Self-interpreting Bible

1 AND God ^asaid unto Jacob, Arise, go up ^bto 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.

• a: Ps. 91:15 , Ps. 46:1 , Ge. 31:3 , Ge. 31:13 , Ge. 22:14 , De. 32:36
• b: Ge. 28:10 - 20 , Ge. 31:13 , Ge. 27:43

2 Then Jacob said unto his household, and to all that were with him, ^cPut away the ^*strange gods that are among you, and ^dbe clean, and change your garments:

• c: Ex. 20:3 , Ex. 20:4 , Ge. 31:19 , Jos. 24:2 , Jos. 24:15 , Jos. 24:23 , Ju. 10:16 , 1Sa. 7:3 , 2Co. 6:15 , 2Co. 6:16 , 1Jn. 5:21 , Ac. 14:15 , 1Co. 10:7
• *: strange-foreign.
• d: Ex. 19:10 , Ex. 19:14 , vs. 23 , Ps. 51:2 , Ps. 51:7 , Eze. 36:25 , Ec. 5:1 , 2Co. 7:1 , He. 10:22

3 And let us arise, and go up to Beth-el; and I will make there an altar unto God, ^ewho answered me in the day of my distress, and was with me in the way which I went.

• e: Ge. 28:12 , Ge. 28:13 , Ge. 28:20 , Ge. 32:7 , Ge. 32:24 , Is. 30:19 , Ps. 91:15 , Ps. 46:1 , Ps. 103:1 - 5

4 And they gave unto Jacob ^fall the ^*strange gods which were in their hand, and all their earrings which were in their ears; and Jacob ^ghid them under the oak which was by Shechem.

• f: Ho. 2:13 , Ex. 32:3 , Ex. 32:4 , De. 7:5 , De. 7:25 , Ju. 8:24 , Ju. 8:27 , Ge. 24:22
• *: strange-foreign.
• g: Ex. 32:20 , Jos. 24:26 , Ju. 9:6

5 And they journeyed: and ^hthe terror of God was upon the cities that were round about them, and they did not pursue after the sons of Jacob.

• h: Ex. 15:16 , Ex. 23:27 , De. 11:25 , Jos. 2:9 , Jos. 2:11 , 1Sa. 11:7 , 2Ch. 14:14 , 2Ch. 17:10 , Ge. 34:30

6 ¶So Jacob came to ⁱLuz, which is in the land of Canaan, that is, Beth-el, he and all the people that were with him.

• i: Ge. 12:8 , Ge. 28:19 , Ge. 28:22

7 And ^jhe built there an altar, and called ^kthe place ¹El-beth-el: because there God appeared unto him, when he fled from the face of his brother.

• j: Ge. 28:22 , Ec. 5:4 , Ec. 5:5
• k: Ge. 28:19 , Ge. 28:22 , Ex. 17:15 , Ju. 6:24 , Eze. 48:35
• 1: That is, The God of Beth-el.

8 But ^lDeborah Rebekah's nurse died, and she was buried beneath Beth-el ^munder an oak: and the name of it was called ²Allon-bachuth.

• l: Ge. 24:59
• m: 1Sa. 31:13 , Jos. 24:33 , Ge. 35:4
• 2: That is, The oak of weeping, Ju. 2.5. , Ju. 2:5

9 ¶And God ⁿappeared unto Jacob again, when he came out of Padan-aram, and blessed him.

• n: Ge. 28:13 , Ge. 31:3 , Ge. 31:11 , Ge. 32:1 , Ge. 32:24 , Ge. 35:1

10 And God said unto him, Thy ^oname is Jacob: thy name shall not be called any more Jacob, but Israel shall be thy name: and he called his name Israel.

• o: Ge. 17:5 , Ge. 17:15 , Ge. 32:28 , 2Ki. 17:34

11 And God said unto him, ^pI am God Almighty: be fruitful and multiply; a nation and a company of nations shall be of thee, and kings shall come out of thy loins;

• p: Ge. 17:1 , Ge. 18:14 , Ge. 28:3 , Ge. 28:4 , Ge. 28:14 , Ge. 8:3 , Ge. 8:4 , Ge. 17:5 , Ge. 17:6 , Ge. 17:16 , Ge. 13:16 , Ge. 15:5 , Ge. 18:18 , Ge. 22:17 , Ge. 26:4 , Ge. 32:12 , Ge. 46:3 , Ge. 48:4 , Ex. 1:7 , Numbers 1 , Numbers 26

12 And ^qthe land which I gave Abraham and Isaac, to thee I will give it, and to thy seed after thee will I give the land.

