Genesis 28:19

New King James Version

And he called the name of that place Bethel; but the name of that city had been Luz previously.

Cross References

Genesis 48:3

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

Genesis 35:1

Then God said to Jacob, “Arise, go up to Bethel and dwell there; and make an altar there to God, who appeared to you when you fled from the face of Esau your brother.”

Hosea 4:15

“Though you, Israel, play the harlot, Let not Judah offend. Do not come up to Gilgal, Nor go up to Beth Aven, Nor swear an oath, saying, ‘As the Lord lives’—

1 Kings 12:29

And he set up one in Bethel, and the other he put in Dan.

Genesis 12:8

And he moved from there to the mountain east of Bethel, and he 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 28:11

So he came to a certain place and stayed there all night, because the sun had set. And he took one of the stones of that place and put it at his head, and he lay down in that place to sleep.

Genesis 31:13

I am the God of Bethel, where you anointed the pillar and where you made a vow to Me. Now arise, get out of this land, and return to the land of your family.’ ”

Genesis 35:6

So Jacob came to Luz (that is, Bethel), which is in the land of Canaan, he and all the people who were with him.

Genesis 35:14

So Jacob set up a pillar in the place where He talked with him, a pillar of stone; and he poured a drink offering on it, and he poured oil on it.

Genesis 35:15

And Jacob called the name of the place where God spoke with him, Bethel.

Joshua 8:12

So he took about five thousand men and set them in ambush between Bethel and Ai, on the west side of the city.

Joshua 18:13

The border went over from there toward Luz, to the side of Luz (which is Bethel) southward; and the border descended to Ataroth Addar, near the hill that lies on the south side of Lower Beth Horon.

1 Samuel 7:16

He went from year to year on a circuit to Bethel, Gilgal, and Mizpah, and judged Israel in all those places.

1 Samuel 10:3

Then you shall go on forward from there and come to the terebinth tree of Tabor. There three men going up to God at Bethel will meet you, one carrying three young goats, another carrying three loaves of bread, and another carrying a skin of wine.

Genesis 35:7

And he built an altar there and called the place El Bethel, because there God appeared to him when he fled from the face of his brother.

Joshua 16:2

then went out from Bethel to Luz, passed along to the border of the Archites at Ataroth,

Judges 20:26

Then all the children of Israel, that is, all the people, went up and came to the house of God and wept. They sat there before the Lord and fasted that day until evening; and they offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before the Lord.

2 Kings 2:2

Then Elijah said to Elisha, “Stay here, please, for the Lord has sent me on to Bethel.” But Elisha said, “As the Lord lives, and as your soul lives, I will not leave you!” So they went down to Bethel.

2 Chronicles 13:19

And Abijah pursued Jeroboam and took cities from him: Bethel with its villages, Jeshanah with its villages, and Ephrain with its villages.