Genesis 35:9

Jacob Goes Back To Bethel

⁸ Now Deborah, [who once was] Rebekah’s nurse, died and was buried below Bethel under the oak; and the name of it was called Allon-bacuth (Oak of Weeping). ⁹ Then God [in a visible manifestation] appeared to Jacob again when he came out of Paddan-aram, and declared a blessing on him. ¹⁰ Again God said to him,

“Your name is Jacob;
You shall no longer be called Jacob,
But Israel shall be your name.”

So he was called Israel.

God Appeared to

Aram

Jacob

Mesopotamia

Padan-aram

Genesis 12:7

Then the Lord appeared to Abram and said, “I will give this land to your descendants.” So Abram built an altar there to [honor] the Lord who had appeared to him.

Genesis 18:1

Now the Lord appeared to Abraham by the terebinth trees of Mamre [in Hebron], while he was sitting at the tent door in the heat of the day.

Genesis 26:2

The Lord appeared to him and said, “Do not go down to Egypt; stay in the land of which I will tell you.

Genesis 35:1

Then God said to Jacob, “Go up to Bethel and live there, and make an altar there to God, who appeared to you [in a distinct manifestation] when you fled [years ago] from Esau your brother.”

Genesis 17:1

When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the Lord appeared to him and said,

“I am God Almighty;
Walk [habitually] before Me [with integrity, knowing that you are always in My presence], and be blameless and complete [in obedience to Me].

Genesis 28:13

And behold, the Lord stood above and around him and said, “I am the Lord, the God of Abraham your [father’s] father and the God of Isaac; I will give to you and to your descendants the land [of promise] on which you are lying.

Genesis 31:3

Then the Lord said to Jacob, “Return to the land of your fathers and to your people, and I will be with you.”

Genesis 31:11-13

And the Angel of God said to me in the dream, ‘Jacob.’ And I said, ‘Here I am.’

Genesis 32:1

Then as Jacob went on his way, the angels of God met him [to reassure and protect him].

Genesis 32:24-30

So Jacob was left alone, and a Man [came and] wrestled with him until daybreak.

Genesis 46:2-3

And God spoke to Israel in visions of the night and said, “Jacob, Jacob!” And he said, “Here I am.”

Genesis 48:3-4

Then Jacob said to Joseph, “God Almighty appeared to me at Luz (Bethel) in the land of Canaan and blessed me,

Jeremiah 31:3

The Lord appeared to me (Israel) from ages past, saying,
“I have loved you with an everlasting love;
Therefore with lovingkindness I have drawn you and continued My faithfulness to you.

Hosea 12:4

He wrestled with the angel and prevailed;
He wept [in repentance] and sought His favor.
He met Him at Bethel
And there God spoke with [him and through him with] us—

Acts 7:2

And he answered, “Brothers and fathers, listen to me! The God of glory [the Shekinah, the radiance of God] appeared to our father Abraham when he was in Mesopotamia, before he lived in Haran,