• q: Ge. 12:7 , Ge. 13:15 , Ge. 13:17 , Ge. 15:18 , Ge. 17:8 , Ge. 26:3 , Ge. 28:4 , Ge. 28:13 , Ge. 48:4 , Ex. 3:8 , Joshua 6 , Nehemiah 13

13 And ^rGod went up from him in the place where he talked with him.

• r: Ge. 17:22 , Ge. 11:5 , Ju. 13:20 , Ju. 6:21 , Lu. 24:31

14 And Jacob ^sset up a pillar in the place where he talked with him, even a pillar of stone: and he poured a ^tdrink offering thereon, and he poured oil thereon.

• s: Ge. 28:18 , Ge. 28:19 , Ge. 31:45 , Ex. 17:15 , 1Sa. 7:12
• t: Nu. 28:7

15 And Jacob called the name of the place where God spake with him, ^uBeth-el.

• u: Ge. 28:19

16 ¶And they journeyed from Beth-el; and there was but ³a little way to come to ^vEphrath: and Rachel travailed, and she had ^whard labour.

• 3: Heb. a little piece of ground.
• v: 1Ch. 2:19 , Ps. 132:6 , Mi. 5:2 , Mat. 2:1 , Mat. 2:16 , Mat. 2:18
• w: Ge. 3:16 , 1Ti. 2:15

17 And it came to pass, when she was in hard labour, that the midwife said unto her, Fear not; thou ^xshalt have this son also.

• x: Ge. 30:24 , 1Sa. 4:20

18 And it came to pass, as her soul ^ywas in departing, (for she died) that she called his name ⁴Ben-oni: but his father called him ⁵Benjamin.

• y: Ge. 30:1 , 1Sa. 4:20 , 1Sa. 4:21
• 4: That is, The son of my sorrow.
• 5: That is, The son of the right hand, very dear, Ps. 80.17. , Ps. 80:17

19 And ^zRachel died, and was buried in the way to ^aEphrath, which is Beth-lehem.

• z: Ge. 48:7
• a: Jos. 19:15 , Mat. 2:1 , Mat. 2:18 , Ru. 1:2 , Mi. 5:2

20 And Jacob ^bset a pillar upon her grave: that is the pillar of Rachel's grave unto this day.

• b: 1Sa. 10:2 , 2Sa. 18:17 , 2Sa. 18:18

21 ¶And Israel journeyed, and spread his tent beyond ^cthe tower of Edar.

• c: Mi. 4:8

22 And it came to pass, when Israel dwelt in that land, that Reuben went and ^dlay with Bilhah his father's concubine: and Israel heard it. Now ^ethe sons of Jacob were twelve:

• d: Ge. 49:4 , 1Ch. 5:1 , Ge. 30:4 , 2Sa. 16:22 , 1Co. 5:1
• e: Ge. 29:31 - 35 , Ge. 30:5 - 24 , Ge. 35:18 , Ge. 46:8 - 27 , Ge. 49:1 - 28 , Ex. 1:1 - 5 , Ex. 6:14 - 16 , Numbers 1 , Numbers 2 , Numbers 10 , Numbers 26 , Deuteronomy 33 , Joshua 13 - 21 , 1Ch. 2:1 , 1Ch. 2:2 , 1Ch. 27:16 - 22 , 1Ch. 12:23 - 40 , Eze. 48:1 - 28 , Re. 7:4 - 8

23 The sons of Leah; ^fReuben, Jacob's firstborn, and Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Zebulun:

• f: Ge. 46:8 - 27 , Ex. 1:2 - 4

24 The sons of Rachel; Joseph, and Benjamin:

25 And the sons of Bilhah, Rachel's handmaid; Dan, and Naphtali:

26 And the sons of Zilpah, Leah's handmaid; Gad, and Asher: these are the sons of Jacob, which were born to him ^gin Padan-aram.

• g: Ge. 35:18 , Ge. 25:20 , Ge. 28:2 , Ge. 31:18

27 ¶And Jacob came unto Isaac his father unto ^hMamre, unto the city of Arbah, which is Hebron, where Abraham and ⁱIsaac sojourned.

• h: Ge. 13:18 , Ge. 14:13 , Ge. 18:1 , Ge. 23:2 , Ge. 23:19 , Jos. 14:12 - 15 , Jos. 21:11 , 2Sa. 2:1 , 2Sa. 2:3 , 2Sa. 2:11 , 2Sa. 5:1 , 2Sa. 5:3 , 2Sa. 5:5
• i: Ge. 28:10

28 And the days of Isaac were an hundred and fourscore years.

29 And ^jIsaac gave up the ghost, and died, and ^kwas gathered unto his people, being old and full of days: and his sons Esau and Jacob ^lburied him.

• j: Ge. 27:1 , Ge. 25:7 , Ge. 25:8 , Ge. 3:19 , Ec. 12:5 , Ec. 12:7 , Job 5:26
• k: Ge. 25:8 , Ge. 15:15
• l: Ge. 23:19 , Ge. 23:20 , Ge. 25:9 , Ge. 49:31