Then let’s go to Bethel. I will make an altar there to God, who answered me when I was troubled and who has been with me wherever I’ve gone.” Genesis 35:3 GW
He built an altar there and called that place El Bethel [God of the House of God]. That’s where God had revealed himself to Jacob when he was fleeing from his brother. Genesis 35:7 GW
God also said to him, “I am God Almighty. Be fertile, and increase in number. A nation and a community of nations will come from you, and kings will come from you. I will give you the land that I gave to Abraham and Isaac. I will also give this land to your descendants.” Then God went up from him at the place where he had spoken with him. Genesis 35:11-13 GW
These were the sons of Zibeon: Aiah and Anah. (Anah found the hot springs in the desert while he was taking care of the donkeys that belonged to his father Zibeon.) Genesis 36:24 GW
So Israel said, “See how your brothers and the flocks are doing, and bring some news back to me.” Then he sent Joseph away from the Hebron Valley. When Joseph came to Shechem, a man found him wandering around in the open country. “What are you looking for?” the man asked. Joseph replied, “I’m looking for my brothers. Please tell me where they’re taking care of their flocks.” The man said, “They moved on from here. I heard them say, ‘Let’s go to Dothan.’ ” So Joseph went after his brothers and found them at Dothan. Genesis 37:14-17 GW
Then let’s go to Bethel. I will make an altar there to God, who answered me when I was troubled and who has been with me wherever I’ve gone.”
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As they moved on, God made the people of the cities that were all around them terrified so that no one pursued them.
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He built an altar there and called that place El Bethel [God of the House of God]. That’s where God had revealed himself to Jacob when he was fleeing from his brother.
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God also said to him, “I am God Almighty. Be fertile, and increase in number. A nation and a community of nations will come from you, and kings will come from you. I will give you the land that I gave to Abraham and Isaac. I will also give this land to your descendants.” Then God went up from him at the place where he had spoken with him.
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Jacob named the place where God had spoken with him Bethel [House of God].
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These were the sons of Zibeon: Aiah and Anah. (Anah found the hot springs in the desert while he was taking care of the donkeys that belonged to his father Zibeon.)
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So Israel said, “See how your brothers and the flocks are doing, and bring some news back to me.” Then he sent Joseph away from the Hebron Valley. When Joseph came to Shechem, a man found him wandering around in the open country. “What are you looking for?” the man asked. Joseph replied, “I’m looking for my brothers. Please tell me where they’re taking care of their flocks.” The man said, “They moved on from here. I heard them say, ‘Let’s go to Dothan.’ ” So Joseph went after his brothers and found them at Dothan.
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When the foundations ⌞of life⌟ are undermined, what can a righteous person do?”
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The Lord is righteous. He loves a righteous way of life. Decent people will see his face.
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