God Blesses and Renames Jacob
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Then God said to Jacob, "Arise, go up to a Bethel and dwell there; and make an altar there to God, b who appeared to you c when you fled from the face of Esau your brother."
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And Jacob said to his d household and to all who were with him, "Put away e the foreign gods that are among you, f purify yourselves, and change your garments.
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"Then let us arise and go up to Bethel; and I will make an altar there to God, g who answered me in the day of my distress h and has been with me in the way which I have gone."
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So they gave Jacob all the foreign gods which were in their hands, and the i earrings which were in their ears; and Jacob hid them under j the terebinth tree which was by Shechem.
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And they journeyed, and k the terror of God was upon the cities that were all around them, and they did not pursue the sons of Jacob.
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So Jacob came to l Luz (that is, Bethel), which is in the land of Canaan, he and all the people who were with him.
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And he m built an altar there and called the place El Bethel, because n there God appeared to him when he fled from the face of his brother.
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Now o Deborah, Rebekah's nurse, died, and she was buried below Bethel under the terebinth tree. So the name of it was called Allon Bachuth.
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Then p God appeared to Jacob again, when he came from Padan Aram, and q blessed him.
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And God said to him, "Your name is Jacob; r your name shall not be called Jacob anymore, s but Israel shall be your name." So He called his name Israel.
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Also God said to him: t "I am God Almighty. u Be fruitful and multiply; v a nation and a company of nations shall proceed from you, and kings shall come from your body.
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"The w land which I gave Abraham and Isaac I give to you; and to your descendants after you I give this land."
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Then God x went up from him in the place where He talked with him.
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So Jacob y set up a pillar in the place where He talked with him, a pillar of stone; and he poured a drink offering on it, and he poured oil on it.
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And Jacob called the name of the place where God spoke with him, z Bethel.
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Genesis 28:19
And he called the name of that place Bethel; but the name of that city had been Luz previously.
Genesis 31:13
'I am the God of Bethel, where you anointed the pillar and where you made a vow to Me. Now arise, get out of this land, and return to the land of your family."'
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Genesis 28:13
And behold, the LORD stood above it and said: "I am the LORD God of Abraham your father and the God of Isaac; the land on which you lie I will give to you and your descendants.
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Genesis 27:43
Now therefore, my son, obey my voice: arise, flee to my brother Laban in Haran.
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Genesis 18:19
"For I have known him, in order that he may command his children and his household after him, that they keep the way of the LORD, to do righteousness and justice, that the LORD may bring to Abraham what He has spoken to him."
Joshua 24:15
"And if it seems evil to you to serve the LORD, choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the River, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you dwell. But as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD."
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Genesis 31:19
Now Laban had gone to shear his sheep, and Rach...
Genesis 31:30
"And now you have surely gone because you great...
Genesis 31:34
Now Rachel had taken the household idols, put t...
Joshua 24:2
And Joshua said to all the people, "Thus says t...
Joshua 24:14
Now therefore, fear the LORD, serve Him in sinc...
Joshua 24:23
"Now therefore," he said, "put away the foreign...
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Exodus 19:10
Then the LORD said to Moses, "Go to the people and consecrate them today and tomorrow, and let them wash their clothes.
Exodus 19:14
So Moses went down from the mountain to the people and sanctified the people, and they washed their clothes.
Leviticus 13:6
Then the priest shall examine him again on the seventh day; and indeed if the sore has faded, and the sore has not spread on the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him clean; it is only a scab, and he shall wash his clothes and be clean.
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Genesis 32:7
So Jacob was greatly afraid and distressed; and he divided the people that were with him, and the flocks and herds and camels, into two companies.
Genesis 32:24
Then Jacob was left alone; and a Man wrestled with him until the breaking of day.
Psalms 107:6
Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble, And He delivered them out of their distresses.
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Genesis 28:15
"Behold, I am with you and will keep you wherever you go, and will bring you back to this land; for I will not leave you until I have done what I have spoken to you."
Genesis 28:20
Then Jacob made a vow, saying, "If God will be with me, and keep me in this way that I am going, and give me bread to eat and clothing to put on.
Genesis 31:3
Then the LORD said to Jacob, "Return to the land of your fathers and to your family, and I will be with you.
Genesis 31:42
"Unless the God of my father, the God of Abraham and the Fear of Isaac, had been with me, surely now you would have sent me away empty-handed. God has seen my affliction and the labor of my hands, and rebuked you last night."
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Hosea 2:13
I will punish her For the days of the Baals to which she burned incense. She decked herself with her earrings and jewelry, And went after her lovers; But Me she forgot," says the LORD.
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Joshua 24:26
Then Joshua wrote these words in the Book of the Law of God. And he took a large stone, and set it up there under the oak that was by the sanctuary of the LORD.
Judges 9:6
And all the men of Shechem gathered together, all of Beth Millo, and they went and made Abimelech king beside the terebinth tree at the pillar that was in Shechem.
