Genesis 13:4

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“to the site where he had built the altar. And there Abram called on the name of the LORD.”

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BSBPD

“to the site where he had built the altar. And there Abram called on the name of the LORD.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“Unto the place of the altar, which he had made there at the first: and there Abram called on the name of the Lord.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“unto the place of the altar, which he had made there at the first: and there Abram called on the name of Jehovah.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“unto the place of the altar which he made there at the first, and there doth Abram preach in the name of Jehovah.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Genesis 13:4 — 21 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. 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.
  2. Genesis 12:7Then the LORD appeared to Abram and said, “I will give this land to your offspring.” So Abram built an altar there to the LORD, who had appeared to him.
  3. Genesis 12:8From 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.
  4. Genesis 13:18So Abram moved his tent and went to live near the Oaks of Mamre at Hebron, where he built an altar to the LORD.
  5. Genesis 35:1Then God said to Jacob, “Arise, go up to Bethel, and settle there. Build an altar there to the God who appeared to you when you fled from your brother Esau.”
  6. Psalms 26:8O LORD, I love the house where You dwell, the place where Your glory resides.
  7. Psalms 42:1As the deer pants for streams of water, so my soul longs after You, O God.
  8. Psalms 65:1Praise awaits You, O God, in Zion; to You our vows will be fulfilled.
  9. Psalms 84:1How lovely is Your dwelling place, O LORD of Hosts!
  10. Psalms 84:10For better is one day in Your courts than a thousand elsewhere. I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God than dwell in the tents of the wicked.
  11. Psalms 107:1Give thanks to the LORD, for He is good; His loving devotion endures forever.
  12. Psalms 107:8Let them give thanks to the LORD for His loving devotion and His wonders to the sons of men.
  13. Psalms 107:15Let them give thanks to the LORD for His loving devotion and His wonders to the sons of men.
  14. Psalms 116:2Because He has inclined His ear to me, I will call on Him as long as I live.
  15. Psalms 116:17I will offer to You a sacrifice of thanksgiving and call on the name of the LORD.
  16. Psalms 145:18The LORD is near to all who call on Him, to all who call out to Him in truth.
  17. Isaiah 58:9Then you will call, and the LORD will answer; you will cry out, and He will say, ‘Here I am.’ If you remove the yoke from your midst, the pointing of the finger and malicious talk,
  18. Jeremiah 29:12Then you will call upon Me and come and pray to Me, and I will listen to you.
  19. Zephaniah 3:9For then I will restore pure lips to the peoples, that all may call upon the name of the LORD and serve Him shoulder to shoulder.
  20. 1 Corinthians 1:2To the church of God in Corinth, to those sanctified in Christ Jesus and called to be holy, together with all those everywhere who call on the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, their Lord and ours:
  21. Ephesians 6:18Pray in the Spirit at all times, with every kind of prayer and petition. To this end, stay alert with all perseverance in your prayers for all the saints.

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