Genesis 12:8

American Standard Version (1901)

And he removed from thence unto the mountain on the east of Beth-el, and pitched his tent, having Beth-el on the west, and Ai on the east: and there he builded an altar unto Jehovah, and called upon the name of Jehovah.

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Referenced Verses

  • Neh 11:31 : 31 The children of Benjamin also [dwelt] from Geba [onward], at Michmash and Aija, and at Beth-el and the towns thereof,
  • Gen 4:26 : 26 And to Seth, to him also there was born a son; and he called his name Enosh. Then began men to call upon the name of Jehovah.
  • Gen 21:33 : 33 And [Abraham] planted a tamarisk tree in Beer-sheba, and called there on the name of Jehovah, the Everlasting God.
  • Gen 28:19 : 19 And he called the name of that place Beth-el: but the name of the city was Luz at the first.
  • Gen 35:3 : 3 and let us arise, and go up to Beth-el; and I will make there an altar unto God, who answered me in the day of my distress, and was with me in the way which I went.
  • Gen 35:15-16 : 15 And Jacob called the name of the place where God spake with him, Beth-el. 16 And they journeyed from Beth-el; and there was still some distance to come to Ephrath: and Rachel travailed, and she had hard labor.
  • Josh 7:2 : 2 And Joshua sent men from Jericho to Ai, which is beside Beth-aven, on the east side of Beth-el, and spake unto them, saying, Go up and spy out the land. And the men went up and spied out Ai.
  • Josh 8:3 : 3 So Joshua arose, and all the people of war, to go up to Ai: and Joshua chose out thirty thousand men, the mighty men of valor, and sent them forth by night.
  • Josh 8:17 : 17 And there was not a man left in Ai or Beth-el, that went not out after Israel: and they left the city open, and pursued after Israel.
  • Josh 18:22 : 22 and Beth-arabah, and Zemaraim, and Beth-el,
  • Gen 13:4 : 4 unto the place of the altar, which he had made there at the first: and there Abram called on the name of Jehovah.
  • Ps 116:4 : 4 Then called I upon the name of Jehovah: O Jehovah, I beseech thee, deliver my soul.
  • Isa 10:28 : 28 He is come to Aiath, he is passed through Migron; at Michmash he layeth up his baggage;
  • Joel 2:32 : 32 And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of Jehovah shall be delivered; for in mount Zion and in Jerusalem there shall be those that escape, as Jehovah hath said, and among the remnant those whom Jehovah doth call.
  • Acts 2:21 : 21 And it shall be, that whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be saved.
  • Rom 10:12-14 : 12 For there is no distinction between Jew and Greek: for the same [Lord] is Lord of all, and is rich unto all that call upon him: 13 for, Whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved. 14 How then shall they call on him in whom they have not believed? and how shall they believe in him whom they have not heard? and how shall they hear without a preacher?
  • 1 Cor 1:2 : 2 unto the church of God which is at Corinth, [even] them that are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called [to be] saints, with all that call upon the name of our Lord Jesus Christ in every place, their [Lord] and ours:

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • Gen 13:18
    83%

    18And Abram moved his tent, and came and dwelt by the oaks of Mamre, which are in Hebron, and built there an altar unto Jehovah.

  • Gen 13:3-4
    2 verses
    82%

    3And he went on his journeys from the South even to Beth-el, unto the place where his tent had been at the beginning, between Beth-el and Ai,

    4unto the place of the altar, which he had made there at the first: and there Abram called on the name of Jehovah.

  • Gen 12:6-7
    2 verses
    82%

    6And Abram passed through the land unto the place of Shechem, unto the oak of Moreh. And the Canaanite was then in the land.

    7And Jehovah appeared unto Abram, and said, Unto thy seed will I give this land: and there builded he an altar unto Jehovah, who appeared unto him.

  • Gen 35:6-7
    2 verses
    80%

    6So Jacob came to Luz, which is in the land of Canaan (the same is Beth-el), he and all the people that were with him.

    7And he built there an altar, and called the place El-beth-el; because there God was revealed unto him, when he fled from the face of his brother.

  • Gen 26:25
    79%

    25And he builded an altar there, and called upon the name of Jehovah, and pitched his tent there: and there Isaac's servants digged a well.

