Then he erected an altar there and called it El Elohe Israel.
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.
And He said, “Your name shall no longer be called Jacob, but Israel; for you have struggled with God and with men, and have prevailed.”
Then Abraham planted a tamarisk tree in Beersheba, and there called on the name of the Lord, the Everlasting God.
Then Abram moved his tent, and went and dwelt by the terebinth trees of Mamre, which are in Hebron, and built an altar there to the Lord.
Then Noah built an altar to the Lord, and took of every clean animal and of every clean bird, and offered burnt offerings on the altar.
Our fathers worshiped on this mountain, and you Jews say that in Jerusalem is the place where one ought to worship.”
And he bought the parcel of land, where he had pitched his tent, from the children of Hamor, Shechem’s father, for one hundred pieces of money.
Now Dinah the daughter of Leah, whom she had borne to Jacob, went out to see the daughters of the land.
Therefore David blessed the Lord before all the assembly; and David said: “Blessed are You, Lord God of Israel, our Father, forever and ever.