Genesis 28:19
“And hee called the name of that place Beth-el: but the name of that citie was called Luz, at the first.”
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Genesis 28:19 Context
17And he was afraid, and said, How dreadful is this place? this is none other, but the house of God, and this is the gate of heauen. 18And Iacob rose vp earely in the morning, and tooke the stone that hee had put for his pillowes, and set it vp for a pillar, and powred oile vpon the top of it. 19And hee called the name of that place Beth-el: but the name of that citie was called Luz, at the first. 20And Iacob vowed a vow, saying, If God will be with me, and will keepe me in this way that I goe, and will giue me bread to eate, and raiment to put on, 21So that I come againe to my fathers house in peace: then shall the LORD be my God.
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And he called the name of that place Bethel: but the name of that city [was called] Luz at the first.
- King James Version
He called the name of that place Bethel; however, previously the name of the city had been Luz.
- New American Standard Version (1995)