Genesis 28:19

New Century Version

At first, the name of that city was Luz, but Jacob named it Bethel.

Cross References

Genesis 12:8

Then he traveled from Shechem to the mountain east of Bethel and set up his tent there. Bethel was to the west, and Ai was to the east. There Abram built another altar to the Lord and worshiped him.

Genesis 28:11

When he came to a place, he spent the night there because the sun had set. He found a stone and laid his head on it to go to sleep.

Genesis 31:13

I am the God who appeared to you at Bethel, where you poured olive oil on the stone you set up on end and where you made a promise to me. Now I want you to leave here and go back to the land where you were born.’ ”

Genesis 35:1

God said to Jacob, “Go to the city of Bethel and live there. Make an altar to the God who appeared to you there when you were running away from your brother Esau.”

Genesis 35:14

Jacob set up a stone on edge in that place where God had talked to him, and he poured a drink offering and olive oil on it to make it special for God.

Genesis 35:15

And Jacob named the place Bethel.

Genesis 35:6

And Jacob and all the people who were with him went to Luz, which is now called Bethel, in the land of Canaan.

Genesis 35:7

There Jacob built an altar and named the place Bethel, after God, because God had appeared to him there when he was running from his brother.

Genesis 48:3

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

1 Kings 12:29

Jeroboam put one golden calf in the city of Bethel and the other in the city of Dan.

2 Kings 2:2

Elijah said to Elisha, “Please stay here. The Lord has told me to go to Bethel.” But Elisha said, “As the Lord lives, and as you live, I won’t leave you.” So they went down to Bethel.

2 Chronicles 13:19

Abijah’s army chased Jeroboam’s army and captured from him the towns of Bethel, Jeshanah, and Ephron, and the small villages near them.

Hosea 4:15

“Israel, you act like a prostitute, but do not be guilty toward the Lord. Don’t go to Gilgal or go up to Beth Aven. Don’t make promises, saying, ‘As surely as the Lord lives …’

Joshua 16:2

Then it continued from Bethel (also called Luz) to the Arkite border at Ataroth.

Joshua 18:13

From there it went south to Luz (also called Bethel) and then down to Ataroth Addar, which is on the hill south of Lower Beth Horon.

Joshua 8:12

Then Joshua chose about five thousand men and set them in ambush in the area west of the city between Bethel and Ai.

Judges 20:26

Then the Israelites went up to Bethel. There they sat down and cried to the Lord and fasted all day until evening. They also brought burnt offerings and fellowship offerings to the Lord.

1 Samuel 10:3

“Then you will go on until you reach the big tree at Tabor. Three men on their way to worship God at Bethel will meet you there. One man will be carrying three goats. Another will be carrying three loaves of bread. And the third will have a leather bag full of wine.

1 Samuel 7:16

Every year he went from Bethel to Gilgal to Mizpah and judged the Israelites in all these towns.