Thematic Bible


Thematic Bible



There he set up an altar and called it "The God of Israel is God." Verse ConceptsAltarsBuilding AltarsPeople Naming Things

Then God said to Jacob, "Go up at once to Bethel and live there. Make an altar there to God, who appeared to you when you fled from your brother Esau." So Jacob told his household and all who were with him, "Get rid of the foreign gods you have among you. Purify yourselves and change your clothes. Let us go up at once to Bethel. Then I will make an altar there to God, who responded to me in my time of distress and has been with me wherever I went." read more.
So they gave Jacob all the foreign gods that were in their possession and the rings that were in their ears. Jacob buried them under the oak near Shechem and they started on their journey. The surrounding cities were afraid of God, and they did not pursue the sons of Jacob. Jacob and all those who were with him arrived at Luz (that is, Bethel) in the land of Canaan. He built an altar there and named the place El Bethel because there God had revealed himself to him when he was fleeing from his brother.

There he set up an altar and called it "The God of Israel is God." Verse ConceptsAltarsBuilding AltarsPeople Naming Things

Then God said to Jacob, "Go up at once to Bethel and live there. Make an altar there to God, who appeared to you when you fled from your brother Esau." Verse ConceptsFugitivesAppearances Of God In OtCommemorationSpeech, DivineWorship, Places OfBuilding AltarsGod AppearingBethel The House Of GodLiving In The Land

Let us go up at once to Bethel. Then I will make an altar there to God, who responded to me in my time of distress and has been with me wherever I went." Verse ConceptsDistressGod AnsweredGod Has Been With YouGod With Specific People

He built an altar there and named the place El Bethel because there God had revealed himself to him when he was fleeing from his brother. Verse ConceptsFugitivesBuilding AltarsGod AppearingAltars

There he set up an altar and called it "The God of Israel is God." Verse ConceptsAltarsBuilding AltarsPeople Naming Things

After he left Paddan Aram, Jacob came safely to the city of Shechem in the land of Canaan, and he camped near the city. Then he purchased the portion of the field where he had pitched his tent; he bought it from the sons of Hamor, Shechem's father, for a hundred pieces of money. There he set up an altar and called it "The God of Israel is God."