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

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  1. Genesis 28:13 Or beside him

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

19 He called the name of that place (A)Bethel,[a] but the name of the city was Luz at the first.

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  1. Genesis 28:19 Bethel means the house of God

19 He called that place Bethel,[a](A) though the city used to be called Luz.(B)

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  1. Genesis 28:19 Bethel means house of God.

And Jacob came to (A)Luz (that is, Bethel), which is in the land of Canaan, he and all the people who were with him,

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Jacob and all the people with him came to Luz(A) (that is, Bethel) in the land of Canaan.(B)

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God appeared[a] to Jacob again, when he came from Paddan-aram, and blessed him.

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  1. Genesis 35:9 Or had appeared

After Jacob returned from Paddan Aram,[a](A) God appeared to him again and blessed him.(B)

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  1. Genesis 35:9 That is, Northwest Mesopotamia; also in verse 26