And he journeyed from place to place from the Negev as far as Bethel. He returned to the place where he had pitched his tent at the beginning, between Bethel and Ai.

so he imprisoned them in the house of the captain of the guard in the same facility where Joseph was confined.

So Rachel died and was buried on the way to Ephrath (that is, Bethlehem).

When Pharaoh’s officials saw her, they praised her to Pharaoh. So Abram’s wife was taken into the household of Pharaoh,

All the men of his household, whether born in his household or bought with money from a foreigner, were circumcised with him.

but you must go to the family of my father and to my relatives to find a wife for my son.’

He called that place Bethel, although the former name of the town was Luz.

and I return safely to my father’s home, then the Lord will become my God.

Jacob named the place where God spoke with him Bethel.

So they approached the man who was in charge of Joseph’s household and spoke to him at the entrance to the house.

He wept loudly; the Egyptians heard it and Pharaoh’s household heard about it.

Then Judah said to his daughter-in-law Tamar, “Live as a widow in your father’s house until Shelah my son grows up.” For he thought, “I don’t want him to die like his brothers.” So Tamar went and lived in her father’s house.

“Whose daughter are you?” he asked. “Tell me, is there room in your father’s house for us to spend the night?”

He was afraid and said, “What an awesome place this is! This is nothing else than the house of God! This is the gate of heaven!”

Then this stone that I have set up as a sacred stone will be the house of God, and I will surely give you back a tenth of everything you give me.”

But Jacob traveled to Succoth where he built himself a house and made shelters for his livestock. That is why the place was called Succoth.

The young man did not delay in doing what they asked because he wanted Jacob’s daughter Dinah badly. (Now he was more important than anyone in his father’s household.)

Let us go up at once to Bethel. Then I will make an altar there to God, who responded to me in my time of distress and has been with me wherever I went.”

Jacob and all those who were with him arrived at Luz (that is, Bethel) in the land of Canaan.

He built an altar there and named the place El Bethel because there God had revealed himself to him when he was fleeing from his brother.