Genesis 12:8

Authorized King James Version (1611)

And he removed from thence unto a mountain on the east of Bethel, and pitched his tent, [having] Bethel on the west, and Hai on the east: and there he builded an altar unto the LORD, and called upon the name of the LORD.

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Referenced Verses

  • Neh 11:31 : 31 The children also of Benjamin from Geba [dwelt] at Michmash, and Aija, and Bethel, and [in] their villages,
  • Gen 4:26 : 26 And to Seth, to him also there was born a son; and he called his name Enos: then began men to call upon the name of the LORD.
  • Gen 21:33 : 33 ¶ And [Abraham] planted a grove in Beersheba, and called there on the name of the LORD, the everlasting God.
  • Gen 28:19 : 19 And he called the name of that place Bethel: but the name of that city [was called] Luz at the first.
  • Gen 35:3 : 3 And let us arise, and go up to Bethel; 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, Bethel. 16 ¶ And they journeyed from Bethel; and there was but a little way to come to Ephrath: and Rachel travailed, and she had hard labour.
  • Josh 7:2 : 2 And Joshua sent men from Jericho to Ai, which [is] beside Bethaven, on the east side of Bethel, and spake unto them, saying, Go up and view the country. And the men went up and viewed Ai.
  • Josh 8:3 : 3 ¶ So Joshua arose, and all the people of war, to go up against Ai: and Joshua chose out thirty thousand mighty men of valour, and sent them away by night.
  • Josh 8:17 : 17 And there was not a man left in Ai or Bethel, that went not out after Israel: and they left the city open, and pursued after Israel.
  • Josh 18:22 : 22 And Betharabah, and Zemaraim, and Bethel,
  • 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 the LORD.
  • Ps 116:4 : 4 Then called I upon the name of the LORD; O LORD, I beseech thee, deliver my soul.
  • Isa 10:28 : 28 He is come to Aiath, he is passed to Migron; at Michmash he hath laid up his carriages:
  • Joel 2:32 : 32 And it shall come to pass, [that] whosoever shall call on the name of the LORD shall be delivered: for in mount Zion and in Jerusalem shall be deliverance, as the LORD hath said, and in the remnant whom the LORD shall call.
  • Acts 2:21 : 21 And it shall come to pass, [that] whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be saved.
  • Rom 10:12-14 : 12 ¶ For there is no difference between the Jew and the Greek: for the same Lord over all 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 of 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, to them that are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called [to be] saints, with all that in every place call upon the name of Jesus Christ our Lord, both theirs and ours:

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Gen 13:18
    83%

    18 Then Abram removed [his] tent, and came and dwelt in the plain of Mamre, which [is] in Hebron, and built there an altar unto the LORD.

  • Gen 13:3-4
    2 verses
    82%

    3 And he went on his journeys from the south even to Bethel, unto the place where his tent had been at the beginning, between Bethel and Hai;

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

  • Gen 12:6-7
    2 verses
    82%

    6 ¶ And Abram passed through the land unto the place of Sichem, unto the plain of Moreh. And the Canaanite [was] then in the land.

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

  • Gen 35:6-7
    2 verses
    80%

    6 ¶ So Jacob came to Luz, which [is] in the land of Canaan, that [is], Bethel, he and all the people that [were] with him.

    7 And he built there an altar, and called the place Elbethel: because there God appeared unto him, when he fled from the face of his brother.

  • Gen 26:25
    79%

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

  • Gen 33:20
    78%

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

  • Gen 35:1
    76%

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

  • Gen 35:13-15
    3 verses
    74%

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

    14 And Jacob set up a pillar in the place where he talked with him, [even] a pillar of stone: and he poured a drink offering thereon, and he poured oil thereon.

    15 And Jacob called the name of the place where God spake with him, Bethel.

  • Gen 35:3
    74%

    3 And let us arise, and go up to Bethel; 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%

    13 I [am] the God of Bethel, where thou anointedst the pillar, [and] where thou vowedst a vow unto me: now arise, get thee out from this land, and return unto the land of thy kindred.

  • Gen 12:1
    73%

    1 ¶ Now the LORD had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father's house, unto a land that I will shew thee:

  • Gen 28:18-19
    2 verses
    73%

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

    19 And he called the name of that place Bethel: but the name of that city [was called] Luz at the first.

  • Josh 8:30
    73%

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

  • Gen 12:9
    72%

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

  • Gen 22:9
    72%

    9 And they came to the place which God had told him of; and Abraham built an 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%

    14 And Abraham called the name of that place Jehovahjireh: as it is said [to] this day, In the mount of the LORD it shall be seen.

    15 ¶ And the angel of the LORD called unto Abraham out of heaven the second time,

  • Gen 28:11-13
    3 verses
    71%

    11 And he lighted upon a certain place, and tarried there all night, because the sun was set; and he took of the stones of that place, and put [them for] his pillows, and lay down in that place to sleep.

    12 And 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.

    13 And, behold, the LORD stood above it, and said, I [am] the LORD 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%

    12 Abram dwelled in the land of Canaan, and Lot dwelled in the cities of the plain, and pitched [his] tent toward Sodom.

  • Gen 26:23
    71%

    23 And he went up from thence to Beersheba.

  • 1 Kgs 12:29
    71%

    29 And he set the one in Bethel, and the other put he in Dan.

  • Gen 19:27
    70%

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

  • 1 Kgs 18:32
    70%

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

  • Gen 22:11
    70%

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

  • Gen 13:14
    70%

    14 ¶ And the LORD 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%

    33 ¶ And [Abraham] planted a grove in Beersheba, and called there on the name of the LORD, the everlasting God.

  • Exod 20:24
    70%

    24 An 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 all places where I record my name I will come unto thee, and I will bless thee.

  • Gen 18:1
    69%

    1 ¶ And the LORD appeared unto him in the plains of Mamre: and he sat in the tent door in the heat of the day;

  • Gen 26:17
    69%

    17 And Isaac departed thence, and pitched his tent in the valley of Gerar, and dwelt there.