Jacob’s Journey to Egypt(A)

46 So Israel took his journey with all that he had, and came to (B)Beersheba, and offered sacrifices (C)to the God of his father Isaac.

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Jacob Goes to Egypt

46 So Israel(A) set out with all that was his, and when he reached Beersheba,(B) he offered sacrifices(C) to the God of his father Isaac.(D)

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42 (A)Unless the God of my father, the God of Abraham and (B)the Fear of Isaac, had been with me, surely now you would have sent me away empty-handed. (C)God has seen my affliction and the labor of my hands, and (D)rebuked you last night.”

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42 If the God of my father,(A) the God of Abraham(B) and the Fear of Isaac,(C) had not been with me,(D) you would surely have sent me away empty-handed. But God has seen my hardship and the toil of my hands,(E) and last night he rebuked you.(F)

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13 (A)And behold, the Lord stood above it and said: (B)“I am the Lord God of Abraham your father and the God of Isaac; (C)the land on which you lie I will give to you and your descendants.

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13 There above it[a] stood the Lord,(A) and he said: “I am the Lord, the God of your father Abraham and the God of Isaac.(B) I will give you and your descendants the land(C) on which you are lying.(D)

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  1. Genesis 28:13 Or There beside him

Jacob’s Vow at Bethel

10 Now Jacob (A)went out from Beersheba and went toward (B)Haran.

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Jacob’s Dream at Bethel

10 Jacob left Beersheba(A) and set out for Harran.(B)

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22 And he moved from there and dug another well, and they did not quarrel over it. So he called its name [a]Rehoboth, because he said, “For now the Lord has made room for us, and we shall (A)be fruitful in the land.”

23 Then he went up from there to Beersheba. 24 And the Lord (B)appeared to him the same night and said, (C)“I am the God of your father Abraham; (D)do not fear, for (E)I am with you. I will bless you and multiply your descendants for My servant Abraham’s sake.” 25 So he (F)built an altar there and (G)called on the name of the Lord, and he pitched his tent there; and there Isaac’s servants dug a well.

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  1. Genesis 26:22 Lit. Spaciousness

22 He moved on from there and dug another well, and no one quarreled over it. He named it Rehoboth,[a](A) saying, “Now the Lord has given us room(B) and we will flourish(C) in the land.”

23 From there he went up to Beersheba.(D) 24 That night the Lord appeared to him and said, “I am the God of your father Abraham.(E) Do not be afraid,(F) for I am with you;(G) I will bless you and will increase the number of your descendants(H) for the sake of my servant Abraham.”(I)

25 Isaac built an altar(J) there and called on the name of the Lord.(K) There he pitched his tent, and there his servants dug a well.(L)

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  1. Genesis 26:22 Rehoboth means room.

33 Then Abraham planted a tamarisk tree in Beersheba, and (A)there called on the name of the Lord, (B)the Everlasting God.

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33 Abraham planted a tamarisk tree(A) in Beersheba, and there he called on the name of the Lord,(B) the Eternal God.(C)

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31 Therefore he (A)called that place [a]Beersheba, because the two of them swore an oath there.

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  1. Genesis 21:31 Lit. Well of the Oath or Well of the Seven

31 So that place was called Beersheba,[a](A) because the two men swore an oath(B) there.

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  1. Genesis 21:31 Beersheba can mean well of seven and well of the oath.

14 So Abraham rose early in the morning, and took bread and [a]a skin of water; and putting it on her shoulder, he gave it and the boy to Hagar, and (A)sent her away. Then she departed and wandered in the Wilderness of Beersheba.

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  1. Genesis 21:14 A water bottle made of skins

14 Early the next morning Abraham took some food and a skin of water and gave them to Hagar.(A) He set them on her shoulders and then sent her off with the boy. She went on her way and wandered in the Desert of Beersheba.(B)

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Now therefore, take for yourselves (A)seven bulls and seven rams, (B)go to My servant Job, and offer up for yourselves a burnt offering; and My servant Job shall (C)pray for you. For I will accept [a]him, lest I deal with you according to your folly; because you have not spoken of Me what is right, as My servant Job has.

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  1. Job 42:8 Lit. his face

So now take seven bulls and seven rams(A) and go to my servant Job(B) and sacrifice a burnt offering(C) for yourselves. My servant Job will pray for you, and I will accept his prayer(D) and not deal with you according to your folly.(E) You have not spoken the truth about me, as my servant Job has.”(F)

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So it was, when the days of feasting had run their course, that Job would send and [a]sanctify them, and he would rise early in the morning (A)and offer burnt offerings according to the number of them all. For Job said, “It may be that my sons have sinned and (B)cursed[b] God in their hearts.” Thus Job did regularly.

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  1. Job 1:5 consecrate
  2. Job 1:5 Lit. blessed, but in an evil sense; cf. Job 1:11; 2:5, 9

When a period of feasting had run its course, Job would make arrangements for them to be purified.(A) Early in the morning he would sacrifice a burnt offering(B) for each of them, thinking, “Perhaps my children have sinned(C) and cursed God(D) in their hearts.” This was Job’s regular custom.

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20 And all Israel (A)from Dan to Beersheba knew that Samuel had been [a]established as a prophet of the Lord.

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  1. 1 Samuel 3:20 confirmed

20 And all Israel from Dan to Beersheba(A) recognized that Samuel was attested as a prophet of the Lord.(B)

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And he (A)built an altar there and called the place [a]El Bethel, because (B)there God appeared to him when he fled from the face of his brother.

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  1. Genesis 35:7 Lit. God of the House of God

There he built an altar,(A) and he called the place El Bethel,[a](B) because it was there that God revealed himself to him(C) when he was fleeing from his brother.(D)

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  1. Genesis 35:7 El Bethel means God of Bethel.

Then let us arise and go up to Bethel; and I will make an altar there to God, (A)who answered me in the day of my distress (B)and has been with me in the way which I have gone.”

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Then come, let us go up to Bethel, where I will build an altar to God,(A) who answered me in the day of my distress(B) and who has been with me wherever I have gone.(C)

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