Genesis 35:7

New English Translation

He built an altar there and named the place El Bethel because there God had revealed himself to him when he was fleeing from his brother.

Cross References

Genesis 12:7

The Lord appeared to Abram and said, “To your descendants I will give this land.” So Abram built an altar there to the Lord, who had appeared to him.

Genesis 12:8

Then he moved from there to the hill country east of Bethel and pitched his tent, with Bethel on the west and Ai on the east. There he built an altar to the Lord and worshiped the Lord.

Genesis 28:10

Meanwhile Jacob left Beer Sheba and set out for Haran.

Genesis 28:13

and the Lord stood at its top. He said, “I am the Lord, the God of your grandfather Abraham and the God of your father Isaac. I will give you and your descendants the ground you are lying on.

Genesis 28:17

He was afraid and said, “What an awesome place this is! This is nothing else than the house of God! This is the gate of heaven!”

Genesis 28:19

He called that place Bethel, although the former name of the town was Luz.

Genesis 28:22

Then this stone that I have set up as a sacred stone will be the house of God, and I will surely give you back a tenth of everything you give me.”

Genesis 29:1

So Jacob moved on and came to the land of the eastern people.

Genesis 31:13

I am the God of Bethel, where you anointed the sacred stone and made a vow to me. Now leave this land immediately and return to your native land.’”

Genesis 35:1

Then God said to Jacob, “Go up at once to Bethel and live there. Make an altar there to God, who appeared to you when you fled from your brother Esau.”

Genesis 35:15

Jacob named the place where God spoke with him Bethel.

Genesis 35:3

Let us go up at once to Bethel. Then I will make an altar there to God, who responded to me in my time of distress and has been with me wherever I went.”

Exodus 17:15

Moses built an altar, and he called it “The Lord is my Banner,”

Ezekiel 48:35

The circumference of the city will be six miles. The name of the city from that day forward will be: ‘The Lord Is There.’”

Judges 6:24

Gideon built an altar for the Lord there, and named it “The Lord is on friendly terms with me.” To this day it is still there in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.