    2 verses
    73%

    3He 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,

    4to the place of the altar, which he had made there at the first. There Abram called on the name of Yahweh.

  • Gen 28:10-11
    2 verses
    71%

    10Jacob went out from Beersheba, and went toward Haran.

    11He 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.

  • Gen 48:3
    71%

    3Jacob said to Joseph, "God Almighty appeared to me at Luz in the land of Canaan, and blessed me,

  • Gen 31:47
    71%

    47Laban called it Jegar Sahadutha,{"Jegar Sahadutha" means "Witness Heap" in Aramaic.} but Jacob called it Galeed.{"Galeed" means "Witness Heap" in Hebrew.}

  • Gen 32:2
    70%

    2When he saw them, Jacob said, "This is God's host." He called the name of that place Mahanaim.

  • Gen 35:27
    70%

    27Jacob came to Isaac his father, to Mamre, to Kiriath Arba (the same is Hebron), where Abraham and Isaac lived as foreigners.

  • Gen 13:18
    70%

    18Abram moved his tent, and came and lived by the oaks of Mamre, which are in Hebron, and built an altar there to Yahweh.

  • Gen 32:30
    69%

    30Jacob called the name of the place Peniel{Peniel means "face of God."}: for, he said, "I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved."

  • Gen 31:21
    69%

    21So he fled with all that he had. He rose up, passed over the River, and set his face toward the mountain of Gilead.

  • Gen 32:9
    69%

    9Jacob 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 1:22-23
    2 verses
    69%

    22The house of Joseph, they also went up against Bethel; and Yahweh was with them.

    23The house of Joseph sent to spy out Bethel. (Now the name of the city before was Luz.)

  • Gen 31:45
    69%

    45Jacob took a stone, and set it up for a pillar.

  • Gen 22:14
    69%

    14Abraham called the name of that place Yahweh-Jireh.{"Yahweh-Jireh" means "Yahweh is my provider."} As it is said to this day, "In Yahweh's mountain it will be provided.

  • Judg 1:26
    69%

    26The man went into the land of the Hittites, and built a city, and called the name of it Luz, which is the name of it to this day.

  • Judg 6:24
    69%

    24Then Gideon built an altar there to Yahweh, and called it Yahweh-shalom: to this day it is yet in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.

  • Gen 31:25
    68%

    25Laban caught up with Jacob. Now Jacob had pitched his tent in the mountain, and Laban with his relatives encamped in the mountain of Gilead.

  • 1 Sam 7:17
    68%

    17His return was to Ramah, for there was his house; and there he judged Israel: and he built there an altar to Yahweh.