'Place' in the Bible
"I'll place hostility between you and the woman, between your offspring and her offspring. He'll strike you on the head, and you'll strike him on the heel."
Make a roof for the ark, and finish the walls to within one cubit from the top. Place the entrance in the side of the ark, and build a lower, a middle, and an upper deck.
but the dove could not yet find a place to rest, so it returned to Noah on the ark, since water still covered the land. Noah reached out his hand and took the dove back into the ark with him.
Abram traveled through the land to the place called Shechem, as far as the oak of Moreh. At that time the Canaanites were in the land.
He journeyed by stages from the Negev to Bethel, the place where his tent had formerly been, between Bethel and Ai,
Abram listened to Sarai's suggestion, so Abram's wife Sarai took her Egyptian servant, Hagar, and gave her as a wife to her husband Abram. This took place ten years after Abram had settled in the land of Canaan.
Perhaps there are 50 righteous ones within the city. Will you actually destroy it and not forgive the place for the sake of the 50 righteous that are found there?
The LORD said, "If I find 50 righteous people within Sodom, I'll forgive the whole place for their sake."
"Do you have anyone else here in the city?" the angels asked Lot. "A son-in-law? Sons? Daughters? Get them out of this place,
Abraham went early in the morning to the place where he had stood before the LORD earlier.
"I thought that there's no fear of God in this place," Abraham replied, "and that they would kill me because of my wife.
Therefore that place was called Beer-sheba, because the two of them swore an oath.
So Abraham got up early in the morning, saddled his donkey, and took two of his male servants with him, along with his son Isaac. He cut the wood for the burnt offering and set out to go to the place about which God had spoken to him.
On the third day he looked ahead and saw the place from a distance.
The two of them went on together and came to the place about which God had spoken. Abraham built an altar there, arranged the wood, tied up his son Isaac, and placed him on the altar on top of the wood.
Then Abraham looked up and behind him to see a ram caught by its horns in the thicket. So Abraham went over, grabbed the ram, and offered it as a burnt offering in place of his son.
Abraham named that place, "The LORD Will Provide," as it is told this day, "On the LORD's mountain, he will provide."
And yes," she continued, "we have plenty of straw and feed, as well as a place to spend the night."
"Come on," Laban said. "The LORD has blessed you! So why are you standing out here when I've prepared some space in the house and a place for the camels?"
Later on, the men of that place asked about his wife, so he replied, "She's my sister," because he was afraid to call her "my wife." He kept thinking, ""otherwise, the men around here will kill me on account of Rebekah, since she's very beautiful."
He reached a certain place and spent the night there, because the sun was setting. He found a stone there, used it for a pillow, and slept there for the night,
Then Jacob woke up during the night and told himself, "Surely, the LORD is in this place and I never knew it!"
In mounting terror, he cried out, "How scary this place is! This is nothing less than God's house and the gateway to heaven!"
and named the place Beth-el, although previously the city had been named Luz.
and when all the flocks had been gathered there, they would roll away the stone from the opening of the well, water their flocks, and then return the stone to its place covering the opening of the well.
So Laban gathered all the men who lived in that place and held a wedding festival.
But Laban responded, "It's not the practice of our place to give the younger one in marriage before the firstborn.
That made Jacob angry with Rachel, so he asked her, "Can I take God's place, who has not allowed you to conceive?"
After Rachel had given birth to Joseph, Jacob told Laban, "Send me off so that I can go back to my place and country.
Whenever the more vigorous of the flock came into heat, Jacob would place the branches in the troughs in front of the flock to make them mate by the branches.
I am the God of Bethel, the place where you consecrated that stone and made a vow to me. Now get up, leave this territory, and return to your native land.'"
Then Laban said, "This stack will serve as a witness between you and me today." That's how the place came to be named Galeed.
As he was watching them, Jacob said, "This must be God's camp," so he named that place Mahanaim.
Jacob would later call that place Peniel, because "I saw God face to face, but my life was spared."
but Jacob set out for Succoth, built a house there, and constructed some cattle shelters. He named the place Succoth.
He built an altar there to God and named the place El Beth-el, because God had revealed himself there when he was fleeing from his brother.
Rebekah's nurse Deborah died and was buried there, under the oak tree that was below Beth-el. That's why the place was named Allon-bacuth.
After this, God ascended from the place where he had been speaking to him.
Jacob erected a pillar of stone at that very place where God had spoken to him. He poured a drink offering over it, anointed it with oil,
and named the place where God had spoken to him Beth-el.
After Bela died, Zerah's son Jobab from Bozrah ruled in his place.
After Jobab died, Husham from the territory of the Temanites ruled in his place.
After Husham died, Bedad's son Hadad, who killed Midian in the field of Moab, ruled in his place. His city's name was Avith.
After Hadad died, Samlah from Masrekah ruled in his place.
After Samlah died, Shaul from Rehoboth by the river ruled in his place.
After Shaul died, Achbor's son Baal-hanan ruled in his place.
After Achbor's son Baal-hanan died, Hadar ruled in his place. His city's name was Pau. And his wife's name was Mehetabel, who was the daughter of Matred, and granddaughter of Me-zahab.
that he locked them up in the prison dungeon operated by the captain of the guard, the very place where Joseph was imprisoned.
Therefore let Pharaoh select a wise, discerning person to place in charge over the land of Egypt.
Let them collect all the food during the coming fruitful years, store up the grain in cities governed by Pharaoh's authority, and place it under guard.
Later on, one of them opened up his sack to give his donkey some fodder after they had stopped at the place where they intended to lodge for the night. There, in the mouth of his sack, was all of his money!
when we arrived at our overnight lodging place, we opened our sacks and discovered each man's money was still in the mouth of his sack. All of our money was there! We've brought it back with us in full.
At this, Joseph hurried out, deeply moved because of his brother, and looked for a place to weep by himself. He entered his personal quarters, wept there awhile,
Then place my cup the silver one in the top of the sack belonging to the youngest one, along with the money he brought to buy grain." So the manager did precisely what Joseph told him to do.
"No, father, this one is the firstborn. Place your right hand on his head."
As soon as the Canaanites who lived in the land observed the mourning going on at Atad's threshing floor, they commented "This is a significant time of mourning for the Egyptians." That's why the place, which is located beyond the Jordan River, became known as Abel-mizraim.
"Don't be afraid," Joseph responded. "Am I sitting in God's place?
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