Genesis 28:19

KJV1611 – Modern English

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

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  • Gen 48:3 : 3 And Jacob said to Joseph, God Almighty appeared to 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 spy out Bethel. (Now the name of the city before was Luz.) 24 And the spies saw a man come out of the city, and they said to him, Show us, we pray you, the entrance into the city, and we will show you mercy. 25 And when he showed them the entrance into the city, they struck 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 its name Luz, which is its name to this day.
  • 1 Kgs 12:29 : 29 And he set one in Bethel, and the other he put in Dan.
  • Hos 4:15 : 15 Though you, Israel, play the harlot, do not let Judah offend; do not come to Gilgal, nor go up to Bethaven, nor swear, 'As the LORD lives.'
  • Hos 12:4-5 : 4 Yes, he had power over the angel, and prevailed; he wept and made supplication to him; he found him in Bethel, and there He spoke with us; 5 Even the LORD God of hosts; the LORD is His memorial.
  • Gen 12:8 : 8 And he moved from there to a mountain on the east of Bethel, and pitched his tent, having Bethel on the west, and Ai on the east: and there he built an altar to the LORD, and called on the name of the LORD.
  • Gen 35:1 : 1 And God said to Jacob, Arise, go up to Bethel, and live there: and make there an altar to God, who appeared to you when you fled from the face of Esau your 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, a pillar of stone: and he poured a drink offering on it, and he poured oil on it.

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

  • Gen 35:6-7
    2 verses
    82%

    6So 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 to 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 its name Luz, which is its name to 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 spy out Bethel. (Now the name of the city before was Luz.)

  • Gen 28:16-18
    3 verses
    77%

    16And Jacob awoke from his sleep, and he said, Surely the LORD is in this place; and I did not know it.

    17And he was afraid, and said, How awesome is this place! This is none other than 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 as his pillow, and set it up for a pillar, and poured oil upon its top.

  • Gen 48:3
    75%

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

  • Gen 28:10-12
    3 verses
    74%

    10And Jacob departed from Beersheba, and went toward Haran.

    11And he came upon a certain place, and stayed there all night, because the sun had set; and he took one of the stones of that place, and put it for his pillow, and lay down in that place to sleep.

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

  • Gen 35:1
    74%

    1And God said to Jacob, Arise, go up to Bethel, and live there: and make there an altar to God, who appeared to you when you fled from the face of Esau your brother.

  • Gen 12:8
    73%

    8And he moved from there to a mountain on the east of Bethel, and pitched his tent, having Bethel on the west, and Ai on the east: and 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 the pillar, and where you vowed a vow unto me: now arise, get out of this land, and return unto the land of your kindred.

  • Gen 31:47-48
    2 verses
    73%

    47And Laban called it Jegar Sahadutha: but Jacob called it Galeed.

    48And Laban said, This heap is a witness between me and you this day. Therefore its name was called Galeed;

  • Gen 35:3
    72%

    3And let us arise, and go up to Bethel; and I will make there an altar to 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 clothes to wear,

    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 an altar there and called it El Elohe Israel.

  • Josh 16:2
    71%

    2And continues from Bethel to Luz, and passes along to the borders of Archi to Ataroth,

  • Gen 35:9-10
    2 verses
    71%

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

    10And God said to him, Your name is Jacob: your name shall no longer be called Jacob, but Israel shall be your name: and he called his name Israel.

  • Gen 32:27
    70%

    27And he said to him, What is your name? And he said, Jacob.

  • Gen 13:3-4
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    70%

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

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

  • Gen 32:29-30
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    70%

    29And Jacob asked him, and said, Tell me, I pray, your name. And he said, Why is it that you ask about 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%

    22Betharabah, Zemaraim, Bethel,

  • Gen 26:25
    68%

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

  • 1 Kgs 12:29
    68%

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

  • Gen 22:14
    68%

    14And Abraham called the name of that place Jehovah Jireh: 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 camp: 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 to Israel; however, the name of the city was Laish at first.

  • Josh 18:13
    67%

    13Then the border went over from there toward Luz, to the side of Luz (which is Bethel) southward; and the border descended to Atarothadar, near the hill that lies on the south side of Lower Bethhoron.

  • Gen 21:31
    67%

    31Therefore he called that place Beersheba, because there they both swore an oath.