And he erected there an altar, and called it El–El´ohe–Israel.
Then Abram removed his tent, and came and dwelt in the plain of Mamre, which is in Hebron, and built there an altar unto the Lord.
And Abraham planted a grove in Beer–sheba, and called there on the name of the Lord, the everlasting God.
And he said, Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel: for as a prince hast thou power with God and with men, and hast prevailed.
And he bought a parcel of a field, where he had spread his tent, at the hand of the children of Hamor, Shechem's father, for a hundred pieces of money.
And Dinah the daughter of Le´ah, which she bare unto Jacob, went out to see the daughters of the land.
And he built there an altar, and called the place El–beth´–el; because there God appeared unto him, when he fled from the face of his brother.
And Noah builded an altar unto the Lord; and took of every clean beast, and of every clean fowl, and offered burnt offerings on the altar.
Wherefore David blessed the Lord before all the congregation: and David said, Blessed be thou, Lord God of Israel our father, for ever and ever.
Our fathers worshipped in this mountain; and ye say, that in Jerusalem is the place where men ought to worship.