Genesis 33:20

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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

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Referenced Verses

  • Gen 8:20 : 20 And Noah made an altar to the Lord, and from every clean beast and bird he made burned offerings on the altar.
  • Gen 12:7-8 : 7 And 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. 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 13:18 : 18 And 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 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 32:28 : 28 And he said, Your name will no longer be Jacob, but Israel: for in your fight with God and with men you have overcome.
  • Gen 35:7 : 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.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Gen 12:7-8
    2 verses
    78%

    7 And 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.

    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 35:7
    77%

    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.

  • Gen 26:25
    76%

    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.

  • Gen 35:13-15
    3 verses
    74%

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

    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 33:18-19
    2 verses
    74%

    18 So Jacob came safely from Paddan-aram to the town of Shechem in the land of Canaan, and put up his tents near the town.

    19 And for a hundred bits of money he got from the children of Hamor, the builder of Shechem, the field in which he had put up his tents.

  • Josh 8:30
    74%

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

  • Gen 13:3-4
    2 verses
    73%

    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 35:3
    72%

    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.

  • Judg 6:24
    72%

    24 Then Gideon made an altar there to the Lord, and gave it the name Yahweh-shalom; to this day it is in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.

  • Gen 28:17-19
    3 verses
    71%

    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.

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

  • Exod 17:15
    71%

    15 Then Moses put up an altar and gave it the name of Yahweh-nissi:

  • Gen 31:47-48
    2 verses
    71%

    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,

  • Josh 22:34
    70%

    34 And the children of Reuben and the children of Gad gave to that altar the name of Ed. For, they said, It is a witness between us that the Lord is God.

  • Gen 31:45
    70%

    45 Then Jacob took a stone and put it up as a pillar.

  • Gen 35:10
    70%

    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 13:18
    70%

    18 And 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 35:1
    70%

    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.

  • 1 Kgs 18:31-32
    2 verses
    70%

    31 And Elijah took twelve stones, the number of the tribes of the sons of Jacob, to whom the Lord had said, Israel will be your name:

    32 And 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 21:33
    70%

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

  • Gen 31:13
    70%

    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.

  • 1 Sam 7:17
    70%

    17 And his base was at Ramah, where his house was; there he was judge of Israel and there he made an altar to the Lord.

  • Gen 22:14
    70%

    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 26:33
    69%

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

  • Exod 20:24
    69%

    24 Make 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 46:1
    69%

    1 And Israel went on his journey with all he had, and came to Beer-sheba, where he made offerings to the God of his father Isaac.

  • Gen 35:21
    69%

    21 And Israel went journeying on and put up his tents on the other side of the tower of the flock.

  • 2 Chr 33:4
    69%

    4 And he made altars in the house of the Lord, of which the Lord had said, In Jerusalem will my name be for ever.

  • Gen 21:31
    68%

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

  • 1 Kgs 12:29
    68%

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

  • 2 Chr 33:16
    68%

    16 And he put the altar of the Lord in order, offering peace-offerings and praise-offerings on it, and said that all Judah were to be servants of the Lord, the God of Israel.

  • Josh 22:26
    68%

    26 So we said, Let us now make an altar for ourselves, not for burned offerings or for the offerings of beasts:

  • 1 Chr 21:26
    68%

    26 And David put up an altar there to the Lord, offering burned offerings and peace-offerings with prayers to the Lord; and he gave him an answer from heaven, sending fire on the altar of burned offering.

  • Gen 28:11
    67%

    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.

  • 1 Kgs 16:32
    67%

    32 And he put up an altar for Baal in the house of Baal which he had made in Samaria.