Genesis 35:3

Let us arise, and go up to Beth-el [House of God]. I will make there an altar to God, who answered me in the day of my distress, and was with me on the way which I went.”

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In The King James Version

And let us arise, and go up to Bethel; and I will make there an altar unto God, who answered me in the day of my distress, and was with me in the way which I went.

In Context

2Then Jacob [Supplanter] said to his household, and to all who were with him, “Put away the foreign deities that are among you, purify yourselves, change your garments.

4They gave to Jacob [Supplanter] all the foreign deities which were in their hands, and the rings which were in their ears; and Jacob [Supplanter] hid them under the oak which was by Shechem.

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Cross References

Genesis 28:15Behold, I am with you, and will keep you, wherever you go, and will bring you again into this land. For I will not leave you, until I have done that which I have spoken of to you.”

Genesis 31:3Adonai said to Jacob [Supplanter], “ Teshuvah ·Completely return· to the land of your fathers, and to your relatives, and I will be with you.”

Genesis 32:7Then Jacob [Supplanter] was greatly afraid and was distressed. He divided the people who were with him, and the flocks, and the herds, and the camels, into two companies;

Genesis 48:15He blessed Joseph [May he add], and said, “The God before whom my fathers Abraham [Father of a multitude] and Isaac [Laughter] walked, the God who has fed me all my life long to this day,

Psalms 50:15Call on me in the day of trouble. 2 I will deliver you, and you will honor me.” 1

Psalms 91:15He will call on me, and I will answer him. 2 I will be with him in trouble. 2 I will deliver him, and honor him. 1

Matthew Henry on Genesis 35:2-6

Jacob Summoned to Bethel; Jacob's Journeys towards Bethel. ( b. c. 1732.) 1 And God said unto Jacob, Arise, go up to Beth-el, and dwell there: and make there an altar unto God, that appeared unto thee when thou fleddest from the face of Esau thy brother. 2 Then Jacob said unto his household, and to all that were with him, Put away the strange gods that are among you, and be clean, and change your garments: 3 And let us arise, and go up to Beth-el; and I will make there an altar unto God, who answered me in the day… Read the whole commentary →

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