World English Bible
Genesis 28:19
“He called the name of that place Bethel, but the name of the city was Luz at the first.”
Verse in context — Genesis 28
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He was afraid, and said, "How dreadful is this place! This is none other than God's house, and this is the gate of heaven.
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Jacob 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.
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He called the name of that place Bethel, but the name of the city was Luz at the first.
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Jacob 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,
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so that I come again to my father's house in peace, and Yahweh will be my God,
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The book of beginnings, describing creation, humanity’s fall, God’s promises, and the patriarchs (Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Joseph).
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