Genesis 28:19
And he called the name of that place Bethel: but the name of that city was called Luz at the first.
KJV
Appellavitque nomen urbis Bethel, quæ prius Luza vocabatur.
Vulgate
καὶ ἐκάλεσεν Ἰακὼβ τὸ ὄνομα τοῦ τόπου ἐκείνου Οἶκος θεοῦ· καὶ Οὐλαμμαὺς ἦν ὄνομα τῇ πόλει τὸ πρότερον.
LXX
And he called the name of that place Beth-el: but the name of the city was Luz at the first.
ASV
וַ/יִּקְרָ֛א אֶת שֵֽׁם הַ/מָּק֥וֹם הַ/ה֖וּא בֵּֽית אֵ֑ל וְ/אוּלָ֛ם ל֥וּז שֵׁם הָ/עִ֖יר לָ/רִאשֹׁנָֽה
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
10 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
אֶת
't
pronoun · 10895×
אוּלָ֗ם
'vlm
adverb · 19×
בֵּֽית
byt
proper_noun · 144×
ה
h
proper_noun · 8×
ה֖וּא
hv'
pronoun · 1878×
וֹ
v
noun · 398×
וֹ
v
noun · 848×
יִּקְרָ֥א
yqr'
verb · 737×
עִ֣יר
'yr
noun · 1093×
רִאשׁ֔וֹן
r'shvn
adjective · 180×
Historic Christian voices
3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
§2573God renews his promise to Jacob, the ancestor of the twelve tribes of Israel.17 Before confronting his elder brother Esau, Jacob wrestles all night with a mysterious figure who refuses to reveal his name, but he blesses him before leaving him at dawn. From this account, the spiritual tradition of the Church has retained the symbol of prayer as a battle of faith and as the trium…
Cross-references
- 1Kgs 12:29 — And he set the one in Bethel, and the other put he in Dan.
- 1Kgs 12:29 — And he set the one in Bethel, and the other put he in Dan.
- 1Sam 10:3 — Then shalt thou go on forward from thence, and thou shalt come to the plain of Tabor, and there shall meet thee three men going up to God to Bethel, one carrying three kids, and another carrying three
- 1Sam 30:27 — To them which were in Bethel, and to them which were in south Ramoth, and to them which were in Jattir,
- Gen 12:8 — And he removed from thence unto a mountain on the east of Bethel, and pitched his tent, having Bethel on the west, and Hai on the east: and there he builded an altar unto the LORD, and called upon the
- Gen 12:8 — And he removed from thence unto a mountain on the east of Bethel, and pitched his tent, having Bethel on the west, and Hai on the east: and there he builded an altar unto the LORD, and called upon the
- Gen 22:14 — And Abraham called the name of that place Jehovahjireh: as it is said to this day, In the mount of the LORD it shall be seen.
- Gen 35:1 — And God said unto Jacob, Arise, go up to Bethel, and dwell there: and make there an altar unto God, that appeared unto thee when thou fleddest from the face of Esau thy brother.
- Gen 35:6 — So Jacob came to Luz, which is in the land of Canaan, that is, Bethel, he and all the people that were with him.
- Gen 35:15 — And Jacob called the name of the place where God spake with him, Bethel.
- Gen 48:3 — And Jacob said unto Joseph, God Almighty appeared unto me at Luz in the land of Canaan, and blessed me,
- Hos 4:15 — Though thou, Israel, play the harlot, yet let not Judah offend; and come not ye unto Gilgal, neither go ye up to Bethaven, nor swear, The LORD liveth.
- Hos 12:4 — Yea, he had power over the angel, and prevailed: he wept, and made supplication unto him: he found him in Bethel, and there he spake with us;
- Josh 16:2 — And goeth out from Bethel to Luz, and passeth along unto the borders of Archi to Ataroth,
- Josh 18:13 — And the border went over from thence toward Luz, to the side of Luz, which is Bethel, southward; and the border descended to Atarothadar, near the hill that lieth on the south side of the nether Bethh
- Judg 1:22 — And the house of Joseph, they also went up against Bethel: and the LORD was with them.
- Judg 1:23 — And the house of Joseph sent to descry Bethel. (Now the name of the city before was Luz.)