Genesis 12:8

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And moving on from there to the mountain on the east of Beth-el, he put up his tent, having Beth-el on the west and Ai on the east: and there he made an altar and gave worship to the name of the Lord.

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  • Neh 11:31 : 31 And the children of Benjamin were living from Geba, at Michmash and Aija, and at Beth-el and its daughter-towns,
  • Gen 4:26 : 26 And Seth had a son, and he gave him the name of Enosh: at this time men first made use of the name of the Lord in worship.
  • Gen 21:33 : 33 And Abraham, after planting a holy tree in Beer-sheba, gave worship to the name of the Lord, the Eternal God.
  • Gen 28:19 : 19 And he gave that place the name of Beth-el, but before that time the town was named Luz.
  • Gen 35:3 : 3 And let us go up to Beth-el: and there I will make an altar to God, who gave me an answer in the day of my trouble, and was with me wherever I went.
  • Gen 35:15-16 : 15 And he gave to the place where God had been talking with him, the name of Beth-el. 16 So they went on from Beth-el; and while they were still some distance from Ephrath, the pains of birth came on Rachel and she had a hard time.
  • Josh 7:2 : 2 Now Joshua sent men from Jericho to Ai, which is by the side of Beth-aven, on the east side of Beth-el, and said to them, Go up and make a search through the land. And the men went up and saw how Ai was placed.
  • Josh 8:3 : 3 So Joshua and the fighting-men got ready to go up against Ai; and Joshua took thirty thousand men of war, and sent them out by night.
  • Josh 8:17 : 17 There was not a man in Ai and Beth-el who did not go out after Israel; and the town was open and unwatched while they went after Israel.
  • Josh 18:22 : 22 And Beth-arabah and Zemaraim and Beth-el
  • Gen 13:4 : 4 To the place where he had made his first altar, and there Abram gave worship to the name of the Lord.
  • Ps 116:4 : 4 Then I made my prayer to the Lord, saying, O Lord, take my soul out of trouble.
  • Isa 10:28 : 28 He has gone up from Pene-Rimmon, he has come to Aiath; he has gone past Migron, at Michmash he puts his forces in order.
  • Acts 2:21 : 21 And whoever makes his prayer to the Lord will have salvation.
  • Rom 10:12-14 : 12 And the Jew is not different from the Greek: for there is the same Lord of all, who is good to all who have hope in his name: 13 Because, Whoever will give worship to the name of the Lord will get salvation. 14 But how will they give worship to him in whom they have no faith? and how will they have faith in him of whom they have not had news? and how will they have news without a preacher?
  • 1 Cor 1:2 : 2 To the church of God which is in Corinth, to those who have been made holy in Christ Jesus, saints by the selection of God, with all those who in every place give honour to the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, their Lord and ours:

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Gen 13:18
    83%

    18And Abram, moving his tent, came and made his living-place by the holy tree of Mamre, which is in Hebron, and made an altar there to the Lord.

  • Gen 13:3-4
    2 verses
    82%

    3And travelling on from the South, he came to Beth-el, to the place where his tent had been before, between Beth-el and Ai;

    4To the place where he had made his first altar, and there Abram gave worship to the name of the Lord.

  • Gen 12:6-7
    2 verses
    82%

    6And Abram went through the land till he came to Shechem, to the holy tree of Moreh. At that time, the Canaanites were still living in the land.

    7And the Lord came to Abram, and said, I will give all this land to your seed; then Abram made an altar there to the Lord who had let himself be seen by him.

  • Gen 35:6-7
    2 verses
    80%

    6And Jacob came to Luz in the land of Canaan (which is the same as Beth-el), he and all his people.

    7And there he made an altar, naming the place El-beth-el: because it was there he had the vision of God when he was in flight from his brother.

  • Gen 26:25
    79%

    25Then he made an altar there, and gave worship to the name of the Lord, and he put up his tents there, and there his servants made a water-hole.

