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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.

Now ^(C1)Deborah, Rebekah's nurse, died, and she was buried below Bethel under the oak; and it was named ^(F1)Allon-bacuth.

Then God appeared to Jacob again when he came from Paddan-aram, and He ^(C1)blessed him.

^(C1)God said to him, "Your name is Jacob; ^(F1)You shall no longer be called Jacob, But Israel shall be your name." So He called ^(F2)him Israel.

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God also said to him, "I am ^(F1)(C1)God Almighty; ^(C2)Be fruitful and multiply; A nation and a ^(C3)multitude of nations shall ^(F2)come from you, And ^(C4)kings shall ^(F2)come from ^(F3)you.

-"And ^(C1)the land which I gave to Abraham and Isaac, I will give to you, And I will give the land to your ^(F1)descendants after you."

Then ^(C1)God went up from him at the place where He had spoken with him.

So Jacob set up ^(C1)a memorial stone in the place where He had spoken with him, a memorial of stone, and he poured out a drink offering on it; he also poured oil on it.