Genesis 28:19

Good News Translation

He named the place Bethel. (The town there was once known as Luz.)

Cross References

Genesis 12:8

After that, he moved on south to the hill country east of the city of Bethel and set up his camp between Bethel on the west and Ai on the east. There also he built an altar and worshiped the Lord.

Genesis 28:11

At sunset he came to a holy place and camped there. He lay down to sleep, resting his head on a stone.

Genesis 31:13

I am the God who appeared to you at Bethel, where you dedicated a stone as a memorial by pouring olive oil on it and where you made a vow to me. Now get ready and go back to the land where you were born.’”

Genesis 35:1

God said to Jacob, “Go to Bethel at once, and live there. Build an altar there to me, the God who appeared to you when you were running away from your brother Esau.”

Genesis 35:14

There, where God had spoken to him, Jacob set up a memorial stone and consecrated it by pouring wine and olive oil on it.

Genesis 35:15

He named the place Bethel.

Genesis 35:6

Jacob came with all his people to Luz, which is now known as Bethel, in the land of Canaan.

Genesis 35:7

He built an altar there and named the place for the God of Bethel, because God had revealed himself to him there when he was running away from his brother.

Genesis 48:3

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

1 Kings 12:29

He placed one of the gold bull-calves in Bethel and the other in Dan.

2 Kings 2:2

and on the way Elijah said to Elisha, “Now stay here; the Lord has ordered me to go to Bethel.” But Elisha answered, “I swear by my loyalty to the living Lord and to you that I will not leave you.” So they went on to Bethel.

2 Chronicles 13:19

Abijah pursued Jeroboam's army and occupied some of his cities: Bethel, Jeshanah, and Ephron, and the villages near each of these cities.

Hosea 4:15

“Even though you people of Israel are unfaithful to me, may Judah not be guilty of the same thing. Don't worship at Gilgal or Bethaven, or make promises there in the name of the living Lord.

Joshua 16:2

From Bethel it went to Luz, passing on to Ataroth Addar, where the Archites lived.

Joshua 18:13

The border then went to the slope on the south side of Luz (also called Bethel), then down to Ataroth Addar, on the mountain south of Lower Beth Horon.

Joshua 8:12

He took about five thousand men and put them in hiding west of the city, between Ai and Bethel.

Judges 20:26

Then all the people of Israel went up to Bethel and mourned. They sat there in the Lord's presence and did not eat until evening. They offered fellowship sacrifices and burned some sacrifices whole—all in the presence of the Lord.

1 Samuel 10:3

You will go on from there until you come to the sacred tree at Tabor, where you will meet three men on their way to offer a sacrifice to God at Bethel. One of them will be leading three young goats, another one will be carrying three loaves of bread, and the third one will have a leather bag full of wine.

1 Samuel 7:16

Every year he would go around to Bethel, Gilgal, and Mizpah, and in these places he would settle disputes.