Genesis 35:7

New International Version

There he built an altar, and he called the place El Bethel, because it was there that God 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 offspring I will give this land.” So he built an altar there to the Lord, who had appeared to him.

Genesis 12:8

From there he went on toward the hills 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 called on the name of the Lord.

Genesis 28:10

Jacob left Beersheba and set out for Harran.

Genesis 28:13

There above it stood the Lord, and he said: “I am the Lord, the God of your father Abraham and the God of Isaac. I will give you and your descendants the land on which you are lying.

Genesis 28:17

He was afraid and said, “How awesome is this place! This is none other than the house of God; this is the gate of heaven.”

Genesis 28:19

He called that place Bethel, though the city used to be called Luz.

Genesis 28:22

and this stone that I have set up as a pillar will be God’s house, and of all that you give me I will give you a tenth.”

Genesis 29:1

Then Jacob continued on his journey and came to the land of the eastern peoples.

Genesis 31:13

I am the God of Bethel, where you anointed a pillar and where you made a vow to me. Now leave this land at once and go back to your native land.’ ”

Genesis 35:1

Then God said to Jacob, “Go up to Bethel and settle there, and build an altar there to God, who appeared to you when you were fleeing from your brother Esau.”

Genesis 35:15

Jacob called the place where God had talked with him Bethel.

Genesis 35:3

Then come, let us go up to Bethel, where I will build an altar to God, who answered me in the day of my distress and who has been with me wherever I have gone.”

Exodus 17:15

Moses built an altar and called it The Lord is my Banner.

Ezekiel 48:35

“The distance all around will be 18,000 cubits. “And the name of the city from that time on will be: the Lord is there.”

Judges 6:24

So Gideon built an altar to the Lord there and called it The Lord Is Peace. To this day it stands in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.