Genesis 35:3 “Then let us arise and go to Bethel. I will build an altar there to God…”

Genesis 35:3

Then let us arise and go to Bethel. I will build an altar there to God, who answered me in my day of distress. He has been with me wherever I have gone.”

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

And let us arise, and go up to Beth-el; and I will make there an altar unto God, who answered me in the day of my distress, and was with me in the way which I went.

World English Bible

Let’s arise, and go up to Bethel. I will make there an altar to God, who answered me in the day of my distress, and was with me on the way which I went.”

American Standard Version

and let us arise, and go up to Beth-el; and I will make there an altar unto God, who answered me in the day of my distress, and was with me in the way which I went.

Geneva Bible 1599

For we will rise and goe vp to Beth-el, and I will make an altar there vnto God, which heard me in the day of my tribulation, and was with me in the way which I went.

Darby Translation

and we will arise, and go up to Bethel; and I will make there an altar to the God that answered me in the day of my distress, and was with me in the way that I went.

Young's Literal Translation

and we rise, and go up to Bethel, and I make there an altar to God, who is answering me in the day of my distress, and is with me in the way that I have gone.'

Bible in Basic English

And let us go up to Beth-el: and there I will make an altar to God, who gave me an answer in the day of my trouble, and was with me wherever I went.

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Cross references

“who answered”

Genesis 32:7 Genesis 32:24 Psalm 50:15 Psalm 107:6 Isaiah 30:19 Psalm 46:1

Genesis 32:7 · BSB

In great fear and distress, Jacob divided his people into two camps, as well as the flocks and herds and camels.

Genesis 32:24 · BSB

So Jacob was left all alone, and there a man wrestled with him until daybreak.

Psalm 50:15 · BSB

Call upon Me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you will honor Me.”

Psalm 107:6 · BSB

Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble, and He delivered them from their distress.

Isaiah 30:19 · BSB

O people in Zion who dwell in Jerusalem, you will weep no more. He will surely be gracious when you cry for help; when He hears, He will answer you.

Psalm 46:1 · BSB

God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in times of trouble.

“was with”

Isaiah 43:2 Genesis 31:3 Genesis 31:42 Proverbs 3:6 Genesis 28:20

Isaiah 43:2 · BSB

When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and when you go through the rivers, they will not overwhelm you. When you walk through the fire, you will not be scorched; the flames will not set you ablaze.

Genesis 31:3 · BSB

Then the LORD said to Jacob, “Go back to the land of your fathers and to your kindred, and I will be with you.”

Genesis 31:42 · BSB

If the God of my father, the God of Abraham and the Fear of Isaac, had not been with me, surely by now you would have sent me away empty-handed. But God has seen my affliction and the toil of my hands, and last night He…

Proverbs 3:6 · BSB

in all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will make your paths straight.

Genesis 28:20 · BSB

Then Jacob made a vow, saying, “If God will be with me and watch over me on this journey, and if He will provide me with food to eat and clothes to wear,

Also

Genesis 28:15

Genesis 28:15 · BSB

Look, I am with you, and I will watch over you wherever you go, and I will bring you back to this land. For I will not leave you until I have done what I have promised you.”

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

2So Jacob told his household and all who were with him, “Get rid of the foreign gods that are among you. Purify yourselves and change your garments.

4So they gave Jacob all their foreign gods and all their earrings, and Jacob buried them under the oak near Shechem.

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