Cross References

Genesis 33:20

Bible in Basic English 1965

And there he put up an altar, naming it El, the God of Israel.

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And Abram, moving his tent, came and made his living-place by the holy tree of Mamre, which is in Hebron, and made an altar there to the Lord.

And Abraham, after planting a holy tree in Beer-sheba, gave worship to the name of the Lord, the Eternal God.

And he said, Your name will no longer be Jacob, but Israel: for in your fight with God and with men you have overcome.

And for a hundred bits of money he got from the children of Hamor, the builder of Shechem, the field in which he had put up his tents.

Now Dinah, the daughter whom Leah had by Jacob, went out to see the women of that country.

And there he made an altar, naming the place El-beth-el: because it was there he had the vision of God when he was in flight from his brother.

And Noah made an altar to the Lord, and from every clean beast and bird he made burned offerings on the altar.

So David gave praise to the Lord before all the people; and David said, Praise be to you, O Lord the God of Israel, our father for ever and ever.

Our fathers gave worship on this mountain, but you Jews say that the right place for worship is in Jerusalem.