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Exodus 15:16
Fear and dread will fall on them; By the greatn...
Exodus 23:27
I will send My fear before you, I will cause co...
Deuteronomy 2:25
'This day I will begin to put the dread and fea...
Deuteronomy 11:25
No man shall be able to stand against you; the ...
Joshua 2:9
And said to the men: "I know that the LORD has ...
1 Samuel 14:15
And there was trembling in the camp, in the fie...
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Genesis 28:19
And he called the name of that place Bethel; but the name of that city had been Luz previously.
Genesis 28:22
"And this stone which I have set as a pillar shall be God's house, and of all that You give me I will surely give a tenth to You."
Genesis 48:3
Then Jacob said to Joseph: "God Almighty appeared to me at Luz in the land of Canaan and blessed me.
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Genesis 33:20
Then he erected an altar there and called it El Elohe Israel.
Genesis 35:3
"Then let us arise and go up to Bethel; and I will make an altar there to God, who answered me in the day of my distress and has been with me in the way which I have gone."
Ecclesiastes 5:4
When you make a vow to God, do not delay to pay it; For He has no pleasure in fools. Pay what you have vowed -
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Genesis 28:13
And behold, the LORD stood above it and said: "I am the LORD God of Abraham your father and the God of Isaac; the land on which you lie I will give to you and your descendants.
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Genesis 24:59
So they sent away Rebekah their sister and her nurse, and Abraham's servant and his men.
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Joshua 5:13
And it came to pass, when Joshua was by Jericho, that he lifted his eyes and looked, and behold, a Man stood opposite him with His sword drawn in His hand. And Joshua went to Him and said to Him, " Are You for us or for our adversaries?
Daniel 10:5
I lifted my eyes and looked, and behold, a certain man clothed in linen, whose waist was girded with gold of Uphaz!
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Genesis 32:29
Then Jacob asked, saying, "Tell me Your name, I pray." And He said, "Why is it that you ask about My name?" And He blessed him there.
Hosea 12:4
Yes, he struggled with the Angel and prevailed; He wept, and sought favor from Him. He found Him in Bethel, And there He spoke to us -
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Genesis 17:5
No longer shall your name be called Abram, but your name shall be Abraham; for I have made you a father of many nations.
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Genesis 32:28
And He said, "Your name shall no longer be called Jacob, but Israel; for you have struggled with God and with men, and have prevailed.
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Genesis 17:1
When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the LORD appeared to Abram and said to him, "I am Almighty God; walk before Me and be blameless.
Genesis 28:3
May God Almighty bless you, And make you fruitful and multiply you, That you may be an assembly of peoples.
Genesis 48:3
Then Jacob said to Joseph: "God Almighty appeared to me at Luz in the land of Canaan and blessed me.
Genesis 48:4
"and said to me, 'Behold, I will make you fruitful and multiply you, and I will make of you a multitude of people, and give this land to your descendants after you as an everlasting possession.'
Exodus 6:3
I appeared to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, as God Almighty, but by My name LORD I was not known to them.
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Genesis 9:1
So God blessed Noah and his sons, and said to them: "Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth.
Genesis 9:7
And as for you, be fruitful and multiply; Bring forth abundantly in the earth And multiply in it.
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Genesis 17:5
No longer shall your name be called Abram, but your name shall be Abraham; for I have made you a father of many nations.
Genesis 17:6
I will make you exceedingly fruitful; and I will make nations of you, and kings shall come from you.
Genesis 17:16
"And I will bless her and also give you a son by her; then I will bless her, and she shall be a mother of nations; kings of peoples shall be from her."
Genesis 28:3
May God Almighty bless you, And make you fruitful and multiply you, That you may be an assembly of peoples.
Genesis 48:4
"and said to me, 'Behold, I will make you fruitful and multiply you, and I will make of you a multitude of people, and give this land to your descendants after you as an everlasting possession.'
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Genesis 12:7
Then the LORD appeared to Abram and said, "To y...
Genesis 13:15
For all the land which you see I give to you an...
Genesis 26:3
Dwell in this land, and I will be with you and ...
Genesis 26:4
And I will make your descendants multiply as th...
Genesis 28:13
And behold, the LORD stood above it and said: "...
Genesis 48:4
"and said to me, 'Behold, I will make you fruit...
Exodus 32:13
"Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, Your serv...
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Genesis 17:22
Then He finished talking with him, and God went up from Abraham.
Genesis 18:33
So the LORD went His way as soon as He had finished speaking with Abraham; and Abraham returned to his place.
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Genesis 28:18
Then Jacob rose early in the morning, and took the stone that he had put at his head, set it up as a pillar, and poured oil on top of it.
Genesis 28:19
And he called the name of that place Bethel; but the name of that city had been Luz previously.
Genesis 31:45
So Jacob took a stone and set it up as a pillar.
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Genesis 28:19
And he called the name of that place Bethel; but the name of that city had been Luz previously.
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