Genesis 28:19

Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

He called the name of that place Bethel; but the name of the city was Luz at the first.

Cross References

Genesis 12:8

Thence he removed to the mountain on the east of Bethel, and pitched his tent, with Bethel on the west and Ai on the east; and there he built an altar to the Lord and called on the name of the Lord.

Genesis 28:11

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

Genesis 31:13

I am the God of Bethel, where you anointed a pillar and made a vow to me. Now arise, go forth from this land, and return to the land of your birth.’ ”

Genesis 35:1

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

Genesis 35:14

And Jacob set up a pillar in the place where he had spoken with him, a pillar of stone; and he poured out a drink offering on it, and poured oil on it.

Genesis 35:15

So Jacob called the name of the place where God had spoken with him, Bethel.

Genesis 35:6

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

Genesis 35:7

and there he built an altar, and called the place El-bethel, because there God had revealed himself to him when he fled from his brother.

Genesis 48:3

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

1 Kings 12:29

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

2 Kings 2:2

And Elijah said to Elisha, “Tarry here, I pray you; for the Lord has sent me as far as Bethel.” But Elisha said, “As the Lord lives, and as you yourself live, 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 and Jeshanah with its villages and Ephron with its villages.

Hosea 4:15

Though you play the harlot, O Israel, let not Judah become guilty. Enter not into Gilgal, nor go up to Beth-aven, and swear not, “As the Lord lives.”

Joshua 16:2

then going from Bethel to Luz, it passes along to Ataroth, the territory of the Archites;

Joshua 18:13

From there the boundary passes along southward in the direction of Luz, to the shoulder of Luz (the same is Bethel), then the boundary goes down to Ataroth-addar, upon the mountain that lies south of Lower Beth-horon.

Joshua 8:12

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

Judges 20:26

Then all the people of Israel, the whole army, went up and came to Bethel and wept; they sat there before the Lord, and fasted that day until evening, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before the Lord.

1 Samuel 10:3

Then you shall go on from there further and come to the oak of Tabor; three men going up to God at Bethel will meet you there, one carrying three kids, another carrying three loaves of bread, and another carrying a skin of wine.

1 Samuel 7:16

And he went on a circuit year by year to Bethel, Gilgal, and Mizpah; and he judged Israel in all these places.