Genesis 35:3
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“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.””
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“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 · Public Domain (CC0)“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.”
King James Version · Public Domain“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.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“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.'”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Genesis 35:3 — 21 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 28:12And Jacob had a dream about a ladder that rested on the earth with its top reaching up to heaven, and God’s angels were going up and down the ladder.
- Genesis 28:15Look, 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.”
- Genesis 28:20Then 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,
- Genesis 31:3Then the LORD said to Jacob, “Go back to the land of your fathers and to your kindred, and I will be with you.”
- Genesis 31:42If 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 rendered judgment.”
- Genesis 32:7In great fear and distress, Jacob divided his people into two camps, as well as the flocks and herds and camels.
- Genesis 32:24So Jacob was left all alone, and there a man wrestled with him until daybreak.
- Genesis 48:15Then he blessed Joseph and said: “May the God before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac walked, the God who has been my shepherd all my life to this day,
- Psalms 46:1God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in times of trouble.
- Psalms 50:15Call upon Me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you will honor Me.”
- Psalms 66:13I will enter Your house with burnt offerings; I will fulfill my vows to You—
- Psalms 91:15When he calls out to Me, I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble. I will deliver him and honor him.
- Psalms 103:1Bless the LORD, O my soul; all that is within me, bless His holy name.
- Psalms 107:6Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble, and He delivered them from their distress.
- Psalms 107:8Let them give thanks to the LORD for His loving devotion and His wonders to the sons of men.
- Psalms 116:1I love the LORD, for He has heard my voice— my appeal for mercy.
- Psalms 116:16Truly, O LORD, I am Your servant; I am Your servant, the son of Your maidservant; You have broken my bonds.
- Psalms 118:19Open to me the gates of righteousness, that I may enter and give thanks to the LORD.
- Proverbs 3:6in all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will make your paths straight.
- Isaiah 30:19O 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.
- Isaiah 43:2When 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.
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