35Then God said to Jacob, “Go up to Bethel^o and settle there, and build an altar^p there to God,^q who appeared to you^r when you were fleeing from your brother Esau.”^s

²So Jacob said to his household^t and to all who were with him, “Get rid of the foreign gods^u you have with you, and purify yourselves and change your clothes.^v ³Then come, let us go up to Bethel, where I will build an altar to God,^w who answered me in the day of my distress^x and who has been with me wherever I have gone.^y”

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Genesis 35:3: Then let us arise and go up to Bethel, so that I may make there an altar to the God who answers me in the day of my distress and has been with me wherever I have gone…

Cross references

oSee Ge 12:8
pSee Ge 4:26; 8:20
qver 3
rSee Ge 12:7
sver 7; Ge 27:43
t Ge 18:19; Jos 24:15
uSee Ge 31:19; See Jos 24:14
v Ex 19:10, 14; Nu 8:7, 21; 19:19
wver 1
xSee Ge 32:7; See Jdg 2:15
ySee Ge 26:3

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.” So Jacob said to his household and to all who were with him, “Put away the foreign gods that are among you and purify yourselves and change your garments. Then let us arise and go up to Bethel, so that I may make there an altar to the God who answers me in the day of my distress and has been with me wherever I have gone.”

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.”

So Jacob said to his family and all who were with him, “Get rid of the foreign gods that are among you. Purify yourselves and change your clothes. We must get up and go to Bethel. I will build an altar there to the God who answered me in my day of distress. He has been with me everywhere I have gone.”

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.”

So Jacob told everyone in his household, “Get rid of all your pagan idols, purify yourselves, and put on clean clothing. We are now going to Bethel, where I will build an altar to the God who answered my prayers when I was in distress. He has been with me wherever I have gone.”

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.” Then Jacob said to his household and to all who were with him, “Get rid of the foreign gods that are in your midst and purify yourselves and change your garments. Then let us make ready and let us go up to Bethel, so that I can make an altar there to the God who answered me in the day of my trouble, and who has been with me on the way that I have gone.”

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. Then Jacob said unto his household, and to all that were with him, Put away the strange gods that are among you, and be clean, and change your garments: 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.

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