Thematic Bible


Thematic Bible



God said to Jacob: Go to Bethel and dwell there. Make an altar 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

Jacob built an altar there and called it God of Bethel. That was the place where God appeared to him when he was running from Esau. Verse ConceptsFugitivesBuilding AltarsGod AppearingAltars

Jehovah was standing above the stairway. He proclaimed: I am Jehovah, the God of your grandfather Abraham and the God of Isaac. I will give the land on which you are lying to you and your descendants. Verse ConceptsLand, As A Divine GiftI Am Godgrandfathers


Jehovah said to Jacob: Go back to the land of your ancestors and to your relatives. I will be with you. Verse ConceptsGod, Present EverywhereDivine DirectionGod Will Be With YouReturning to their landFamily Firstgrandfathersland

That night, God spoke to him and said: Jacob! Jacob! Here I am, Jacob answered. God said: I am God! I am the same God your father worshiped. Do not be afraid to go to Egypt. I will give you so many descendants that one day they will become a nation. I will go to Egypt with you. I will make sure you come back again. Joseph will close your eyes when you die.

I will go to Egypt with you. I will make sure you come back again. Joseph will close your eyes when you die. Verse ConceptsPreparation For BurialLaying On Hands To HealGod Will Be With YouGod Bringing Israel Out Of Egyptefficiency

When Jacob and his family went to Egypt the Egyptians oppressed them. Your ancestors cried to Jehovah for help. He sent Moses and Aaron, who brought them out of Egypt and settled them in this land. Verse ConceptsPrayer, Answers ToPrayer, As Asking GodGod Bringing Israel Out Of Egypt

Then Israel came to Egypt. Jacob lived as a foreigner in the land of Ham.

Jacob (Israel) packed up everything he owned and left for Egypt. On the way he stopped near the town of Beer-sheba and offered sacrifices to the God his father Isaac had worshiped. That night, God spoke to him and said: Jacob! Jacob! Here I am, Jacob answered. God said: I am God! I am the same God your father worshiped. Do not be afraid to go to Egypt. I will give you so many descendants that one day they will become a nation. read more.
I will go to Egypt with you. I will make sure you come back again. Joseph will close your eyes when you die. Jacob left Beer-sheba. Israel's sons put their father Jacob, their children, and their wives in the wagons Pharaoh had sent to bring him back. They took their livestock and the possessions they had acquired in Canaan. Jacob and all his family arrived in Egypt. He brought his sons, his grandsons, his daughters, and his granddaughters, his entire family.

Then Joseph sent for his father Jacob and all his family, seventy-five people. Jacob went down into Egypt and died, he and our fathers.