Genesis 28:19

God's Word

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

Cross References

Genesis 12:8

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.

Genesis 28:11

When he came to a certain place, he stopped for the night because the sun had gone down. He took one of the stones from that place, put it under his head, and lay down there.

Genesis 31:13

I am the God who appeared to you at Bethel, where you poured olive oil on a stone marker for a holy purpose and where you made a vow to me. Now leave this land, and go back to the land of your relatives.’ ”

Genesis 35:1

Then God said to Jacob, “Go to Bethel and live there. Make an altar there. I am the God who appeared to you when you were fleeing from your brother Esau.”

Genesis 35:14

So Jacob set up a memorial, a stone marker, to mark the place where God had spoken with him. He poured a wine offering and olive oil on it.

Genesis 35:15

Jacob named the place where God had spoken with him Bethel [House of God].

Genesis 35:6

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

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 48:3

Jacob said to Joseph, “God Almighty appeared to me at Luz in Canaan and blessed me.

1 Kings 12:29

He put one in Bethel and the other in Dan.

2 Kings 2:2

Elijah said to Elisha, “Please stay here because the Lord is sending me to Bethel.” Elisha answered, “I solemnly swear, as the Lord lives and as you live, I will not abandon you.” So they went to Bethel.

2 Chronicles 13:19

Abijah pursued Jeroboam and captured some of his cities: Bethel and its villages, Jeshanah and its villages, and Ephron and its villages.

Hosea 4:15

“Israel, you act like a prostitute. Don’t let Judah become guilty too. Don’t go to Gilgal. Don’t go to Beth Aven. Don’t take the oath, ‘As the Lord lives. …’

Joshua 16:2

From Bethel the border goes to Luz and over to Ataroth at the border of the Archites.

Joshua 18:13

From there the border goes to the south slope of Luz (now called Bethel). Then the border goes down to Ataroth Addar over the mountains south of Lower Beth Horon.

Joshua 8:12

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

Judges 20:26

Then all the men of Israel and all the troops went to Bethel. They sat there and cried in the presence of the Lord and fasted that day until evening. Then they sacrificed burnt offerings and fellowship offerings to the Lord.

1 Samuel 10:3

Keep going until you come to the oak tree at Tabor. There you will find three men on their way to worship God at Bethel: One will be carrying three young goats, one will be carrying three loaves of bread, and one will be carrying a ⌞full⌟ wineskin.

1 Samuel 7:16

Every year he went around to Bethel, Gilgal, and Mizpah in order to judge Israel in all those places.