Genesis 28:19

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

and named the place Bethel,  though previously the city was named Luz.

Cross References

Genesis 48:3

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

Genesis 35:1

God said to Jacob, ‘Get up! Go to Bethel and settle there.  Build an altar there to the God who appeared to you when you fled from your brother Esau.’

Hosea 4:15

Israel, if you act promiscuously, don’t let Judah become guilty! Do not go to Gilgal or make a pilgrimage to Beth-aven,  , and do not swear an oath: As the  Lord  lives!

1 Kings 12:29

He set up one in Bethel,  and put the other in Dan.

Genesis 12:8

From there he moved on to the hill country east of Bethel and pitched his tent, with Bethel on the west and Ai on the east. He built an altar to the Lord there, and he called on the name of the Lord.

Genesis 28:11

He reached a certain place and spent the night there because the sun had set. He took one of the stones from the place, put it there at his head, and lay down in that place.

Genesis 31:13

I am the God of Bethel, where you poured oil on the stone marker and made a solemn vow to me.  Get up, leave this land, and return to your native land.” ’

Genesis 35:6

So Jacob and all who were with him came to Luz (that is, Bethel  ) in the land of Canaan.

Genesis 35:14

Jacob set up a marker at the place where he had spoken to him #– #a stone marker. He poured a drink offering on it and poured oil on it.

Genesis 35:15

Jacob named the place where God had spoken with him Bethel.

Joshua 8:12

Now Joshua had taken about five thousand men and set them in ambush between Bethel and Ai, to the west of the city.

Joshua 18:13

From there the border went towards Luz, to the southern slope of Luz (that is, Bethel); it then went down by Ataroth-addar, over the hill south of Lower Beth-horon.

1 Samuel 7:16

Every year he would go on a circuit to Bethel, Gilgal, and Mizpah and would judge Israel at all these locations.

1 Samuel 10:3

‘You will proceed from there until you come to the oak of Tabor.  Three men going up to God at Bethel  will meet you there, one bringing three goats, one bringing three loaves of bread, and one bringing a clay jar of wine.

Genesis 35:7

Jacob built an altar there and called the place El-bethel  because it was there that God had revealed himself to him when he was fleeing from his brother.

Joshua 16:2

From Bethel it went to Luz and proceeded to the border of the Archites by Ataroth.

Judges 20:26

The whole Israelite army went to Bethel where they wept and sat before the Lord.  They fasted that day until evening and offered burnt offerings and fellowship offerings to the Lord.

2 Kings 2:2

and Elijah said to Elisha,  ‘Stay here;  the Lord is sending me on to Bethel.’ But Elisha replied, ‘As the Lord lives and as you yourself live, I will not leave you.’  So they went down to Bethel.

2 Chronicles 13:19

Abijah pursued Jeroboam and captured some cities from him: Bethel, Jeshanah, and Ephron,  along with their surrounding villages.