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Genesis 35:1

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The Return to Bethel

35:1Then God said to Jacob, “Go up at once1 to Bethel2 and live there. Make an altar there to God, who appeared to you when you fled from your brother Esau.”3

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Heb “arise, go up.” The first imperative gives the command a sense of urgency.
  2. 2 For location see ; ; ; ; .
  3. 3 God is calling on Jacob to fulfill his vow he made when he fled from … Esau (see Gen 28:20–22).

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

God said to Jacob, “Arise, go up to Bethel and dwell there. Make an altar there to the God who appeared to you when you fled from your brother Esau.”

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Then God said to Jacob, “Go up to Bethel and settle there, and build an altar there to God, who appeared to you when you were fleeing from your brother Esau.”

CSBChristian Standard Bible

God said to Jacob, “Get up! Go to Bethel and settle there. Build an altar there to the God who appeared to you when you fled from your brother Esau.”

NLTNew Living Translation

Then God said to Jacob, “Get ready and move to Bethel and settle there. Build an altar there to the God who appeared to you when you fled from your brother, Esau.”

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

And God said to Jacob, “Arise, go up to Bethel and dwell there, and make an altar to the God who appeared to you when you fled from before Esau your brother.”

KJV 1900King James Version

And God said unto Jacob, Arise, go up to Beth-el, and dwell there: and make there an altar unto God, that appeared unto thee when thou fleddest from the face of Esau thy brother.