Objects
altar
Altars mark patriarchal worship, from Abram's early journeys to Isaac's altar at Beersheba, Jacob's altar at Shechem, and the altar El-Bethel Jacob builds on his return to Bethel in Genesis 35.
Category
Objects
First mention
Genesis 12:7
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2
Scripture references
- Genesis 12:7
And there, Abram built an altar to Yahweh who had appeared to him.
- Genesis 12:8
There he built an altar to Yahweh and invoked the name of Yahweh.
- Genesis 13:4
at the place where he had formerly erected the altar. There Abram invoked the name of Yahweh.
- Genesis 13:18
So Abram moved his tent and went to settle at the Oak of Mamre, at Hebron, and there he built an altar to Yahweh.
- Genesis 22:9
Abraham built an altar there, and arranged the wood.
- Genesis 26:25
There he built an altar and invoked the name of Yahweh.
- Genesis 33:20
There he erected an altar which he called 'El, God of Israel'.
- Genesis 35:1
God said to Jacob, 'Move on, go to Bethel and settle there. Make an altar there for the God who appeared to you when you were fleeing from your brother Esau.'
- Genesis 35:3
There I shall make an altar for the God who heard me when I was in distress, and gave me his help on the journey I made.
- Genesis 35:7
he built an altar there and named the place El-Bethel, since it was there that God had appeared to him when he was fleeing from his brother.