Genesis 28:19

Authorized King James Version (1611)

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

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  • Gen 48:3 : 3 And Jacob said unto Joseph, God Almighty appeared unto me at Luz in the land of Canaan, and blessed me,
  • Judg 1:22-26 : 22 And the house of Joseph, they also went up against Bethel: and the LORD [was] with them. 23 And the house of Joseph sent to descry Bethel. (Now the name of the city before [was] Luz.) 24 And the spies saw a man come forth out of the city, and they said unto him, Shew us, we pray thee, the entrance into the city, and we will shew thee mercy. 25 And when he shewed them the entrance into the city, they smote the city with the edge of the sword; but they let go the man and all his family. 26 And the man went into the land of the Hittites, and built a city, and called the name thereof Luz: which [is] the name thereof unto this day.
  • 1 Kgs 12:29 : 29 And he set the one in Bethel, and the other put he in Dan.
  • Hos 4:15 : 15 Though thou, Israel, play the harlot, [yet] let not Judah offend; and come not ye unto Gilgal, neither go ye up to Bethaven, nor swear, The LORD liveth.
  • Hos 12:4-5 : 4 Yea, he had power over the angel, and prevailed: he wept, and made supplication unto him: he found him [in] Bethel, and there he spake with us; 5 Even the LORD God of hosts; the LORD [is] his memorial.
  • Gen 12:8 : 8 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.
  • Gen 35:1 : 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.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Gen 35:14-15
    2 verses
    82%

    14And 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.

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

  • Gen 35:6-7
    2 verses
    82%

    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.

    7And 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.

  • Judg 1:26
    81%

    26And the man went into the land of the Hittites, and built a city, and called the name thereof Luz: which [is] the name thereof unto this day.

  • Judg 1:22-23
    2 verses
    79%

    22And the house of Joseph, they also went up against Bethel: and the LORD [was] with them.

    23And the house of Joseph sent to descry Bethel. (Now the name of the city before [was] Luz.)

  • Gen 28:16-18
    3 verses
    77%

    16¶ And Jacob awaked out of his sleep, and he said, Surely the LORD is in this place; and I knew [it] not.

    17And he was afraid, and said, How dreadful [is] this place! this [is] none other but the house of God, and this [is] the gate of heaven.

    18And 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.

  • Gen 48:3
    75%

    3And Jacob said unto Joseph, God Almighty appeared unto me at Luz in the land of Canaan, and blessed me,

  • Gen 28:10-12
    3 verses
    74%

    10¶ And Jacob went out from Beersheba, and went toward Haran.

    11And 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.

    12And 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.

  • Gen 35:1
    74%

    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 12:8
    73%

    8And 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.

  • Gen 31:13
    73%

    13I [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 31:47-48
    2 verses
    73%

    47And Laban called it Jegarsahadutha: but Jacob called it Galeed.

    48And Laban said, This heap [is] a witness between me and thee this day. Therefore was the name of it called Galeed;

  • Gen 35:3
    72%

    3And 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 28:20-21
    2 verses
    72%

    20And Jacob vowed a vow, saying, If God will be with me, and will keep me in this way that I go, and will give me bread to eat, and raiment to put on,

    21So that I come again to my father's house in peace; then shall the LORD be my God:

  • Gen 33:20
    71%

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

  • Josh 16:2
    71%

    2And goeth out from Bethel to Luz, and passeth along unto the borders of Archi to Ataroth,

  • Gen 35:9-10
    2 verses
    71%

    9And God appeared unto Jacob again, when he came out of Padanaram, and blessed him.

    10And God said unto him, Thy name [is] Jacob: thy name shall not be called any more Jacob, but Israel shall be thy name: and he called his name Israel.

  • Gen 32:27
    70%

    27And he said unto him, What [is] thy name? And he said, Jacob.

  • Gen 13:3-4
    2 verses
    70%

    3And 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;

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

  • Gen 32:29-30
    2 verses
    70%

    29And Jacob asked [him], and said, Tell [me], I pray thee, thy name. And he said, Wherefore [is] it [that] thou dost ask after my name? And he blessed him there.

    30And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: for I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved.

  • Gen 26:33
    69%

    33And he called it Shebah: therefore the name of the city [is] Beersheba unto this day.

  • Josh 18:22
    68%

    22And Betharabah, and Zemaraim, and Bethel,

  • Gen 26:25
    68%

    25And 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.

  • 1 Kgs 12:29
    68%

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

  • Gen 22:14
    68%

    14And 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.

  • Gen 32:2
    68%

    2And when Jacob saw them, he said, This [is] God's host: and he called the name of that place Mahanaim.

  • Gen 31:45
    68%

    45And Jacob took a stone, and set it up [for] a pillar.

  • Judg 18:29
    67%

    29And they called the name of the city Dan, after the name of Dan their father, who was born unto Israel: howbeit the name of the city [was] Laish at the first.

  • Josh 18:13
    67%

    13And the border went over from thence toward Luz, to the side of Luz, which [is] Bethel, southward; and the border descended to Atarothadar, near the hill that [lieth] on the south side of the nether Bethhoron.

  • Gen 21:31
    67%

    31Wherefore he called that place Beersheba; because there they sware both of them.