Genesis 28:19

Overview - Genesis 28
Isaac blesses Jacob, and sends him to Padan-aram.
Esau marries Mahalath the daughter of Ishmael.
10 Jacob journeys, and has a vision of a ladder.
18 The stone of Beth-el.
20 Jacob's vow.
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Genesis 28:19  (King James Version)
And he called the name of that place Bethel: but the name of that city was called Luz at the first.
 


the name
12:8 35:1 48:3 Judges 1:22-26 ; 1 Kings 12:29 ; Hosea 4:15 ; Hosea 12:4 Hosea 12:5

Beth-el
i.e., the house of God.