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Genesis 12:8

WEB

8He left from there to go to the mountain on the east of Bethel and pitched his tent, having Bethel on the west, and Ai on the east. There he built an altar to the LORD[+] and called on the LORD’s name.

KJV

8And he removed from thence unto a mountain on the east of Beth-el, and pitched his tent, having Beth-el on the west, and Hai on the east: and there he builded an altar unto the LORD, and called upon the name of the LORD.

BSB

8From there Abram moved on to the hill country east of Bethel and pitched his tent, with Bethel to the west and Ai to the east. There he built an altar to the LORD, and he called on the name of the LORD.

FBV

8Then he moved on to the hill country east of Bethel and set up camp there. Bethel was to the west and Ai to the east. He built an altar to the Lord there and worshiped him.

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Book of Genesis Summary: A Complete Animated Overview (Part 2) - BibleProject

Extra References

Genesis 4:26

26A son was also born to Seth, and he named him Enosh. At that time men began to call on the LORD’s name.

Nehemiah 11:31

31The children of Benjamin also lived from Geba onward, at Michmash and Aija, and at Bethel and its towns,

Genesis 21:33

33Abraham planted a tamarisk tree in Beersheba, and there he called on the name of the LORD,[+] the Everlasting God.

1 Corinthians 1:2

2to the assembly of God which is at Corinth—those who are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called saints, with all who call on the name of our Lord Jesus Christ in every place, both theirs and ours:

Genesis 28:19

19He called the name of that place Bethel, but the name of the city was Luz at the first.

Genesis 13:4

4to the place of the altar, which he had made there at the first. There Abram called on the LORD’s name.

Joshua 8:17

17There was not a man left in Ai or Bethel who didn’t go out after Israel. They left the city open, and pursued Israel.

Genesis 35:15-16

15Jacob called the name of the place where God spoke with him “Bethel”.

16They traveled from Bethel. There was still some distance to come to Ephrath, and Rachel travailed. She had hard labor.

Genesis 35:3

3Let’s arise, and go up to Bethel. I will make there an altar to God, who answered me in the day of my distress, and was with me on the way which I went.”

Acts 2:21

21It will be that whoever will call on the name of the Lord will be saved.’