Jacob said to Joseph, “God Almighty appeared to me at Luz in the land of Canaan, and blessed me,
Parallel translations
- KJV And Jacob said unto Joseph, God Almighty appeared unto me at Luz in the land of Canaan, and blessed me,
- BSB Jacob said to Joseph, “God Almighty appeared to me at Luz in the land of Canaan, and there He blessed me
- ESV And Jacob said to Joseph, “God Almighty appeared to me at Luz in the land of Canaan and blessed me,
- NKJV Then Jacob said to Joseph: “God Almighty appeared to me at Luz in the land of Canaan and blessed me,
- NASB Then Jacob said to Joseph, “God Almighty appeared to me at Luz in the land of Canaan and blessed me,
- NLT Jacob said to Joseph, “God Almighty appeared to me at Luz in the land of Canaan and blessed me.
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Cross-references & the web
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- Gen 35:9–12God appeared to Jacob again, when he came from Paddan Aram, and blessed him.
- Exod 6:3and I appeared to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, as God Almighty; but by my name Yahweh I was not known to them.
- Gen 28:3May God Almighty bless you, and make you fruitful, and multiply you, that you may be a company of peoples,
- Gen 17:1When Abram was ninety-nine years old, Yahweh appeared to Abram and said to him, “I am God Almighty. Walk before me, and be blameless.
- Gen 28:12–19He dreamed. Behold, a stairway set upon the earth, and its top reached to heaven. Behold, the angels of God ascending and descending on it.
- Hos 12:4Indeed, he struggled with the angel, and prevailed; he wept, and made supplication to him. He found him at Bethel, and there he spoke with us,
- Rev 21:11having the glory of God. Her light was like a most precious stone, as if it were a jasper stone, clear as crystal;
- Gen 35:6–7So Jacob came to Luz (that is, Bethel), which is in the land of Canaan, he and all the people who were with him.
- Judg 1:23The house of Joseph sent to spy out Bethel. (The name of the city before that was Luz.)
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