Study Desk

Then God said to Jacob, "Arise, go up to ^(C1)Bethel and live there, and make an altar there to ^(C2)God, who appeared to you ^(C3)when you fled ^(F1)from your brother Esau."

So Jacob said to his ^(C1)household and to all who were with him, "Remove ^(C2)the foreign gods which are among you, and ^(C3)purify yourselves and change your garments;

and let's arise and go up to Bethel, and I will make ^(C1)an altar there to God, ^(C2)who answered me on the day of my distress and ^(C3)has been with me ^(F1)wherever I have gone."

So they gave Jacob all the foreign gods which ^(F1)they had and the rings which were in their ears, and Jacob hid them under the ^(F2)oak which was near Shechem.

As they journeyed, there was ^(F1)(C1)a great terror upon the cities which were around them, and they did not pursue the sons of Jacob.

So Jacob came to ^(C1)Luz (that is, Bethel), which is in the land of Canaan, he and all the people who were with him.

Then ^(C1)he built an altar there, and called the place ^(F1)El-bethel, because there God had revealed Himself to him when he fled ^(F2)from his brother.