Genesis 28:19

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He called the name of that place Bethel, but previously the name of the city was called Luz.

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  • Gen 48:3 : 3 Jacob said to Joseph, 'God Almighty appeared to me at Luz in the land of Canaan and blessed me.'
  • Judg 1:22-26 : 22 The people of Joseph also went up against Bethel, and the LORD was with them. 23 The house of Joseph spied out Bethel, which had previously been called Luz. 24 The spies saw a man coming out of the city and said to him, "Please show us how to enter the city, and we will treat you kindly." 25 He showed them the way into the city, and they struck the city with the sword but let the man and his family go free. 26 The man went to the land of the Hittites, built a city, and named it Luz, which is its name to this day.
  • 1 Kgs 12:29 : 29 He set up one in Bethel, and the other in Dan.
  • Hos 4:15 : 15 Though you, Israel, play the harlot, let not Judah become guilty. Do not go to Gilgal, do not go up to Beth Aven, and do not swear, 'As surely as the LORD lives!'
  • Hos 12:4-5 : 4 In the womb, he grasped his brother’s heel; and in his strength, he struggled with God. 5 He struggled with the angel and prevailed. He wept and pleaded for favor. He found Him at Bethel, and there He spoke with us.
  • Gen 12:8 : 8 From there, Abram moved on to the hill country east of Bethel and pitched his tent, with Bethel to the west and Ai to the east. There he built an altar to the Lord and called on the name of the Lord.
  • Gen 35:1 : 1 God said to Jacob, "Get up, go to Bethel, and settle there. Build an altar there to the God who appeared to you when you fled from your brother Esau."

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  • Gen 35:14-15
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    14Jacob set up a stone pillar at the place where God had spoken with him. He poured out a drink offering on it and also poured oil on it.

    15Jacob called the place where God had spoken with him Bethel.

  • Gen 35:6-7
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    82%

    6Jacob and all the people with him came to Luz (that is Bethel) in the land of Canaan.

    7There he built an altar and named the place El Bethel (God of Bethel), because it was there that God revealed Himself to him when he was fleeing from his brother.

  • Judg 1:26
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    26The man went to the land of the Hittites, built a city, and named it Luz, which is its name to this day.

  • Judg 1:22-23
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    22The people of Joseph also went up against Bethel, and the LORD was with them.

    23The house of Joseph spied out Bethel, which had previously been called Luz.

  • Gen 28:16-18
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    16Jacob woke up from his sleep and said, 'Surely the Lord is in this place, and I did not know it.'

    17He was afraid and said, 'How amazing is this place! This is none other than the house of God; this is the gate of heaven.'

    18Early in the morning, Jacob took the stone he had used as a pillow, set it up as a pillar, and poured oil on its top.

  • Gen 48:3
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    3Jacob said to Joseph, 'God Almighty appeared to me at Luz in the land of Canaan and blessed me.'

  • Gen 28:10-12
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    74%

    10Jacob left Beersheba and set out for Haran.

    11He came to a certain place, stayed there for the night because the sun had set. He took one of the stones from the place, put it under his head, and lay down in that place.

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

  • Gen 35:1
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    1God said to Jacob, "Get up, go to Bethel, and settle there. Build an altar there to the God who appeared to you when you fled from your brother Esau."

  • Gen 12:8
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    8From there, Abram moved on to the hill country east of Bethel and pitched his tent, with Bethel to the west and Ai to the east. There he built an altar to the Lord and called on the name of the Lord.

  • Gen 31:13
    73%

    13I am the God of Bethel, where you anointed a pillar and made a vow to me. Now leave this land immediately and return to the land of your birth.'

  • Gen 31:47-48
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    47Laban called it Jegar Sahadutha, and Jacob called it Galeed.

    48Laban said, 'This heap is a witness between you and me today.' That is why it was called Galeed.

  • Gen 35:3
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    3"Let us arise and go up to Bethel, and I will build an altar there to the God who answered me in the day of my distress and who has been with me wherever I have gone."

  • Gen 28:20-21
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    20Then Jacob made a vow, saying, 'If God will be with me and watch over me on this journey I am taking, and give me food to eat and clothes to wear,

    21'so that I return safely to my father’s house, then the Lord will be my God.'

  • Gen 33:20
    71%

    20There he set up an altar and called it El-Elohe-Israel.

  • Josh 16:2
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    2It went out from Bethel to Luz, passed over to the territory of the Archite at Ataroth.

  • Gen 35:9-10
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    9God appeared to Jacob again after he returned from Paddan-Aram, and He blessed him.

    10God said to him, "Your name is Jacob, but you will no longer be called Jacob; your name will be Israel." So He named him Israel.

  • Gen 32:27
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    27Then the man said, 'Let me go, for the dawn is breaking.' But Jacob replied, 'I will not let you go unless you bless me.'

  • Gen 13:3-4
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    3He journeyed from the Negev as far as Bethel, to the place where his tent had been at the beginning, between Bethel and Ai.

    4To the place of the altar he had made there at first, and Abram called on the name of the LORD there.

  • Gen 32:29-30
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    29Then the man said, 'Your name will no longer be Jacob, but Israel, because you have struggled with God and with men and have prevailed.'

    30Jacob said, 'Please tell me your name.' But he replied, 'Why do you ask my name?' Then he blessed him there.

  • Gen 26:33
    69%

    33He called it Shibah. Therefore, the name of the city is Beersheba to this day.

  • Josh 18:22
    68%

    22Beth-arabah, Zemaraim, and Bethel,

  • Gen 26:25
    68%

    25So Isaac built an altar there and called on the name of the LORD. He pitched his tent there, and his servants dug a well.

  • 1 Kgs 12:29
    68%

    29He set up one in Bethel, and the other in Dan.

  • Gen 22:14
    68%

    14And Abraham named that place 'The LORD Will Provide,' as it is said to this day, 'On the mountain of the LORD it will be provided.'

  • Gen 32:2
    68%

    2Jacob went on his way, and angels of God met him.

  • Gen 31:45
    68%

    45So Jacob took a stone and set it up as a pillar.

  • Judg 18:29
    67%

    29They named the city Dan, after their ancestor Dan, who was born to Israel. However, the city had been named Laish previously.

  • Josh 18:13
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    13From there, the boundary crossed over to Luz, to the southern slope of Luz (that is, Bethel). Then it went down to Ataroth-addar on the hill south of Lower Beth-horon.

  • Gen 21:31
    67%

    31That is why the place was called Beersheba, because the two of them swore an oath there.