Genesis 35:7

English Standard Version 2016

and there he built an altar and called the place El-bethel, because there God had revealed himself to him when he fled from his brother.

Cross References

Genesis 35:3

Then let us arise and go up to Bethel, so that I may make there an altar to the God who answers me in the day of my distress and has been with me wherever I have gone.”

Genesis 35:1

God said to Jacob, “Arise, go up to Bethel and dwell there. Make an altar there to the God who appeared to you when you fled from your brother Esau.”

Genesis 28:13

And behold, the Lord stood above it and said, “I am the Lord, the God of Abraham your father and the God of Isaac. The land on which you lie I will give to you and to your offspring.

Ezekiel 48:35

The circumference of the city shall be 18,000 cubits. And the name of the city from that time on shall be, The Lord Is There.”

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 at Ophrah, which belongs to the Abiezrites.

Exodus 17:15

And Moses built an altar and called the name of it, The Lord Is My Banner,

Genesis 28:22

and this stone, which I have set up for a pillar, shall be God’s house. And of all that you give me I will give a full tenth to you.”

Genesis 28:19

He called the name of that place Bethel, but the name of the city was Luz at the first.

Genesis 12:7

Then the Lord appeared to Abram and said, “To your offspring I will give this land.” So he built there an altar to the Lord, who had appeared to him.

Genesis 12:8

From there he moved to the hill country 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.

Genesis 28:10

Jacob left Beersheba and went toward Haran.

Genesis 28:17

And he was afraid and said, “How awesome is this place! This is none other than the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven.”

Genesis 29:1

Then Jacob went on his journey and came to the land of the people of the east.

Genesis 31:13

I am the God of Bethel, where you anointed a pillar and made a vow to me. Now arise, go out from this land and return to the land of your kindred.’”

Genesis 35:15

So Jacob called the name of the place where God had spoken with him Bethel.