Genesis 12:8
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“From 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.”
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“From 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.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“And 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.”
King James Version · Public Domain“And he removed from thence unto the mountain on the east of Beth-el, and pitched his tent, having Beth-el on the west, and Ai on the east: and there he builded an altar unto Jehovah, and called upon the name of Jehovah.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“And he removeth from thence towards a mountain at the east of Beth-El, and stretcheth out the tent (Beth-El at the west, and Hai at the east), and he buildeth there an altar to Jehovah, and preacheth in the name of Jehovah.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Genesis 12:8 — 24 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 4:26And to Seth also a son was born, and he called him Enosh. At that time men began to call upon the name of the LORD.
- Genesis 8:20Then Noah built an altar to the LORD. And taking from every kind of clean animal and clean bird, he offered burnt offerings on the altar.
- Genesis 13:4to the site where he had built the altar. And there Abram called on the name of the LORD.
- Genesis 21:33And Abraham planted a tamarisk tree in Beersheba, and there he called upon the name of the LORD, the Eternal God.
- Genesis 26:25So Isaac built an altar there and called on the name of the LORD, and he pitched his tent there. His servants also dug a well there.
- Genesis 28:19and he called that place Bethel, though previously the city had been named Luz.
- Genesis 31:25Now Jacob had pitched his tent in the hill country of Gilead when Laban overtook him, and Laban and his relatives camped there as well.
- Genesis 33:20There he set up an altar and called it El-Elohe-Israel.
- Genesis 35:3Then let us arise and go to Bethel. I will build an altar there to God, who answered me in my day of distress. He has been with me wherever I have gone.”
- Genesis 35:7There Jacob built an altar, and he called that place El-bethel, because it was there that God had revealed Himself to Jacob as he fled from his brother.
- Genesis 35:15Jacob called the place where God had spoken with him Bethel.
- Exodus 17:15And Moses built an altar and named it The LORD Is My Banner.
- Joshua 7:2Meanwhile, Joshua sent men from Jericho to Ai, which is near Beth-aven to the east of Bethel, and told them, “Go up and spy out the land.” So the men went up and spied out Ai.
- Joshua 8:3So Joshua and the whole army set out to attack Ai. Joshua chose 30,000 mighty men of valor and sent them out at night
- Joshua 8:17Not a man was left in Ai or Bethel who did not go out after Israel, leaving the city wide open while they pursued Israel.
- Joshua 8:30At that time Joshua built an altar on Mount Ebal to the LORD, the God of Israel,
- Joshua 18:22Jericho, Beth-hoglah, Emek-keziz, Beth-arabah, Zemaraim, Bethel,
- Joshua 22:10And when they came to Geliloth near the Jordan in the land of Canaan, the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh built an imposing altar there by the Jordan.
- Judges 6:24So Gideon built an altar to the LORD there and called it The LORD Is Peace. To this day it stands in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.
- Nehemiah 11:31The descendants of Benjamin from Geba lived in Michmash, Aija, and Bethel with its villages;
- Psalms 116:4Then I called on the name of the LORD: “O LORD, deliver my soul!”
- Isaiah 10:28Assyria has entered Aiath and passed through Migron, storing their supplies at Michmash.
- Joel 2:32And everyone who calls on the name of the LORD will be saved; for on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem there will be deliverance, as the LORD has promised, among the remnant called by the LORD.
- Acts 2:21And everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.’
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