Genesis 12:8

The Passion Translation

From there, he journeyed on toward the hill country east of Bethel and pitched his tent with Bethel on the west and Ai on the east. And there he built another altar to Yahweh where he prayed and worshiped Yahweh.

Cross References

Genesis 4:26

After many years Seth had a son named Enosh. During his lifetime, people began to worship Yahweh and pray to him.

Genesis 21:33

Abraham planted a tamarisk tree in Beersheba, and there he worshiped Yahweh, the everlasting God.

1 Corinthians 1:2

in writing you this letter addressed to the community of God throughout the city of Corinth. For you have been made pure, set apart in the Anointed One, Jesus. And God has invited you to be his devoted and holy people, and not only you, but everyone everywhere who calls on the name of our Lord Jesus Christ as their Lord, and ours also.

Genesis 28:19

He named that place Bethel; though the city was once called Luz.

Genesis 13:4

This was the place he had first built an altar to pray and worship Yahweh.

Acts 2:21

But everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.’ ”

Isaiah 10:28

The Assyrian army attacked Aiath; they passed over into Migron and stored their equipment at Michmash.

Psalm 116:4

I cried out to the Lord, “God, come and save me!”

Joshua 8:17

Not a man remained in Ai or in Bethel who did not go out in pursuit of Israel, leaving their city undefended.

Joshua 8:3

Joshua and his entire army set out to attack Ai. He chose thirty thousand valiant warriors and sent them ahead by night

Joshua 7:2

Joshua sent spies from Jericho to Ai (a small city near Beth Aven, southeast of Bethel), with orders to spy out the land. So the spies left for Ai.

Genesis 35:3

Then come with me; let us go up to Bethel. I will build an altar there to God who answered my prayer when I was in distress and whose presence has been with me wherever I have gone.”

Hebrews 11:9

He lived by faith as an immigrant in his promised land as though it belonged to someone else. He journeyed through the land living in tents with Isaac and Jacob who were persuaded that they were also co-heirs of the same promise.

Genesis 8:20

Noah erected an altar dedicated to Yahweh. Then he selected ritually clean animals and birds of every species and offered them as burnt sacrifices on the altar.

Genesis 13:3

And he journeyed on from place to place as far as the hill country region of Bethel. He returned to the place between Bethel and Ai where he had pitched his tent at the beginning.

Genesis 13:18

Abram moved his camp and settled by the oaks of Mamre, which are at Hebron, and there he built another altar to Yahweh.

Genesis 22:9

When they arrived at the place on Mount Moriah that God had shown him, Abraham built an altar and stacked the wood on it. He tied up his son Isaac and laid him on top of the wood on the altar.

Genesis 26:25

So Isaac built an altar, prayed, and worshiped Yahweh there. He pitched his tent there, and his servants started digging another well.

Joshua 8:9

Joshua then sent them off, and they proceeded to take up a concealed position west of Ai, between Ai and Bethel, while Joshua spent the night with the rest of the troops.

Joshua 8:12

He placed a smaller force of about five thousand men west of the city to set an ambush between Bethel and Ai.

Genesis 31:25

Now Jacob had set up his camp with his flocks on a hill, and Laban had him in his sights. Laban and his companions set up their camp nearby.

Genesis 33:20

There he set up an altar and named it To the True God, the God of Israel.

Genesis 35:7

He built an altar there and named it El-Bethel, because it was the place that God had unveiled himself when Jacob was running from his brother.

Joshua 8:30

Afterward, Joshua built near Mount Ebal a stone altar to Yahweh, the God of Israel.

Joshua 22:10

On their way home, the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and East Manasseh came to the town of Geliloth near the Jordan River. So they built their own large, impressive altar there.

Judges 6:24

So Gideon built an altar to Yahweh there and named it “In Yahweh there is Peace.” (The altar is still standing at Ophrah, which belongs to the clan of Abiezer.)