Genesis 33:20

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

There he set up an altar and called it“The God of Israel is God.”

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Referenced Verses

  • Gen 8:20 : 20 Noah built an altar to the LORD. He then took some of every kind of clean animal and clean bird and offered burnt offerings on the altar.
  • Gen 12:7-8 : 7 The LORD appeared to Abram and said,“To your descendants I will give this land.” So Abram built an altar there to the LORD, who had appeared to him. 8 Then he moved from there to the hill country east of Bethel and pitched his tent, with Bethel on the west and Ai on the east. There he built an altar to the LORD and worshiped the LORD.
  • Gen 13:18 : 18 So Abram moved his tents and went to live by the oaks of Mamre in Hebron, and he built an altar to the LORD there.
  • Gen 21:33 : 33 Abraham planted a tamarisk tree in Beer Sheba. There he worshiped the LORD, the eternal God.
  • Gen 32:28 : 28 “No longer will your name be Jacob,” the man told him,“but Israel, because you have fought with God and with men and have prevailed.”
  • Gen 35:7 : 7 He built an altar there and named the place El Bethel because there God had revealed himself to him when he was fleeing from his brother.

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  • Gen 12:7-8
    2 verses
    78%

    7The LORD appeared to Abram and said,“To your descendants I will give this land.” So Abram built an altar there to the LORD, who had appeared to him.

    8Then he moved from there to the hill country east of Bethel and pitched his tent, with Bethel on the west and Ai on the east. There he built an altar to the LORD and worshiped the LORD.

  • Gen 35:7
    77%

    7He built an altar there and named the place El Bethel because there God had revealed himself to him when he was fleeing from his brother.

  • Gen 26:25
    76%

    25Then Isaac built an altar there and worshiped the LORD. He pitched his tent there, and his servants dug a well.

  • Gen 35:13-15
    3 verses
    74%

    13Then God went up from the place where he spoke with him.

    14So Jacob set up a sacred stone pillar in the place where God spoke with him. He poured out a drink offering on it, and then he poured oil on it.

    15Jacob named the place where God spoke with him Bethel.

  • Gen 33:18-19
    2 verses
    74%

    18After he left Paddan Aram, Jacob came safely to the city of Shechem in the land of Canaan, and he camped near the city.

    19Then he purchased the portion of the field where he had pitched his tent; he bought it from the sons of Hamor, Shechem’s father, for a hundred pieces of money.

  • Josh 8:30
    74%

    30Covenant Renewal Then Joshua built an altar for the LORD God of Israel on Mount Ebal,

  • Gen 13:3-4
    2 verses
    73%

    3And he journeyed from place to place from the Negev as far as Bethel. He returned to the place where he had pitched his tent at the beginning, between Bethel and Ai.

    4This was the place where he had first built the altar, and there Abram worshiped the LORD.

  • Gen 35:3
    72%

    3Let us go up at once to Bethel. Then I will make an altar there to God, who responded to me in my time of distress and has been with me wherever I went.”

  • Judg 6:24
    72%

    24Gideon built an altar for the LORD there, and named it“The LORD is on friendly terms with me.” To this day it is still there in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.

  • Gen 28:17-19
    3 verses
    71%

    17He was afraid and said,“What an awesome place this is! This is nothing else than the house of God! This is the gate of heaven!”

    18Early in the morning Jacob took the stone he had placed near his head and set it up as a sacred stone. Then he poured oil on top of it.

    19He called that place Bethel, although the former name of the town was Luz.

  • Exod 17:15
    71%

    15Moses built an altar, and he called it“The LORD is my Banner,”

  • Gen 31:47-48
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    71%

    47Laban called it Jegar Sahadutha, but Jacob called it Galeed.

    48Laban said,“This pile of stones is a witness of our agreement today.” That is why it was called Galeed.

  • Josh 22:34
    70%

    34The Reubenites and Gadites named the altar,“Surely it is a Reminder to us that the LORD is God.”

  • Gen 31:45
    70%

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

  • Gen 35:10
    70%

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

  • Gen 13:18
    70%

    18So Abram moved his tents and went to live by the oaks of Mamre in Hebron, and he built an altar to the LORD there.

  • Gen 35:1
    70%

    1The Return to Bethel Then God said to Jacob,“Go up at once to Bethel and live there. Make an altar there to God, who appeared to you when you fled from your brother Esau.”

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

    31Then Elijah took twelve stones, corresponding to the number of tribes that descended from Jacob, to whom the LORD’s message had come,“Israel will be your name.”

    32With the stones he constructed an altar for the LORD. Around the altar he made a trench large enough to contain two seahs of seed.

  • Gen 21:33
    70%

    33Abraham planted a tamarisk tree in Beer Sheba. There he worshiped the LORD, the eternal God.

  • Gen 31:13
    70%

    13I am the God of Bethel, where you anointed the sacred stone and made a vow to me. Now leave this land immediately and return to your native land.’”

  • 1 Sam 7:17
    70%

    17Then he would return to Ramah, because his home was there. He also judged Israel there and built an altar to the LORD there.

  • Gen 22:14
    70%

    14And Abraham called the name of that place“The LORD provides.” It is said to this day,“In the mountain of the LORD provision will be made.”

  • Gen 26:33
    69%

    33So he named it Shibah; that is why the name of the city has been Beer Sheba to this day.

  • Exod 20:24
    69%

    24‘You must make for me an altar made of earth, and you will sacrifice on it your burnt offerings and your peace offerings, your sheep and your cattle. In every place where I cause my name to be honored I will come to you and I will bless you.

  • Gen 46:1
    69%

    1The Family of Jacob goes to Egypt So Israel began his journey, taking with him all that he had. When he came to Beer Sheba he offered sacrifices to the God of his father Isaac.

  • Gen 35:21
    69%

    21Then Israel traveled on and pitched his tent beyond Migdal Eder.

  • 2 Chr 33:4
    69%

    4He built altars in the LORD’s temple, about which the LORD had said,“Jerusalem will be my permanent home.”

  • Gen 21:31
    68%

    31That is why he named that place Beer Sheba, because the two of them swore an oath there.

  • 1 Kgs 12:29
    68%

    29He put one in Bethel and the other in Dan.

  • 2 Chr 33:16
    68%

    16He erected the altar of the LORD and offered on it peace offerings and thank offerings. He told the people of Judah to serve the LORD God of Israel.

  • Josh 22:26
    68%

    26So we decided to build this altar, not for burnt offerings and sacrifices,

  • 1 Chr 21:26
    68%

    26David built there an altar to the LORD and offered burnt sacrifices and peace offerings. He called out to the LORD, and the LORD responded by sending fire from the sky and consuming the burnt sacrifice on the altar.

  • Gen 28:11
    67%

    11He reached a certain place where he decided to camp because the sun had gone down. He took one of the stones and placed it near his head. Then he fell asleep in that place

  • 1 Kgs 16:32
    67%

    32He set up an altar for Baal in the temple of Baal he had built in Samaria.