Genesis 12:8

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

From there he pulled up [his tent pegs] and departed to the mountain on the east of Bethel and pitched his tent, with Bethel on the west and Ai on the east; and there he built an altar to the Lord and called upon the name of the Lord.

Cross References

Nehemiah 11:31

The people of Benjamin also dwelt from Geba onward, at Michmash, Aija, Bethel and its villages,

Genesis 4:26

And to Seth also a son was born, whom he named Enosh. At that time men began to call [upon God] by the name of the Lord.

Genesis 21:33

Abraham planted a tamarisk tree in Beersheba and called there on the name of the Lord, the Eternal God.

1 Corinthians 1:2

To the church (assembly) of God which is in Corinth, to those consecrated and purified and made holy in Christ Jesus, [who are] selected and called to be saints (God's people), together with all those who in any place call upon and give honor to the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, both their Lord and ours:

Genesis 28:19

And he named that place Bethel [the house of God]; but the name of that city was Luz at first.

Genesis 13:4

Where he had built an altar at first; and there Abram called on the name of the Lord. [Gal. 3:6-9.]

Acts 2:21

And it shall be that whoever shall call upon the name of the Lord [invoking, adoring, and worshiping the Lord–Christ] shall be saved. [Joel 2:28-32.]

Joel 2:32

And whoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be delivered and saved, for in Mount Zion and in Jerusalem there shall be those who escape, as the Lord has said, and among the remnant [of survivors] shall be those whom the Lord calls. [Acts 2:17-21; Rom. 10:13.]

Isaiah 10:28

[The Assyrian with his army comes to Judah]. He arrives at Aiath; he passes through Migron; at Michmash he gets rid of his baggage [by storing it].

Psalm 116:4

Then called I upon the name of the Lord: O Lord, I beseech You, save my life and deliver me!

Joshua 18:22

Beth-arabah, Zemaraim, Bethel,

Joshua 8:17

Not a man was left in Ai or Bethel who did not go out after Israel. Leaving the city open, they pursued Israel.

Joshua 8:3

So Joshua arose, and all the people of war, to go up against Ai; [he] chose thirty thousand mighty men of strength and sent them forth by night.

Joshua 7:2

Joshua sent men from Jericho to Ai, which is near Beth-aven, east of Bethel, and said to them, Go up and spy out the land. So the men went up and spied out Ai.

Genesis 35:3

Then 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 wherever I went.

Hebrews 11:9

[Prompted] by faith he dwelt as a temporary resident in the land which was designated in the promise [of God, though he was like a stranger] in a strange country, living in tents with Isaac and Jacob, fellow heirs with him of the same promise. [Gen. 12:1-8.]

Genesis 8:20

And Noah built an altar to the Lord and took of every clean [four-footed] animal and of every clean fowl or bird and offered burnt offerings on the altar.

Genesis 13:3

And he journeyed on from the South [country of Judah, the Negeb] as far as Bethel, to the place where his tent had been at the beginning, between Bethel and Ai,

Genesis 13:18

Then Abram moved his tent and came and dwelt among the oaks or terebinths of Mamre, which are at Hebron, and built there an altar to the Lord.

Genesis 22:9

When they came to the place of which God had told him, Abraham built an altar there; then he laid the wood in order and bound Isaac his son and laid him on the altar on the wood. [Matt. 10:37.]

Genesis 26:25

And [Isaac] built an altar there and called on the name of the Lord and pitched his tent there; and there Isaac's servants were digging a well.

Joshua 8:9

So Joshua sent them forth, and they went to the place of ambush and remained between Bethel and Ai, on the west side of Ai; but Joshua lodged that night among the people.

Joshua 8:12

And he took about five thousand men and set them in ambush between Bethel and Ai, west of the city.

1 Samuel 30:27

For those in Bethel, Ramoth of the Negeb, Jattir,

Genesis 31:25

Then Laban overtook Jacob. Now Jacob had pitched his tent on the hill, and Laban coming with his kinsmen pitched [his tents] on the same hill of Gilead.

Genesis 33:20

There he erected an altar and called it El-Elohe-Israel [God, the God of Israel].

Genesis 35:7

There he built an altar, and called the place El-bethel [God of Bethel], for there God revealed Himself to him when he fled from the presence of his brother.

Exodus 17:15

And Moses built an altar and called the name of it, The Lord is my Banner;

Joshua 8:30

Then Joshua built an altar to the Lord, the God of Israel, on Mount Ebal,

Joshua 22:10

And when they came to the region of the Jordan in the land of Canaan, the Reubenites, Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh built there an altar by the Jordan, an altar great to behold.

Judges 6:24

Then Gideon built an altar there to the Lord and called it, The Lord is Peace. To this day it still stands in Ophrah, which belongs to the Abiezrites.