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Genesis 28:19

WEB

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

KJV

19And he called the name of that place Beth-el: but the name of that city was called Luz at the first.

BSB

19and he called that place Bethel,[+] though previously the city had been named Luz.

FBV

19He named the place “Bethel,”[+] previously it was called Luz).

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

Extra References

Hosea 12:4-5

4Indeed, he struggled with the angel, and prevailed; he wept, and made supplication to him. He found him at Bethel, and there he spoke with us— 5even the LORD, the God of Armies. The LORD is his name of renown!

Genesis 48:3

3Jacob said to Joseph, “God Almighty appeared to me at Luz in the land of Canaan, and blessed me,

Genesis 35:1

1God said to Jacob, “Arise, go up to Bethel, and live there. Make there an altar to God, who appeared to you when you fled from the face of Esau your brother.”

Hosea 4:15

15“Though you, Israel, play the prostitute, yet don’t let Judah offend; and don’t come to Gilgal, neither go up to Beth Aven, nor swear, ‘As the LORD lives.’

Genesis 12:8

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.

Judges 1:22-26

22The house of Joseph also went up against Bethel, and the LORD was with them. 23The house of Joseph sent to spy out Bethel. (The name of the city before that was Luz.) 24The watchers saw a man come out of the city, and they said to him, “Please show us the entrance into the city, and we will deal kindly with you.” 25He showed them the entrance into the city, and they struck the city with the edge of the sword; but they let the man and all his family go. 26The man went into the land of the Hittites, built a city, and called its name Luz, which is its name to this day.

1 Kings 12:29

29He set the one in Bethel, and the other he put in Dan.