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Berean Standard Bible

“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.””

Genesis 35:3

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Jacob has just seen his sons commit violence at Shechem, and he fears the surrounding peoples. God tells him to go to Bethel, the place where Jacob met him decades earlier while fleeing his brother Esau.

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Berean Standard Bible (BSB)

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.”

World English Bible (WEB)

Let us arise, and go up to Bethel. I will make there an altar to God, who answered me in the day of my distress, and was with me on the way which I went.”

King James Version (KJV)

And let us arise, and go up to Bethel; 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 (ASV)

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.

Bible in Basic English (BBE)

And let us go up to Beth-el: and there I will make an altar to God, who gave me an answer in the day of my trouble, and was with me wherever I went.

Young's Literal Translation (YLT)

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Reina-Valera 1909 (RVR 1909)

Y levantémonos, y subamos á Beth-el; y haré allí altar al Dios que me respondió en el día de mi angustia, y ha sido conmigo en el camino que he andado.

Sagradas Escrituras 1569 (SE 1569)

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Nueva Biblia Viva (NBV)

Además les dijo: «Nos vamos a Betel. Allí voy a construir un altar al Dios que respondió a mis oraciones en el día en que estaba angustiado, y me acompañó en todo el viaje».

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