Genesis 28:19

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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

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  • Gen 48:3 : 3 And Jacob said to Joseph, God, the Ruler of all, came to me in a vision at Luz in the land of Canaan, and gave me his blessing,
  • Judg 1:22-26 : 22 And the family of Joseph went up against Beth-el, and the Lord was with them. 23 So they sent men to make a search round Beth-el. (Now the name of the town in earlier times was Luz.) 24 And the watchers saw a man coming out of the town, and said to him, If you will make clear to us the way into the town, we will be kind to you. 25 So he made clear to them the way into the town, and they put it to the sword; but they let the man and all his family get away safe. 26 And he went into the land of the Hittites, building a town there and naming it Luz: which is its name to this day.
  • 1 Kgs 12:29 : 29 And he put one in Beth-el and the other in Dan.
  • Hos 4:15 : 15 Do not you, O Israel, come into error; do not you, O Judah, come to Gilgal, or go up to Beth-aven, or take an oath, By the living Lord.
  • Hos 12:4-5 : 4 In the body of his mother he took his brother by the foot, and in his strength he was fighting with God; 5 He had a fight with the angel and overcame him; he made request for grace to him with weeping; he came face to face with him in Beth-el and there his words came to him;
  • Gen 12:8 : 8 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.
  • Gen 35:1 : 1 And 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.

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  • Gen 35:14-15
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    14 And Jacob put up a pillar in the place where he had been talking with God, and put a drink offering on it, and oil.

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

  • Gen 35:6-7
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    6 And Jacob came to Luz in the land of Canaan (which is the same as Beth-el), he and all his people.

    7 And 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.

  • Judg 1:26
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    26 And he went into the land of the Hittites, building a town there and naming it Luz: which is its name to this day.

  • Judg 1:22-23
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    22 And the family of Joseph went up against Beth-el, and the Lord was with them.

    23 So they sent men to make a search round Beth-el. (Now the name of the town in earlier times was Luz.)

  • Gen 28:16-18
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    77%

    16 And Jacob, awaking from his sleep, said, Truly, the Lord is in this place and I was not conscious of it.

    17 And fear came on him, and he said, This is a holy place; this is nothing less than the house of God and the doorway of heaven.

    18 And 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.

  • Gen 48:3
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    3 And Jacob said to Joseph, God, the Ruler of all, came to me in a vision at Luz in the land of Canaan, and gave me his blessing,

  • Gen 28:10-12
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    10 So Jacob went out from Beer-sheba to go to Haran.

    11 And 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.

    12 And 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.

  • Gen 35:1
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    1 And 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 12:8
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    8 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.

  • Gen 31:13
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    13 I 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 31:47-48
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    47 And the name Laban gave it was Jegar-sahadutha: but Jacob gave it the name of Galeed.

    48 And Laban said, These stones are a witness between you and me today. For this reason its name was Galeed,

  • Gen 35:3
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    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 28:20-21
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    20 Then Jacob took an oath, and said, If God will be with me, and keep me safe on my journey, and give me food and clothing to put on,

    21 So that I come again to my father's house in peace, then I will take the Lord to be my God,

  • Gen 33:20
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    20 And there he put up an altar, naming it El, the God of Israel.

  • Josh 16:2
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    2 And it goes out from Beth-el to Luz, and on as far as the limit of the Archites to Ataroth;

  • Gen 35:9-10
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    9 Now when Jacob was on his way from Paddan-aram, God came to him again and, blessing him, said,

    10 Jacob is your name, but it will be so no longer; from now your name will be Israel; so he was named Israel.

  • Gen 32:27
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    27 Then he said, What is your name? And he said, Jacob.

  • Gen 13:3-4
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    3 And travelling on from the South, he came to Beth-el, to the place where his tent had been before, between Beth-el and Ai;

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

  • Gen 32:29-30
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    29 Then Jacob said, What is your name? And he said, What is my name to you? Then he gave him a blessing.

    30 And Jacob gave that place the name of Peniel, saying, I have seen God face to face, and still I am living.

  • Gen 26:33
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    33 And he gave it the name of Shibah: so the name of that town is Beer-sheba to this day.

  • Josh 18:22
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    22 And Beth-arabah and Zemaraim and Beth-el

  • Gen 26:25
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    25 Then 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.

  • 1 Kgs 12:29
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    29 And he put one in Beth-el and the other in Dan.

  • Gen 22:14
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    14 And Abraham gave that place the name Yahweh-yireh: as it is said to this day, In the mountain the Lord is seen.

  • Gen 32:2
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    2 And when he saw them he said, This is the army of God: so he gave that place the name of Mahanaim.

  • Gen 31:45
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    45 Then Jacob took a stone and put it up as a pillar.

  • Judg 18:29
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    29 And they gave the town the name of Dan, after Dan their father, who was the son of Israel: though the town had been named Laish at first.

  • Josh 18:13
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    13 And from there the line goes south to Luz, to the side of Luz (which is Beth-el), then down to Ataroth-addar, by the mountain to the south of Beth-horon the lower.

  • Gen 21:31
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    31 So he gave that place the name Beer-sheba, because there the two of them had given their oaths.