Genesis 35:6-15

God Blesses and Renames Jacob

6 And Jacob came to j Luz (that is, Bethel), which is in the land of Canaan, he and all the people who were with him, 7 and there he built an altar and called the place El-bethel, 1 because k there God had revealed himself to him when he fled from his brother. 8 And l Deborah, Rebekah's nurse, died, and she was buried under an oak below Bethel. So he called its name Allon-bacuth. 2

9 God appeared 3 to Jacob again, when he came from Paddan-aram, and blessed him. 10 And God said to him, "Your name is Jacob; m no longer shall your name be called Jacob, but n Israel shall be your name." So he called his name Israel. 11 And God said to him, o "I am God Almighty: 4 be p fruitful and multiply. q A nation and a company of nations shall come from you, and kings shall come from your own body. 5 12 r The land that I gave to Abraham and Isaac I will give to you, and I will give the land to your offspring after you." 13 Then God s went up from him in the place where he had spoken with him. 14 And Jacob t set up a pillar in the place where he had spoken with him, a pillar of stone. He poured out a drink offering on it and poured oil on it. 15 So Jacob called the name of the place where God had spoken with him u Bethel.

  1. Cross References
    Genesis 28:19
    He called the name of that place Bethel, but the name of the city was Luz at the first.
  2. Cross References
    Genesis 35:1
    God said to Jacob, "Arise, go up to Bethel and dwell there. Make an altar there to the God who appeared to you when you fled from your brother Esau.
  3. Cross References
    Genesis 24:59
    So they sent away Rebekah their sister and her nurse, and Abraham's servant and his men.
  4. Cross References
    Genesis 17:5
    No longer shall your name be called Abram, but your name shall be Abraham, for I have made you the father of a multitude of nations.
    Genesis 17:15
    And God said to Abraham, "As for Sarai your wife, you shall not call her name Sarai, but Sarah shall be her name.
  5. Cross References
    Genesis 32:28
    Then he said, "Your name shall no longer be called Jacob, but Israel, for you have striven with God and with men, and have prevailed.
  6. Cross References
    Genesis 17:1
    When Abram was ninety-nine years old the Lord appeared to Abram and said to him, "I am God Almighty; walk before me, and be blameless.
  7. Cross References
    Genesis 28:3
    God Almighty bless you and make you fruitful and multiply you, that you may become a company 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 company of peoples and will give this land to your offspring after you for an everlasting possession.
  8. Cross References
    Genesis 17:5 - 6
    No longer shall your name be called Abram, but your name shall be Abraham, for I have made you the father of a multitude of nations.
    Genesis 17:16
    I will bless her, and moreover, I will give you a son by her. I will bless her, and she shall become nations; kings of peoples shall come from her.
    Genesis 26:4
    I will multiply your offspring as the stars of heaven and will give to your offspring all these lands. And in your offspring all the nations of the earth shall be blessed.
  9. Cross References
    Genesis 12:7
    Then the Lord appeared to Abram and said, "To your offspring I will give this land." So he built there an altar to the Lord, who had appeared to him.
    Genesis 13:15
    For all the land that you see I will give to you and to your offspring forever.
    Genesis 17:8
    And I will give to you and to your offspring after you the land of your sojournings, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession, and I will be their God.
    Genesis 26:3
    Sojourn in this land, and I will be with you and will bless you, for to you and to your offspring I will give all these lands, and I will establish the oath that I swore to Abraham your father.
    Genesis 28:13
    And behold, the Lord stood above it and said, "I am the Lord, the God of Abraham your father and the God of Isaac. The land on which you lie I will give to you and to your offspring.
  10. Cross References
    Genesis 17:22
    When he had finished talking with him, God went up from Abraham.
  11. Cross References
    Genesis 28:18
    So early in the morning Jacob 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.
    Genesis 31:45
    So Jacob took a stone and set it up as a pillar.
  12. Cross References
    Genesis 28:19
    He called the name of that place Bethel, but the name of the city was Luz at the first.
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