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Jacob in the Presence of God

… For when he got to the place he would later name Bethel, he settled down to spend the night and, while asleep, … other five points together—Jacob received his endowment at Bethel on the occasion of his first vision. President Marion … associate with the Lord. . . . Temples are to us all what Bethel was to Jacob. Even more, they are also the gates to …

Temples in the Near East and Israel

… in the Promised Land, God appeared to him at Shechem, Bethel, and Mamre and reconfirmed the covenant. At those … build an altar (Genesis 26:2–5, 23–26), and with Jacob at Bethel (28:10–22) and Peniel, where he changed his name to … visions occurred when Jacob, on a journey, stopped at Bethel for the night. He had a dream in which he saw a ladder …

The Wanderings of Abraham

… “removed from thence unto a mountain on the east of Bethel, and pitched [his] tent there, Bethel on the west, and Hai on the east” (Abraham 2:20; Genesis 12:8). In the Middle Bronze II B-C period, Bethel was a fortified city, [62] with walls built of large …

Israel's Divided Monarchy, Part 1 (930-841 BCE)

… I’s national shrines, with their calves, at Dan and Bethel (12:28–29). Since none of the northern kings ever … between the kingdoms of Israel and Judah was between Bethel and Jerusalem. In the first century of the divided … priesthood, and new national religious shrines at Dan and Bethel, complete with a golden calf in each (12:28–29). The …

Chapter 42 (1896—continued)

… Jerusalem. At 2:00 p. m. we arrived at Betin, the ancient Bethel. From the rocky ridge immediately north of this place, … or Nablous. If Betin is really identical with the ancient Bethel the place has a long history. It was originally called … after this, in the distribution of the land under Joshua, Bethel became the portion of Benjamin on the boundaries of …

Cutting Covenants

… by identifying parallels with Jacob’s later experience at Bethel and ancient Israel’s Tabernacle-Temple. First, at Bethel we understand that Jacob had a dream wherein he saw a … Saints understand modern Temples to be “all what Bethel was to Jacob.” [40] Clearly Jacob’s experience at …

The Ancestors of Israel and the Environment of Canaan in the Early Second Millennium BC

… in Canaan via Shechem (spelled Sichem in Genesis 12:6) and Bethel likely using a route that followed the ridges of the … experiences with the divine away from such urban centers. Bethel The site of Bethel is mentioned once in connection with Abraham in which …

The Use of the Old Testament in the New Testament Gospels

… “The allusion in Jesus’ pronouncement to Jacob’s dream at Bethel (Gen 28:12) is neither as direct nor as unmistakable … of God as his ancestor did. As Jacob’s ladder, he is also Bethel, God’s house, an image that naturally connects with … that given at previous occasions. . . . Jesus is the ‘new Bethel,’ the place where God is revealed, where heaven and …

Ominous Onomastics

… more be remembered by their name” (Hosea 2:16–17). Amos, Bethel, and the Exile of Gilgal Like Hosea’s, Amos’s … names into symbols is his prophecy regarding Gilgal and Bethel: “But seek not Beth-el, nor enter into Gilgal [ …

Prophets and Prophecy in the Book of Mormon

… Kingdom of Israel. He does so at the national shrine in Bethel. The priest of that shrine, Amaziah, tells him to go … s?,” 208–9. See also Ziony Zevit, “A Misunderstanding at Bethel, Amos VII 12–17,” Vetus Testamentum 25, no. 4 (1975), … cultural and religious history in order to prophesy at Bethel. [20] Eldad and Medad are obliquely referenced as …