KJV King James Version
And he called the name of that place Bethel: but the name of that city [was called] Luz at the first.
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Genesis 28:19
And he called the name of that place Bethel: but the name of that city [was called] Luz at the first.
Read it in 5 translations
BSB Berean Standard Bible
and he called that place Bethel, though previously the city had been named Luz.
WEB World English Bible
He called the name of that place Bethel, but the name of the city was Luz at the first.
ASV American Standard Version
And he called the name of that place Beth-el: but the name of the city was Luz at the first.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and he calleth the name of that place Bethel, house of God, and yet, Luz is the name of the city at the first.
Surrounding context — Genesis 28
16 And Jacob awaked out of his sleep, and he said, Surely the LORD is in this place; and I knew [it] not.
17 And he was afraid, and said, How dreadful [is] this place! this [is] none other but the house of God, and this [is] the gate of heaven.
18 And Jacob rose up early in the morning, and took the stone that he had put [for] his pillows, and set it up [for] a pillar, and poured oil upon the top of it.
19 And he called the name of that place Bethel: but the name of that city [was called] Luz at the first.
20 And Jacob vowed a vow, saying, If God will be with me, and will keep me in this way that I go, and will give me bread to eat, and raiment to put on,
21 So that I come again to my father’s house in peace; then shall the LORD be my God:
22 And this stone, which I have set [for] a pillar, shall be God’s house: and of all that thou shalt give me I will surely give the tenth unto thee.
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וַיִּקְרָ֛אH7121 · qa.rato call: call toאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]שֵֽׁם־H8034 · shemnameהַמָּק֥וֹםH4725 · ma.qomplaceהַה֖וּאH1931 · huhe/she/itבֵּֽית־H1008 · bet-elBethelאֵ֑לH1008 · bet-elBethelוְאוּלָ֛םH199 · u.lambutל֥וּזH3870 · luzLuzשֵׁם־H8034 · shemnameהָעִ֖ירH5892 · irexcitementלָרִאשֹׁנָֽה׃H7223 · ri.shonfirst
Cross-references
Hosea 12:4-5Yea, 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;Genesis 48:3And Jacob said unto Joseph, God Almighty appeared unto me at Luz in the land of Canaan, and blessed me,Genesis 35:1And 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.1 Kings 12:29And he set the one in Bethel, and the other put he in Dan.Genesis 12:8And 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 1:22-26And the house of Joseph, they also went up against Bethel: and the LORD [was] with them.Hosea 4:15Though thou, Israel, play the harlot, [yet] let not Judah offend; and come not ye unto Gilgal, neither go ye up to Bethaven, nor swear, The LORD liveth.
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