  • Gen 33:20
    78%

    20And he erected there an altar, and called it El-Elohe-Israel.

  • Gen 35:1
    76%

    1And God said unto Jacob, Arise, go up to Beth-el, and dwell there: and make there an altar unto God, who appeared unto thee when thou fleddest from the face of Esau thy brother.

  • Gen 35:13-15
    3 verses
    74%

    13And God went up from him in the place where he spake with him.

    14And Jacob set up a pillar in the place where he spake with him, a pillar of stone: and he poured out a drink-offering thereon, and poured oil thereon.

    15And Jacob called the name of the place where God spake with him, Beth-el.

  • Gen 35:3
    74%

    3and let us arise, and go up to Beth-el; and I will make there an altar unto God, who answered me in the day of my distress, and was with me in the way which I went.

  • Gen 31:13
    73%

    13I am the God of Beth-el, where thou anointedst a pillar, where thou vowedst a vow unto me: now arise, get thee out from this land, and return unto the land of thy nativity.

  • Gen 12:1
    73%

    1Now Jehovah said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father's house, unto the land that I will show thee:

  • Gen 28:18-19
    2 verses
    73%

    18And Jacob rose up early in the morning, and took the stone that he had put under his head, and set it up for a pillar, and poured oil upon the top of it.

    19And he called the name of that place Beth-el: but the name of the city was Luz at the first.

  • Josh 8:30
    73%

    30Then Joshua built an altar unto Jehovah, the God of Israel, in mount Ebal,

  • Gen 12:9
    72%

    9And Abram journeyed, going on still toward the South.

  • Gen 22:9
    72%

    9And they came to the place which God had told him of; and Abraham built the altar there, and laid the wood in order, and bound Isaac his son, and laid him on the altar, upon the wood.

  • Gen 22:14-15
    2 verses
    71%

    14And Abraham called the name of that place Jehovah-jireh: as it is said to this day, In the mount of Jehovah it shall be provided.

    15And the angel of Jehovah called unto Abraham a second time out of heaven,

  • Gen 28:11-13
    3 verses
    71%

    11And he lighted upon a certain place, and tarried there all night, because the sun was set; and he took one of the stones of the place, and put it under his head, and lay down in that place to sleep.

    12And he dreamed; and behold, a ladder set up on the earth, and the top of it reached to heaven; and, behold, the angels of God ascending and descending on it.

    13And, behold, Jehovah stood above it, and said, I am Jehovah, the God of Abraham thy father, and the God of Isaac: the land whereon thou liest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed;

  • Gen 13:12
    71%

    12Abram dwelt in the land of Canaan, and Lot dwelt in the cities of the Plain, and moved his tent as far as Sodom.

  • Gen 26:23
    71%

    23And he went up from thence to Beer-sheba.

  • 1 Kgs 12:29
    71%

    29And he set the one in Beth-el, and the other put he in Dan.

  • Gen 19:27
    70%

    27And Abraham gat up early in the morning to the place where he had stood before Jehovah:

  • 1 Kgs 18:32
    70%

    32And with the stones he built an altar in the name of Jehovah; and he made a trench about the altar, as great as would contain two measures of seed.

  • Gen 22:11
    70%

    11And the angel of Jehovah called unto him out of heaven, and said, Abraham, Abraham: and he said, Here I am.

  • Gen 13:14
    70%

    14And Jehovah said unto Abram, after that Lot was separated from him, Lift up now thine eyes, and look from the place where thou art, northward and southward and eastward and westward:

  • Gen 21:33
    70%

    33And [Abraham] planted a tamarisk tree in Beer-sheba, and called there on the name of Jehovah, the Everlasting God.

  • Exod 20:24
    70%

    24An altar of earth thou shalt make unto me, and shalt sacrifice thereon thy burnt-offerings, and thy peace-offerings, thy sheep, and thine oxen: in every place where I record my name I will come unto thee and I will bless thee.

  • Gen 18:1
    69%

    1And Jehovah appeared unto him by the oaks of Mamre, as he sat in the tent door in the heat of the day;

  • Gen 26:17
    69%

    17And Isaac departed thence, and encamped in the valley of Gerar, and dwelt there.