19 Then he named that place [a](A)Bethel; but [b]previously the name of the city had been (B)Luz.

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  1. Genesis 28:19 I.e., the house of God
  2. Genesis 28:19 Lit at the first

Jacob Moves to Bethel

35 Then God said to Jacob, “Arise, go up to (A)Bethel and live there, and make an altar there to (B)God, who appeared to you (C)when you fled [a]from your brother Esau.”

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  1. Genesis 35:1 Lit from the face of

and let’s arise and go up to Bethel, and I will make (A)an altar there to God, (B)who answered me on the day of my distress and (C)has been with me [a]wherever I have gone.”

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  1. Genesis 35:3 Lit in the way which

Then (A)he built an altar there, and called the place [a]El-bethel, because there God had revealed Himself to him when he fled [b]from his brother.

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  1. Genesis 35:7 I.e., the God of Bethel
  2. Genesis 35:7 Lit from the face of

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