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Genesis 46:1

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And Israel took his journey with all that he had, and came to Beer-sheba, and offered sacrifices unto the God of his father Isaac.

2 And God spake unto Israel in the visions of the night, and said, Jacob, Jacob. And he said, Here am I.

3 And he said, I am God, the God of thy father: fear not to go down into Egypt; for I will there make of thee a great nation:

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BSB
So Israel set out with all that he had, and when he came to Beersheba, he offered sacrifices to the God of his father Isaac.
KJV
And Israel took his journey with all that he had, and came to Beer-sheba, and offered sacrifices unto the God of his father Isaac.
WEB
Israel traveled with all that he had, and came to Beersheba, and offered sacrifices to the God of his father, Isaac.
ASV
And Israel took his journey with all that he had, and came to Beer-sheba, and offered sacrifices unto the God of his father Isaac.
DARBY
And Israel took his journey with all that he had, and came to Beer-sheba; and he offered sacrifices to the God of his father Isaac.
BLB
And Israel journeyed, and all that [was] his, and he came to Beersheba and he sacrificed sacrifices to the God of his father Isaac.
ÅB
Og Israel brøt opp med alt det han hadde, og da han kom til Be'erseba, ofret han slaktoffer til sin far Isaks Gud.
OTB
Så Israel dro av sted med alt han eide, og da han kom til Beersheba, ofret han slaktoffer til sin far Isaks Gud.
B1930
Og Israel brøt op med alt det han hadde, og da han kom til Be'erseba, ofret han slaktoffer til sin far Isaks Gud.

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  • Genesis 31:42

    Except the God of my father, the God of Abraham, and the fear of Isaac, had been with me, surely thou hadst sent me away now empty. God hath seen mine affliction and the labour of my hands, and rebuked thee yesternight.

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  • Genesis 28:10

    And Jacob went out from Beer-sheba, and went toward Haran.

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  • Genesis 21:33

    And Abraham planted a grove in Beer-sheba, and called there on the name of the LORD, the everlasting God.

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  • Genesis 28:13

    And, behold, the LORD stood above it, and said, I am the LORD God of Abraham thy father, and the God of Isaac: the land whereon thou liest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed;

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  • Genesis 26:22–25

    And he removed from thence, and digged another well; and for that they strove not: and he called the name of it Rehoboth; and he said, For now the LORD hath made room for us, and we shall be fruitful in the land.

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  • Genesis 21:31

    Wherefore he called that place Beer-sheba; because there they sware both of them.

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  • Genesis 21:14

    And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and took bread, and a bottle of water, and gave it unto Hagar, putting it on her shoulder, and the child, and sent her away: and she departed, and wandered in the wilderness of Beer-sheba.

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  • 1 Samuel 3:20

    And all Israel from Dan even to Beer-sheba knew that Samuel was established to be a prophet of the LORD.

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