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Genesis 28:19

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And he called the name of that place Bethel: but the name of that city [was called] Luz at the first.

And he called {H7121} the name {H8034} of that place {H4725} Bethel {H1008}: but {H199} the name {H8034} of that city {H5892} was called Luz {H3870} at the first {H7223}.

and named the place Beit-El [house of God]; but the town had originally been called Luz.

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

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

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Cross-References

  • Hosea 12:4 (8 votes)

    Yea, he had power over the angel, and prevailed: he wept, and made supplication unto him: he found him [in] Bethel, and there he spake with us;

  • Hosea 12:5 (8 votes)

    Even the LORD God of hosts; the LORD [is] his memorial.

  • Genesis 35:1 (7 votes)

    ¶ And God said unto Jacob, Arise, go up to Bethel, and dwell there: and make there an altar unto God, that appeared unto thee when thou fleddest from the face of Esau thy brother.

  • Genesis 48:3 (7 votes)

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

  • Genesis 12:8 (5 votes)

    And he removed from thence unto a mountain on the east of Bethel, and pitched his tent, [having] Bethel 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.

  • Judges 1:22 (5 votes)

    And the house of Joseph, they also went up against Bethel: and the LORD [was] with them.

  • Judges 1:26 (5 votes)

    And the man went into the land of the Hittites, and built a city, and called the name thereof Luz: which [is] the name thereof unto this day.