◄ Genesis 28:19 ►
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Good News Translation
He named the place Bethel. (The town there was once known as Luz.)

New Revised Standard Version
He called that place Bethel; but the name of the city was Luz at the first.

Contemporary English Version
and he named the place Bethel. Before that it had been named Luz.

New American Bible
He named that place Bethel, whereas the former name of the town had been Luz.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And he called the name of the city Bethel, which before was called Luza.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And he called the name of the city Bethel, which before was called Luza.

the name.

Genesis 12:8 And passing on from thence to a mountain, that was on the east side of Bethel, he there pitched his tent, having Bethel on the west, and Hai on the east: he built there also an altar to the Lord, and called upon his name.

Genesis 35:1 In the mean time God said to Jacob: Arise and go up to Bethel, and dwell there, and make there an altar to God, who appeared to thee when thou didst flee from Esau, thy brother.

Genesis 48:3 And when Joseph was come in to him, he said: God almighty appeared to me at Luza, which is in the land of Chanaan, and he blessed me,

Judges 1:22-26 The house of Joseph also went up against Bethel, and the Lord was with them. . . .

1 Kings 12:29 And he set the one in Bethel, and the other in Dan:

Hosea 4:15 If thou play the harlot, O Israel, at least let not Juda offend: and go ye not into Galgal, and come not up into Bethaven, and do not swear: The Lord liveth.

Hosea 12:4,5 And he prevailed over the angel, and was strengthened: he wept, and made supplication to him: he found him in Bethel, and there he spoke with us. . . .

Beth-el.

Context
The Stone of Bethel
18And Jacob arising in the morning, took the stone which he had laid under his head, and set it up for a title, pouring oil upon the top of it. 19And he called the name of the city Bethel, which before was called Luza.20And he made a vow, saying: If God shall be with me, and shall keep me in the way, by which I walk, and shall give me bread to eat, and raiment to put on,…
Cross References
Genesis 28:11
And when he was come to a certain place, and would rest in it after sunset, he took of the stones that lay there, and putting under his head, slept in the same place.

Genesis 31:13
I am the God of Bethel, where thou didst anoint the stone, and make a vow to me. Now therefore arise, and go out of this land, and return into thy native country.

Genesis 35:1
In the mean time God said to Jacob: Arise and go up to Bethel, and dwell there, and make there an altar to God, who appeared to thee when thou didst flee from Esau, thy brother.

Genesis 35:6
And Jacob came to Luza, which is in the land of Chanaan, surnamed Bethel: he and all the people that were with him.

Genesis 35:14
But he set up a monument of stone, in the place where God had spoken to him: pouring drink-offerings upon it, and pouring oil thereon:

Genesis 35:15
And calling the name of that place Bethel.

Genesis 48:3
And when Joseph was come in to him, he said: God almighty appeared to me at Luza, which is in the land of Chanaan, and he blessed me,

Joshua 8:12
And he had chosen five thousand men, and set them to lie in ambush between Bethel and Hai, on the west side of the same city:

Joshua 18:13
And passing along southward by Luza, the same is Bethel, and it goeth down into Ataroth-addar to the mountain, that is on the south of the nether Beth-horon.

Judges 1:23
For when they were besieging the city, which before was called Luza,

1 Samuel 7:16
And he went every year about to Bethel and to Galgal and to Masphath, and he judged Israel in the foresaid places.

1 Samuel 10:3
And when thou shalt depart from thence, and go farther on, and shalt come to the oak of Thabor, there shall meet thee three men going up to God to Bethel, one carrying three kids, and another three loaves of bread, and another carrying a bottle of wine.

1 Kings 12:29
And he set the one in Bethel, and the other in Dan:

Genesis 28:18
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