Genesis 12:8

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He moved on to the hills east of Bethel, and he put up his tent—with Bethel on the west and Ai on the east. He also built an altar to the Lord there and worshiped the Lord.

Cross References

Genesis 13:18

So Abram moved his tents and went to live by the oak trees belonging to Mamre at Hebron. There he built an altar for the Lord.

Genesis 13:3

He traveled from place to place. He went from the Negev as far as Bethel, to the area between Bethel and Ai where his tent had been originally,

Genesis 13:4

where he had first made an altar. There Abram worshiped the Lord.

Genesis 21:33

Abraham planted a tamarisk tree at Beersheba and worshiped the Lord, the Everlasting God, there.

Genesis 22:9

When they came to the place that God had told him about, Abraham built the altar and arranged the wood on it. Then he tied up his son Isaac and laid him on top of the wood on the altar.

Genesis 26:25

So Isaac built an altar there and worshiped the Lord. He also pitched his tent in that place, and his servants dug a well there.

Genesis 28:19

He named that place Bethel [House of God]. Previously, the name of the city was Luz.

Genesis 31:25

When Laban finally caught up with Jacob, Jacob had put up his tents in the mountains. So Laban and his relatives put up their tents in the mountains of Gilead.

Genesis 33:20

He set up an altar there and named it God Is the God of Israel.

Genesis 35:3

Then let’s go to Bethel. I will make an altar there to God, who answered me when I was troubled and who has been with me wherever I’ve gone.”

Genesis 35:7

He built an altar there and called that place El Bethel [God of the House of God]. That’s where God had revealed himself to Jacob when he was fleeing from his brother.

Genesis 4:26

A son was also born to Seth, and he named him Enosh. At that time people began to worship the Lord.

Genesis 8:20

Noah built an altar to the Lord. On it he made a burnt offering of each type of clean  animal and clean bird.

Nehemiah 11:31

Benjamin’s descendants live in the area of Geba, in Michmash, Aija, Bethel and its villages,

Psalm 116:4

But I kept calling on the name of the Lord: “Please, Lord, rescue me!”

Exodus 17:15

Moses built an altar and called it The Lord Is My Banner.

Isaiah 10:28

They come to Aiath. They pass through Migron. They store their equipment at Michmash.

Joel 2:32

Then whoever calls on the name of the Lord will be saved. Those who escape will be on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem. Among the survivors will be those whom the Lord calls, as the Lord has promised.

Acts 2:21

Then whoever calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.’

1 Corinthians 1:2

To God’s church that was made holy by Christ Jesus and called to be God’s holy people in the city of Corinth and to people everywhere who call on the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Hebrews 11:9

Faith led Abraham to live as a foreigner in the country that God had promised him. He lived in tents, as did Isaac and Jacob, who received the same promise from God.

Joshua 18:22

Beth Arabah, Zemaraim, Bethel,

Joshua 22:10

Reuben, Gad, and half of the tribe of Manasseh came to the region of the Jordan that was still in Canaan. They built an altar by the Jordan River. The altar was very large and highly visible.

Joshua 7:2

Joshua sent men from Jericho to Ai. Ai is near Beth Aven, east of Bethel. He said to them, “Go, look at that country.” So the men went and looked at Ai.

Joshua 8:12

Joshua had taken about five thousand men and had them hide between Bethel and Ai, west of the city.

Joshua 8:17

Not one man was left in Ai or Bethel; they all went after Israel. So the city was left unprotected as they chased Israel.

Joshua 8:3

So Joshua and all the soldiers started to march against Ai. Joshua picked 30,000 of his best soldiers and sent them out at night

Joshua 8:30

At that time Joshua built an altar on Mount Ebal to the Lord God of Israel.

Joshua 8:9

So Joshua sent them out, and they hid. They took their position west of Ai, between Bethel and Ai. Joshua spent the night with the troops.

Judges 6:24

So Gideon built an altar there to the Lord. He called it The Lord Calms. To this day it is still in Ophrah, which belongs to Abiezer’s family.

1 Samuel 30:27

There were shares for those in Bethel, Ramoth in the Negev, Jattir,