  • Gen 33:20
    78%

    20And there he put up an altar, naming it El, the God of Israel.

  • Gen 35:1
    76%

    1And God said to Jacob, Go up now to Beth-el and make your living-place there: and put up an altar there to the God who came to you when you were in flight from your brother Esau.

  • Gen 35:13-15
    3 verses
    74%

    13Then God went up from him in the place where he had been talking with him.

    14And Jacob put up a pillar in the place where he had been talking with God, and put a drink offering on it, and oil.

    15And he gave to the place where God had been talking with him, the name of Beth-el.

  • Gen 35:3
    74%

    3And let us go up to Beth-el: and there I will make an altar to God, who gave me an answer in the day of my trouble, and was with me wherever I went.

  • Gen 31:13
    73%

    13I am the God of Beth-el, where you put oil on the pillar and took an oath to me: now then, come out of this land and go back to the country of your birth.

  • Gen 12:1
    73%

    1Now the Lord said to Abram, Go out from your country and from your family and from your father's house, into the land to which I will be your guide:

  • Gen 28:18-19
    2 verses
    73%

    18And early in the morning Jacob took the stone which had been under his head, and put it up as a pillar and put oil on it.

    19And he gave that place the name of Beth-el, but before that time the town was named Luz.

  • Josh 8:30
    73%

    30Then Joshua put up an altar to the Lord, the God of Israel, in Mount Ebal,

  • Gen 12:9
    72%

    9And he went on, journeying still to the South.

  • Gen 22:9
    72%

    9And they came to the place of which God had given him knowledge; and there Abraham made the altar and put the wood in place on it, and having made tight the bands round Isaac his son, he put him on the wood on the altar.

  • Gen 22:14-15
    2 verses
    71%

    14And Abraham gave that place the name Yahweh-yireh: as it is said to this day, In the mountain the Lord is seen.

    15And the voice of the angel of the Lord came to Abraham a second time from heaven,

  • Gen 28:11-13
    3 verses
    71%

    11And coming to a certain place, he made it his resting-place for the night, for the sun had gone down; and he took one of the stones which were there, and putting it under his head he went to sleep in that place.

    12And he had a dream, and in his dream he saw steps stretching from earth to heaven, and the angels of God were going up and down on them.

    13And he saw the Lord by his side, saying, I am the Lord, the God of Abraham your father, and the God of Isaac: I will give to you and to your seed this land on which you are sleeping.

  • Gen 13:12
    71%

    12Abram went on living in the land of Canaan, and Lot went to the lowland towns, moving his tent as far as Sodom.

  • Gen 26:23
    71%

    23And from there he went on to Beer-sheba.

  • 1 Kgs 12:29
    71%

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

  • Gen 19:27
    70%

    27And Abraham got up early in the morning and went to the place where he had been talking with the Lord:

  • 1 Kgs 18:32
    70%

    32And with the stones he made an altar to the name of the Lord; and he made a deep drain all round the altar, great enough to take two measures of seed.

  • Gen 22:11
    70%

    11But the voice of the angel of the Lord came from heaven, saying, Abraham, Abraham: and he said, Here am I.

  • Gen 13:14
    70%

    14And the Lord had said to Abram, after Lot was parted from him, From this place where you are take a look to the north and to the south, to the east and to the west:

  • Gen 21:33
    70%

    33And Abraham, after planting a holy tree in Beer-sheba, gave worship to the name of the Lord, the Eternal God.

  • Exod 20:24
    70%

    24Make for me an altar of earth, offering on it your burned offerings and your peace-offerings, your sheep and your oxen: in every place where I have put the memory of my name, I will come to you and give you my blessing.

  • Gen 18:1
    69%

    1Now the Lord came to him by the holy tree of Mamre, when he was seated in the doorway of his tent in the middle of the day;

  • Gen 26:17
    69%

    17So Isaac went away from there, and put up his tents in the valley of Gerar, making his living-place there.