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Genesis 28:19

World English Bible

He called the name of that place Bethel, but the name of the city was Luz at the first.

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Genesis 28:19 in other translations

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

Genesis 28:19 · American Standard Version

Genesis 28:19 in context

  1. 17He was afraid, and said, “How awesome this place is! This is none other than God’s house, and this is the gate of heaven.”
  2. 18Jacob rose up early in the morning, and took the stone that he had put under his head, and set it up for a pillar, and poured oil on its top.
  3. 19He called the name of that place Bethel, but the name of the city was Luz at the first.
  4. 20Jacob 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 clothing to put on,
  5. 21so that I come again to my father’s house in peace, and Yahweh will be my God,